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Power and Privilege in Health Equality – Community Health Training Institute

Power and Privilege in Health Equity
Thurs. March 15, 2018
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm

Contact: traininginstitute@hria.org

Presented by the Community Health Training Institute

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Note: This training will also be offered Saturday, April 28 in Boston, MA. Register for that training here

Topics: Defining privilege; identifying power influences; leveraging power positively in community work

mo and loriDescription: This training will provide participants with an opportunity to examine critical questions about their personal relationship with power and privilege. What is privilege? How does it manifest in relational and professional dynamics? How do we leverage power, knowingly or unknowingly, to influence conflict or negotiate situations? This training will help facilitate an exploration of self-identity and how to build on that self-awareness to help set the tone for positive professional relationships and work in the broader community. This training will also discuss how to recognize the privilege that some of us hold and use that understanding to empower others and make connections across difference.

Audience: Individuals or teams working towards community health who may be new to discussing power and cultural dynamics in the context of their community work, or those seeking a refresher.

Learning Objectives: Participants completing this training will be able to:

  1. Define power and privilege and how they play a role in their everyday experiences and interactions.
  2. Identify ways in which power influences their relationships and experiences within the community.
  3. Identify at least two strategies for leveraging their power positively in their community work.

Trainer: Mo Barbosa (HRiA) and Lori Lobenstine (ds4si)

This training addresses the following MA DPH Coalition Criteria:

  1. Consistency with MA DPH’s goals and priorities
  2. Participation from key stakeholders (individuals and organizations that have a vested stake or interest in a program or policy initiative, e.g. it will impact them directly)
  3. Membership that is reflective of the community
  4. Shared vision including a focus on reducing health disparities and promoting health equity

We hope you’ll join us for a networking brown bag lunch from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm before the afternoon session, Racial Equity, begins. 

Location TBD, Worcester, MA

Description: Defining power and privilege, identifying power influences; leveraging power positively in community work

Racial Equity – Community Health Training Institute

Racial Equity
Thursday, March 15, 2018, 01:00pm – 04:00pm
Contact traininginstitute@hria.org

Presented by the Community Health Training Institute

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Note: This training will be offered again on Saturday, April 28 in Boston, MA. Register for that training here

mo and loriDescription: Achieving racial equity requires society’s systems and markets to perform equally well for different racial and ethnic groups. Unfortunately, the data for most of our systems and markets do not currently show equity or parity for our most disenfranchised racial and ethnic groups. This training will explore how institutional or customary practices, whether intentional or unintentional, are set up to further perpetuate racial health inequities. Participants will get a chance to explore how this manifests in the community context and ways in which they can work actively against perpetuating these inequitable systems.

Audience: Individuals or teams working towards community health who may be new to discussing power and racial dynamics in the context of their community work.

Trainer: Mo Barbosa (HRiA) Lori Lobenstine (ds4si)

Learning Objectives: Participants completing this training will be able to:

  1. Define racial equity and how it plays out the community context.
  2. Identify ways in which daily and societal practices influence racial equity dynamics in community work.
  3. Identify at least two strategies for leveraging their power positively in their community work.

This training addresses the following MA DPH Coalition Criteria:

  1. Shared vision including a focus on reducing health disparities and promoting health equity
  2. Consistency with MA DPH’s goals and priorities
  3. Participation from key stakeholders (individuals and organizations that have a vested stake or interest in a program or policy initiative, e.g. it will impact them directly)
  4. Membership that is reflective of the community

We hope you will join us for a brown bag networking lunch from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm after the morning session, Power and Privilege in Health Equity, concludes. 

Location TBD, Worcester, MA
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