New England Health Equity Summit, Fall 2009

September 24 – 25, 2009
Exchange Conference Center, Boston

“The Role of Policy in Building Health Equity”

DAY ONE - Thursday, September 24, 2009

Keynote Speaker - Mildred Thompson, PolicyLink

John Barros, DSNI and Antor Panel - Local communities taking policy action for health equity

Breakout Sessions
Federal policy advocacy
Elaine Auld, SOPHE

Community based participatory approach to policy advocacy
Val Bassett and A.J. Juarez, MPHA

Roundtable discussion: Post Undoing Racism Training
Diana Dunn, PISAB


Workshop: Covering all levels of the "stream" and communicating your message
Tom Wolff, Tom Wolff and Associates



DAY TWO - Friday, September 25, 2009

New Legacy Projects
Mobilizing Community Resources: Stakeholder Analysis and Partnership Development
Tom Wolff, Tom Wolff and Associates

New Legacy Projects
Introduction to a Community Assessment
Marycarmen Kunicki, Boston Public Health Commission

Introduction to Logic Models
Denise Dodds, Boston Public Health Commission

Closing Keynote - Larry Cohen, The Prevention Institute