Agenda, Workshop Descriptions and Speaker Bios

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Speakers and Presenters:

• Shani Dowd, Director, Culture InSight, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation;
• Miki Akimoto, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Philanthropic Management;
• Cheryl Bartlett, Director, Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, MA Department of Public Health;
• Ray Considine, President, Health Resources in Action;
• Amanda Navarro, Associate Director, Policy Link;
• Georgia Simpson May, Director, Office of Health Equity, MA Department of Public Health;
• Lauren Smith, Medical Director, MA Department of Public Health;
• Ramani Sripada, Program Officer, MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation

• Increasing healthy food access
• Community assessment and planning
• Building inclusivity into workshops and trainings
• Community-based participatory prevention planning
• Youth leadership in healthy communities
• Creating systems change in substance abuse prevention

Opportunities:

• Free exhibit space in the Marketplace of Ideas! Apply here

Conference Objectives:

• Connect and learn how health equity is being applied in the field among public and private funders, policymakers, and practitioners.
• Share success stories and tools in creating healthier communities and improving health equity.
• Increase awareness and understanding of healthy communities principles and health equity.
• Identify next steps/ingredients in achieving health equity within your respective agency, institution, coalition, and/or community.