The Praxis Project has organized a set of Principles for Health Justice and Racial Equity to help guide our work in partnership with allies in order to center community interests in the design, promotion, and implementation of policies and initiatives that support justice and equity for everyone. As we enter 2021, it is the perfect opportunity to come together with partners in grassroots organizing and in philanthropy to reflect upon our practices and actions from this unprecedented year?
Join this webinar to discuss:
Praxis’ self-reflection of 2020
Indicators and examples: How to know when we see health equity in action
The Praxis Principles for Health Justice and Racial Equity self-assessment tool
CEUs: We are offering one Continuing Education Contact Hour for this webinar through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing for $15. If interested, please contact jenna@thepraxisproject.org.
Speakers:
Joy Yalba, Communications Director @ Khmer Girls in Action
Joy Yanga is a second generation Filipina- American raised in Los Angeles. She is a daughter of immigrants who sought political and economic relief when their homeland was governed by dictatorship and martial law.
Growing up in an intergenerational household with family members with diverse abilities set her foundations for advocacy. Such experiences gave her understanding and perspectives on health and economic barriers for women, low-income, immigrant and disabled communities of color.
Joy has worked with Khmer Girls in Action for nine years and currently oversees communications and the Integrated Voter Engagement program. In working alongside Southeast Asian women and youth of color in Long Beach, Joy has seen the powerful impacts of youth organizing on intergenerational healing, equitable systems change, and long-term investments in movement work.
Joy is an alumni of UC Santa Cruz with a B.A in American Studies. She enjoys learning, arts, culture, uplifting stories and creating space.
To learn more about Khmer Girls in Action, please visit
Website: www.kgalb.org
IG: @kgalongbeach
FB & Twitter: @kgalb
Robby Rodriguez, Program Officer @ W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Robby started his career as a community organizer, working on issues such as youth development, corporate accountability, environmental justice and immigrant & indigenous rights. For the last ten years, Robby has worked at two of the largest private foundations in the country, and has been a part of teams responsible for stewarding nearly $200 million of philanthropic dollars to help low-income and communities of color build power for racial and gender equity and social and economic justice. Robby holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of New Mexico.
Cost: FREE
This webinar was hosted and recorded on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. View the recording below.
Centering Community in Public Health Webinars: Praxis is in a unique position to build bridges between community organizers and traditional public health institutions. Below includes our 2020 webinars designed for local health departments, public health collaboratives and other agencies interested in increasing community-centered health equity and justice; we offer and provide additional webinars and trainings tailored to the needs of our partners upon request.