Network Learning: 2022

In November 2022, our Emerging Focus Areas Cohort prepared a discussion on Emergency Preparedness with invited community members to share their first-hand experiences and the ongoing recovery efforts from the record-breaking floods that impacted Whatcom and Skagit counties in 2021.Please review the presentation slides, resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.

In October 2022, our Equity Cohort prepared a discussion on Reimagining Data, reimaging how we collect and analysis data to better understand well-being, through community-centered data initiatives and the broader movement around data justice. 

This session featured Jason McGill of Northwest Youth Services, Amy Rydel of Whatcom County Health Department, and Dr. Andres Lopez, PhD, and Dr. Mira Mohsini, PhD, of Coalition of Communities of Color. Please review the presentation slides, resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.

In September 2022, our Care Coordination Cohort prepared a discussion on Mobile Integrated Health, which helps community members navigate complex, disconnected, and disorganized systems of care and services as one strategy for meeting patients where they are and providing care in the community. This session featured Alessa Lopez-Castor of Consistent Care, Adam Davis of the Health Commons Project, Jim Reinhardt of Tulalip Bay Fire, and Mike Hilley of Whatcom County Emergency Medical Services. Please review the presentation slides, resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.

In July 2022, our Practice Transformation Cohort team prepared a discussion on Reducing Stigma: how can we work together to mitigate and eliminate stigma. We know stigma negatively impacts community members, particularly as they try to navigate systems to support their mental health, sexual health, and/or substance use disorder treatment. In order for people to better access care, we need to reduce stigma.

This session will help us recognize and combat the ways that stigma shapes our interpersonal, organizational, and systemic experiences. Please review the resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.

In June 2022, our Equity Cohort team prepared a discussion on Racial Justice: Acts of Resistance. Featuring the experienced and personal perspectives from Dr. Ramona Beltran, University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work and Interdisciplinary Research Institute for the Study of (in)Equality; Michael Tuncap, Chair, Center for Guided Pathways, and Guam Delegation to United Nations; and Enrique Lopez, Chicanx Community Leader in the North Sound. Please review the resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.

In May 2022, our Vital Conditions team prepared a discussion on Meaningful Work & Wealth, one of the Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being. Featuring national perspectives from Becky Payne of the Rippel Foundation, and Gary Cunningham of Prosperity Now, as well as regional voice Jason McGill of Northwest Youth Services, these panelists brought rich discussion about racial economic justice, and how to frame these concepts to your work. Please review the presentation slides, resources shared by our speakers, and re-watch or share the recording.