Healthy Neighborhood Investments: Policy Convening for Advancing Health and Racial Equity

Join Build Healthy Places Network and Shift Health Accelerator for the upcoming Healthy Neighborhood Investments: Policy Convening for Advancing Health and Racial Equity on May 19 and 20 at 9:00-11:00 am PT/ 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET.

Be part of the conversation as we engage audiences across California and beyond to extend the reach and use of the recently published Healthy Neighborhood Investments Policy Scan and Strategy Map and collaborate to identify state and local policy recommendations. The Policy Scan builds on the Thriving Together Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience and identifies several policy actions for advancing health and racial equity through cross-sector investments and serves as a tool for community-owned priority setting that reduces inequities and strengthens neighborhood revitalization, with a geographic emphasis on California.

Featured plenary speakers

Angela Glover-Blackwell, Founder-in-Residence at PolicyLink
Kathleen Kelly Janus, Senior Advisor on Social Innovation for Governor Gavin Newsom
Carolyn Wang Kong, Chief Program Director at Blue Shield of California Foundation

Track 1 will aim toward actionable steps multisector collaboratives can take to identify opportunities for leaders to advance local policy change, embed civic muscle and belonging into policy design, and garner support for policy change. Join us if you would like to work together to brainstorm action steps for your multisector collaborative to advance local policy.

Track 2 will focus on identifying a California Policy Platform across organizations and leaders to collectively advance policy for holistic community health and racial equity. Join us if you would like to work together to identify and pursue shared goals for California policy actions.