Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition

Virtual Resource Fair
2024-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
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Use Your Voice: Advocate to Change Your Community
2024-08-06 13:00 - 15:00
Register Here (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Advocating can increase health equity in your community and make the voice of the community heard. Workshop attendees will learn how to communicate ideas and concerns to policymakers and how to engage them. This workshop will explore different forms of policy, Nevada’s state legislative process, and the differences between advocacy and lobbying. It will also build on participants’ experiences to help them find what will work best to make change and mobilize their networks.
Learning Objectives:

Define policy, advocacy, and lobbying in the context of the policy process
Explain why policy is an important tool to improve communities
Describe the legislative process in Nevada
Identify different ways to advocate and become more comfortable advocacy capacity
Recognize tools that can assist with advocacy work

Featured Speakers
Amanda Haboush-Deloye, PhD
Executive Director
Nevada Institute for Children’s Research & Policy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Amanda Haboush-Deloye earned her Ph.D. in experimental psychology and her Master of Arts in clinical psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Amanda’s research background is on mental health in adolescent and adult populations with an emphasis on improving research methods to be more culturally appropriate. As a researcher at NICRP, she has designed and implemented many research projects regarding children’s physical health, mental health, and education, as well as lead children’s advocacy initiatives such as Every Child Matters in Nevada and Prevent Child Abuse Nevada. Being a Las Vegas native, Amanda aims to create a healthier community where families and children are a priority.
Valeria Gurr, M.A. and Ph.D. Candidate in Public Affairs
Senior Fellow
American Federation of Children
Valeria Gurr, M.A. and Public Affairs Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), is a Senior Fellow for the American Federation for Children. The Concilio Hispano Media Group named her as one of the most influential Hispanics in Southern Nevada in 2018. In 2022, the UNLV School of Public Policy and Leadership awarded her the Dottie Shank Service Award. In 2024, Citizen Outreach awarded her The Courage Under Fire for her legislative efforts to bring educational opportunities to Nevada children.
Valeria obtained her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with a specialization in Marketing from Duoc UC of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2009 and a master’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2013. She is expected to complete her Ph.D. in 2024. Valeria’s research interest is in seeing how the lack of access to quality education in traditional public schools and the digital divide impacted low-income families, predominantly Hispanic and Latino children, after the pandemic. Before working for AFC, Valeria was part of the UNLV Nevada Institute for Children’s Research & Policy. In her role, she provided child maltreatment prevention training to help empower both parents and the general community.
In her role at AFC, Valeria seeks to inform and empower families with the correct information to make the best decisions regarding their children’s education.
Funding Disclosure: Funding for this webinar was made possible (in part) by the CDC Foundation. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CDC Foundation, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the CDC Foundation.

NMHEC Quarterly Partner's Meeting/Legislative 101 Webinar
2024-07-31 12:00 - 13:30

Grant Writing 101 for Non-Profits
2024-07-24 13:00 - 15:00
Register Here (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
This workshop will provide an overview of best practices for grant writing for non-profit organizations. Participants will learn about funding sources, grant proposals, program narratives, and tips and strategies for grant writing for non-profit and public institutions.
Learning Objectives:

Identify common funding sources
Compare different types of grants
Understand the general outline of a grant and the application process
Describe best practices in grant writing and obtaining funding
List where to find grant writing resources and future workshops

Featured Speakers
Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jason D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them) is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Health. Jason’s $5+ million-funded NIH research portfolio works to better understand health concerns and needs of diverse sexual and gender minorities or LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and additional identities) people living with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and their caregivers and care providers. Learn more about Jason’s research at www.RainbowsofAging.org.
Dr. Flatt has experience with grant writing, including current and past funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), California Health Care Foundation, Michael J. Fox Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association, institutional grants, foundations, non-profit contracts, and an NIH Loan Repayment award, as well as being awarded competitive grants for training and fellowships, graduate school scholarships, and travel awards to attend national conferences. He also serves on grant review committees for the National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer’s Association.
Laura Hernandez
Director of Youth and Senior Services
The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada
Laura Hernandez is the Director of Youth and Senior Programs at the LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada. Previously, Laura served as the Executive Director of Gender Justice Nevada and co-founded the Nevada Alliance for Student Diversity. In these capacities, she actively engaged in legislative and policy advocacy to safeguard the rights of transgender students in Nevada schools.
As a grant writer, Laura has successfully secured funding from notable sources including the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Groundswell Fund, The Gill Foundation, The American Heart Association, Scan Health Plan, NV Energy, The Engelstad Foundation, and the Third Wave Fund.
Laura is currently focused on enhancing and expanding programs for LGBTQ+ youth and seniors through strategic grant initiatives. Her insight into the grant writing process and her dedicated approach to community-focused projects contribute significantly to the development and sustainability of programs at the Center.
Funding Disclosure: Funding for this webinar was made possible (in part) by the CDC Foundation. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CDC Foundation, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the CDC Foundation.

