Building the Bridge: How Public Health and Community Development Can Work Together to Advance Shared Health and Racial Equity Goals

Watch the recording of Build Healthy Places Network’s Network Commons, Building the Bridge: How Public Health and Community Development Can Work Together to Advance Shared Health and Racial Equity Goals.

The live conversation, which aired on March 29, 2024, explored how racial equity is understood in these two sectors and where public health and community development collaborations have been successful in improving population health and health equity and what it will take to move us forward.

Ruth Thomas-Squance, Co-Executive Director at BHPN led the dynamic conversation with an impressive panel of women leaders of color, working across the public health and community development sectors, as we explored opportunities for public health to implement racial equity goals through engagement with those shaping the built environment. The speakers discussed the recent launch of a primer that supports public health and community development collaboration for health equity, created from a partnership between Build Healthy Places Network and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors.

Featured Speakers:

Robyn Taylor, Vice President, Center for Public Health Justice, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

Melissa Jones, Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

Odetta MacLeish-White, Director of Engagement, Center for Community Progress

Moderator:
Ruth Thomas-Squance, Co-Executive Director, Build Healthy Places Network

Watch the recording:

Learn More

Check out the resources shared during this webinar! 

BHPN Publications: 

• Public Health Primer: Engaging Community Development for Health Equity 

Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) Resources:

• BARHII Framework
• Farther Together Report & Practice Shift Report on Government Role in Community Engagement

Center for Community Progress Resources: 

• Land Bank Ownership of Vacant Lots Can Reduce Violent Crime
• Systemic Vacancy
• Vacant Land Stewardship
• The Resident’s Workbook
• Other reports, case studies, and toolkits

NACDD Publications: 

• Social Justice Framework