Project Description:
HRiA is offering three learning communities aimed at staff and volunteers with local boards of health. Learning Communities will spend 5 sessions together, diving deeper into different topics. Each cohort will begin with grounding sessions in more advanced racial equity training, and then move onto additional skill-building opportunities with other participants working in similar roles. Individuals and public health grantee groups can sign up for multiple cohorts based on interest.
These learning communities are aimed at building practical skills in racial equity and will launch in January. They will be a series of five, 90-minute sessions per month focused on those working in three core areas of public health: Public Health Leadership, Community Engagement, and Inspections.
Below are the links to register for each racial equity learning community cohort. There are five total sessions for each cohort. Attendance at all five is strongly encouraged. You must register for each session individually.
Inspection Cohort
Recommended Audience: Including, but not limited to, all those who conduct inspections
Goal: Learn how to embed a racial equity lens in inspection work and promote a model of education and collaboration
Dates: 10-11:30 am ET (TUESDAYS) / Jan. 23 / Feb. 27 / March 26 / April 23 / May 21
Community Engagement Cohort
Recommended Audience: Including, but not limited to, all those who perform local public health services; staff, contractors, and local boards of health
Goal: To provide skills to engage all members of local communities, including and especially those who are most marginalized
Dates: 10-11:30 am ET (WEDNESDAYS) / Jan. 24 / Feb. 28 / March 27 / April 24 / May 22
Public Health Leadership Cohort
Recommended Audience: Including, but not limited to, all those in a decision-making role; health agents, health directors, board of health chairs
Goal: To equip those in decision-making roles in local public health departments with tools to conduct their work more equitably through data and hiring practices
Dates: 10-11:30 am ET (THURSDAYS) / Jan. 25 / Feb. 29 / March 28 / April 25 / May 23
Our Partners:
https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-local-and-regional-health
