2. Student Spotlight: How did MacKenzie O’Kane’s Experience Working with Justice-Involved Families Inform her Public Health Career?
3. Blog post: Working with Communities and Systems
Gabriela Gonzalez, from the HRSA-funded Center of Excellence in MCH at UC Berkeley, is the newest author for MCH Leads, the student-led national MCH Trainee Blog. In her blog post, Gabriela applies MCH Competency 11 to her work as a Race Equity Intern for Expecting Justice, a collaborative aiming to reduce the impact of racism on MCH among Black, Pacific Islander and Latine parents across San Francisco. “Often, I hear people in higher education or positions of power say they ‘want to be a voice for the voiceless.’ While well-intended, this mindset perpetuates harms that have long been done to marginalized communities and their exclusion from policy and program decisions related to their livelihood and wellbeing. Instead, we must use our privilege to give community members the opportunity to speak for themselves.” Continue reading here to learn more about Gabriela’s experience.
4. Recording: The Public Health Imperative of Abortion Access
In case you missed the October 17, 2022 seminar with Dr. Caitlyn Gerdts, you can watch it here.
8. Positive Deviance Mini-Lab
November 17, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT
In this two-hour workshop, guest speaker Dr. Alex Foster will provide a deep dive into the positive deviance approach. He will explain what the approach is, why the approach is valuable in public health and healthcare settings, how it is used in practice, and its future applications.
