Topics: Valuing lived experience to drive organizational policy, managing up to achieve equity in the workplace, building power among staff members who do not have a seat at the leadership table.
Description: Who better to decide on policies than those who are most affected by them? By centering folks with lived experience navigating systems of oppression, we can bring about changes that improve life, health, and work satisfaction for everyone. This training will explore strategies to build power within your organization or coalition and offer tools to have courageous conversations with those in traditional positions of leadership. Come prepared to share your stories, challenges, and brainstorm solutions!
Audience: Coalition members and leaders, public health professionals, students, non-profit organization workers and community members.
Trainers: Erika Gaitan and Dimitrios Booras, Health Resources in Action
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
MA DPH Coalition Criteria Addressed: