Peer Leadership and Education to Advance Health Equity

You are warmly invited to a collaborative Health Equity First Fridays session for National Public Health Week (NPHW)! We will bring together perspectives from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section, the Medical Care Section, and the Council of Affiliate's JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Workgroup. Aligning with this year’s NPHW theme, "Ready. Set. Act," we will explore how peer-to-peer leadership and public health education rooted in community approaches strengthen prevention efforts and advance health equity across public health practice.

Hear insights from experts with lived/living experience in community-based public health practice, clinical and health system integration, and policy, systems, and advocacy leadership. Together, we will discuss what it looks like to create spaces where individuals recognize and utilize their power to support one another, shift culture, and advance health equity in meaningful ways.

📆 When: Friday, April 10th, from 1-2pm EDT

➡️ Please register here and join with the unique link sent to you from Zoom: https://apha.zoom.us/meeting/register/IrSStxXkSTe_VQuO_LuycA#/registration

Speakers
💠 Kwami Abdul-Bey, Director and Founder of PHAT LIP! You(th) Talk Radio
💠 Maxine Arena, MPH, MBA, Program Manager at the Constellation Regional Collaborative
💠 Ella Greene-Moton, Past President of the American Public Health Association
💠 Rodolfo Gutierrez, Executive Director of HACER (Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research) and Co-chair of the Minnesota Public Health Association's Health Equity Committee

You will leave with practical strategies for integrating equity-centered peer leadership into your work.
Please join us as we continue to reimagine and rebuild our public health systems and build our collective strategy for the future!