Strengthening Maternal Health: The Impact of Doulas as Care Partners During Pregnancy and Postpartum
2024-07-23 18:00 - 19:30

Building Data Capacity to Tell Your Story
2024-07-19 11:00 - 13:00
Register Here (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Data is an essential tool that can help shape your work in your community. Data can help you pin-point areas of focus to maximize your efforts with limited resources. In this workshop, we will cover the value of data collection, how to store and manage data, and identify data resources. Participants will learn how to integrate data and storytelling into their day-to-day work.
Learning Objectives:

To identify best practices for data collection
To describe how to store, manage and share data
To use data to tell a story

Featured Speakers
Christopher Johansen, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health
School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Christopher Johansen, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health at UNLV School of Public Health. His research aims to address Latino health disparities. He was born and raised in Southern California and is the first male in his family to graduate from college. He earned his BS in Psychology from University of California, Davis, his MPH from San Diego State University, and his PhD in Health Promotion Sciences from Claremont Graduate University. Prior to coming to UNLV, he completed a postdoctoral training at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health working on various interventions to address health disparities (e.g., HPV vaccination, colorectal cancer screening, and preschool obesity prevention). Dr. Johansen strives to train and work alongside the next generation of public health practitioners in Southern Nevada.
Chibudom Yanez
Senior Management Analyst
The City of Las Vegas
Chibudom Yanez has lived in Las Vegas for over seven years and currently serves as a Senior Management Analyst for the City of Las Vegas. With a diverse background in government agencies and non-profit organizations throughout the Las Vegas Valley, she brings extensive experience to her role. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Education from the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Originally from Nigeria, Chibudom immigrated to the United States at a young age, sparking her passion for engaging underserved populations and ethnically diverse communities. Her career has included roles in Foster Care Services, case management at a local WIC and Early Head Start organization, and international partnerships promoting equity and education in Spanish-speaking countries. She has designed and facilitated trainings on family preservation, nutrition education, and community engagement. In her current role in Human Resources, she focuses on employee relations and organizational development training.
Funding Disclosure: Funding for this webinar was made possible (in part) by the CDC Foundation. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CDC Foundation, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the CDC Foundation.

Evidence-Informed Program Planning within Diverse Cultural Contexts
2024-06-20 10:00 - 12:00
Register Here (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
This workshop will provide an overview of how to co-develop an evidence-informed health program that incorporates theoretical and empirical evidence and engages community stakeholders in the planning process. We will provide an overview of the six steps of the Intervention Mapping process, and how a trauma-informed approach can enhance the creation of more effective evidence-informed programs within diverse cultural contexts.
Learning Objectives:

Review the six steps of the Intervention Mapping process and their related tasks for effective program planning;
Describe the guiding principles of a trauma-informed approach to program planning in diverse cultural contexts;
Discuss applications of evidence-informed program within diverse cultural contexts.

Featured Speakers
Gabriela Buccini, Ph.D., MSc, IBCLC
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dr. Gabriela Buccini is an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health. Dr. Buccini’s academic training is focused on epidemiology, public health nutrition, and implementation science methods. She has experience in evaluating and co-designing evidence-informed infant feeding and early childhood interventions in low-income settings in the U.S and globally. She teaches “Program Evaluation in Health Promotion” and “Implementation Science for Global Health” in the graduate program at UNLV School of Public Health.
Kaleigh Mancha, LMFT, Certified Full Spectrum Doula
Owner, K.a.y. & M.e.
Co-Founder, Heart and Sol Collective
Kaleigh Mancha has served as a full spectrum birth worker & Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist for almost 15 years, specializing in perinatal & postpartum mental health conditions, reproductive experiences, medical trauma & complex PTSD. She has been a certified yoga teacher for 10 years & currently oversees all yoga programming & mentorship of teachers at Yoga Haven as their Program Director.
Additionally, Kaleigh co- founded Heart & Sol Collective in 2020, a queer & BIPoC founded nonprofit that provides accessible & culturally responsive services to address maternal health disparities in the Las Vegas community. As a result of her passion for community, she enjoys providing mentorship for BIPoC perinatal professionals & creating trauma informed programming for organizations & community members.
Funding Disclosure: Funding for this webinar was made possible (in part) by the CDC Foundation. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CDC Foundation, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the CDC Foundation.

NMHEC Quarterly Partner's Meeting
2024-04-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2024-01-31 12:00 - 13:30

Community-Based Participatory Research Virtual Workshop
2024-02-14 10:00 - 14:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
CBPR is the combination of research and partnership building when assessing a community priority. Partnerships are diverse, often including individuals from specific communities, organizations, academic institutions, and/or coalitions. The CBPR approach strives for shared decision-making and involvement of partners and community members during all phases of the process. This half-day workshop will introduce CBPR, its principles, critical points in partnership development, and aspects to consider throughout the research and partnership processes. We will discuss partnership strategies related to power dynamics, trust, and culture. This workshop is for anyone interested in conducting research and assessments with communities. The session will incorporate tips and strategies for organizations implementing and evaluating community programs.
Learning Objectives:

Understand CBPR within the scope of community engaged research
Identify where community participation occurs in the research and evaluation process
Provide strategies for partner engagement and partnership development

Presenters
Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Leana Ramirez, PharmD, AAHIVP, CSP

Chief Clinical Officer
The Center

Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative Monthly Meeting
2023-10-18 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-16 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-07-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-06-21 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-04-19 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-03-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-02-15 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-01-18 11:00 - 12:00 and 1 more date
Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 11AM PST for the Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative meeting!
The NVEC is a partnership comprised of diverse and interdisciplinary members of the public, as well as private, state, and community partners, co-led by Immunize Nevada and the Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition.
Members of the NVEC include state legislators, community members representing different ethnicities and demographics, healthcare providers, faith-based leaders, public and private representatives.
Register

Strategic Planning in A Rapidly Changing World
2023-03-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-12-14 10:00 - 12:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Author Lewis Carroll once shared, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” The same applies to organizations without a strategic direction or plan. Regardless of your organization’s size, every organization benefits from setting some directional compass points to help you reach your end goal. This workshop will provide an overview of the value of strategic planning and components of the strategic planning process so attendees leave prepared to develop and implement their own strategic plans in the future.
Learning Objectives:

Evaluate your strategic plan readiness
Apply the Strategic Planning Life Cycle to your organization
Familiarize yourself with strategic planning terms
Prepare/develop the framework of your plan with a corresponding timeline for the planning process

Featured Speaker
Stacey Wedding
Chief Strategist
The Stacey Wedding Group
Fondly described as the fairy godmother of nonprofits, Stacey Wedding moves organizations and their leadership teams from surviving to thriving. She has spent 25 years devoted to elevating charitable organizations from the inside out, building organizational capacity to change our communities, countries, and world. Stacey and her team at The Stacey Wedding Group provide expertise in board governance and development, strategic planning, and executive coaching.
Prior to establishing her company, Stacey served in an executive staff position at the Nevada Community Foundation, where she helped grow the organization from $10 million to $35 million.
A lifelong Nevada resident, Stacey’s journey into the magical and sometimes messy world of nonprofits began at the age of 5 when she helped her mom—an Executive Director at the time—volunteer and fundraise to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Stacey and her team contribute 150 hours of volunteer time annually, and she donates 10% of her company’s annual revenues. A proud graduate of UNLV, Stacey serves on the board of the UNLV Honors College. She also is the Board Chair of Wagging Tails Rescue.
Learn more about Stacey at www.staceywedding.com or check out the Nonprofit Everything podcast that she co-hosts, www.nonprofiteverything.com.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Community-Based Participatory Research and the Roles of Power, Trust, and Culture Part 2
2023-03-15 13:00 - 15:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) is the combination of research and partnership building when assessing a community priority. Partnerships are diverse, often including individuals from specific communities, organizations, academic institutions, and/or coalitions. The CBPR approach strives for shared decision making and involvement of partners and community members during all phases of the process. This two-part workshop will introduce CBPR, its principles, critical points in partnership development and issues throughout the research and partnership processes. Issues related to power dynamics, trust, and culture will be highlighted in the workshop sessions. This workshop is inclusive for anyone interested in research and assessment. Each session will incorporate education for organizations implementing and evaluating community programs.
Learning Objectives:

Understand CBPR within the scope of community engaged research
Identify where community participation occurs in the research and evaluation process
Provide strategies for partner engagement and partnership development

Featured Speakers
Julie Lucero, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean, College of Health
Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology
University of Utah
Julie E. Lucero, PhD MPH, is an associate dean, College of Health, and associate professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, at the University of Utah. Lucero’s research is centered on the identification of modifiable social determinants to reduce the impact of health inequities within underrepresented populations. Using mixed methods, dissemination and implementation science, and community based participatory research (CBPR), her projects have focused on examining factors associated with substance abuse, mental health, housing and food security, and positive youth development. Lucero has been involved with CBPR projects in collaboration with Native American/Indigenous, Latino/Hispano, young adult, and LGBTQ+ communities. Much of Lucero’s research has contributed to advancing the science of community engaged research approaches. Lucero strives to achieve health equity by means of education, research, diversity and inclusion, and policy development.
Kadie Zeller

Executive Director
Om Namo
Program Specialist
Nevada Afterschool Network
Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy

