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That’s a wrap on Policy Action Institute! Our final sessions were on the Gen Z approach to public health, personal conviction in advocacy and the political dynamics at play in the midterms.
Featuring @scienceforgood.bsky.social. Photography by Gayatri D. Malhotra.
• To work with a community, we must participate in that community. That means voting and showing up to gathering places and engaging folks in conversation as people, not titles.
Photography by Gayatri D. Malhotra.
• Listening to and co-creating solutions with communities that are the most impacted by structural barriers to health improves access for everyone.
Featuring Tracie Potts and @derekischmitz.link
Key takeaways:
• We won’t find common ground with everyone but we do need innovative coalitions to meet our goals
Featuring @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social.
This morning at Policy Action Institute we heard from a diverse array of speakers about coalition building and centering communities in public health work.
Featuring Almeta Cooper of @momscleanairforce.org.
Photography by Gayatri D. Malhotra
They spoke on:
• Learning how to speak to lawmakers as human beings with individual pressures, values and influences
• Listening openly and sharing our knowledge freely as members of our communities, not representatives of institutions, to build innovations in turbulent times
That’s a wrap on day one of Policy Action Institute! In the second part of the day, we heard from Shelley Hearne, DrPH, MPH of @jhadvocacy.bsky.social and Denise Octavia Smith, CHW PN, MBA.
