Health Equity: Marriage of Programming and Policy

Overview:

 This is a live webinar scheduled for March 9, 2021 at 9am ET.

Join us for an insightful conversation about the intersection of programming and policy development with a focus on nutrition access and infant and maternal health. Dr. Deidre Grim of Healthy Savannah and Grim Consulting Group joins us from a city that mirrors our own. Savannah, Georgia, is a port city that faces similar challenges with nutrition access and infant and maternal health. In this session, we will explore how she navigated both challenges in her work within the nonprofit Healthy Savannah, and her experiences with First Food Friendly Communities. She has learned that in order to make sustainable and equitable change, one must co-develop programming that will lead to lasting policy change. Dr. Grim lives by the words of Vice President Kamala Harris teaches, “If you are fortunate to have an opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.”

Joining her in this conversation is Marissa Bryant Franks, Health Equity Outreach Coordinator for New Hanover Regional Medical Center, and Evan Folds, Project Manager, Northside Food Co-Op and Founder/President of Be Agriculture. Get ready for an engaging interview-style conversation between leaders in two similar port cities. Hosted by Center for Healthy Communities and NC Public Health Training Center, part of UNCW CHHS Community Engagement.