Kadie Zeller is an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and of the people of Kiribati in the South Pacific. She is currently a Program Specialist for the Nevada Afterschool Network at NICRP. She is also a Certified Prevention Specialist and has started her own nonprofit, in Fallon, to share mindfulness and other wellness programs to youth and adults.
Kadie received her Bachelors Arts in Psychology, with a focus on public service, from the University of California, San Diego. Her background is in primary and secondary substance prevention and mental health wellness for historically misrepresented community members in Rural and Frontier Nevada.
Kadie’s passion is connecting communities with the tools and resources needed to create positive systems of change and sustain intergenerational healing.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Building Data Capacity To Tell Your Story Workshop
2023-03-10 12:00 - 14:00, 2022-12-09 12:00 - 14:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Data is a powerful tool that can shape and inform efforts at the community level. It can help pin-point areas of focus to maximize efforts when there are limited resources. This workshop will cover the value of data collection, how to store and manage data, and identify data resources. Participants will learn strategies to implement, collect, and analyze data in a way that will help increase functionality and stability of their organization, as well as learn the basics of transforming data into a storytelling format that fits their day-to-day work.
Learning Objectives:

Identify best practices for data collection
Describe how to store, manage, and share data
Utilize data to tell a story

Featured Speakers
Christopher Johansen, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health
UNLV School of Public Health
Christopher Johansen, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Health at UNLV School of Public Health. His research aims to address Latino health disparities. He was born and raised in Southern California and is the first male in his family to graduate from college. He earned his BS in Psychology from University of California, Davis, his MPH from San Diego State University, and his PhD in Health Promotion Sciences from Claremont Graduate University. Prior to coming to UNLV, he completed a postdoctoral training at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health working on various interventions to address health disparities (e.g., HPV vaccination, colorectal cancer screening, and preschool obesity prevention). Dr. Johansen strives to train and work alongside the next generation of public health practitioners in Southern Nevada.
Chibudom Yanez
Management Analyst
The City of Las Vegas
Chibudom Yanez has lived in Las Vegas for little over seven years. She works as a Management Analyst for the City of Las Vegas in her current role, but she has worked in various government agencies and non-profit foundations in the Las Vegas Valley. Chibudom received a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Education from the College of Saint Benedicts in St. Joseph, Minnesota. She was born in Nigeria, and immigrated to the United States at a young age; which was the catalyst for her desire to engage under-served populations and ethnically diverse cultures. The work, outreach, and projects she has embarked on aims to focus on underserved demographics locally and internationally. Her work experience ranges from Foster Care Services, case management at a local WIC and Early Head Start organization, and international partnerships and programming for equity and education in multiple Spanish speaking countries. Chibudom has facilitated and created trainings for family preservation, nutrition education, and building community engagement and response.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Building Community Power to Impact Change: Foundations of Community Organizing
2023-02-24 10:00 - 12:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Community Organizing is the methodology by which people come together to build collective power to solve social problems. Non-violent community organizing has and continues to shape much of our daily lives. In this workshop we will review introductory concepts of community organizing through short case studies and explore tools to apply organizing methodologies to your daily practice. This workshop is designed for people unfamiliar with the basics of community organizing, but open to all.
Learning Objectives:

Advance a shared understanding of community organizing as a social change methodology.
Explore the principles that guide effective community organizing.
Study brief examples of effective organizing.
Reflect on the application of community organizing principles in your community-based work.

Featured Speaker
Bliss Requa-Trautz
Executive Director
Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center
Bliss Requa-Trautz is the Executive Director of Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center. She brings more than a decade of experience in community organizing around issues of economic justice, immigrant justice, and education access. She holds Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Labor Studies Certificate from the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Labor Studies and Worker Education at City University of New York.
The Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center unites day laborers, domestic workers, immigrant workers and low wage workers to defend their rights, fight for dignity and win justice for all. Our mission is to inform, empower, and organize immigrant led efforts towards equality, economic justice and social and political inclusion.
Jorge Torres
Regional Organizer
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Jorge Torres was born in Quito, Ecuador, where he had his first experience seeing inequality, particularly in the way indigenous people were treated. He began organizing with indigenous people since he was 12 years old. He came to the United States at the age of 16 with his parents, and has lived here for 17 years. He lived undocumented for 9 years of his life, during which he learned about the frustration of lacking access to school, work, and travel. Also a constant fear for ICE and police. He began to organize with Unidad Latina en Acción in New Haven CT, a community organization that works against wage-theft, provides educational and leadership opportunities, and community empowerment. He was able to regularize his immigration status nine years ago, but continues to organize with immigrant communities. He founded Unidad Latina en Acción, in New Jersey an organization that empower the community against the deportation machine. For over 10 years Torres has worked hand in hand with families in deportation proceeding. In 2012, he was part of the Undocubus, a ride for justice, which was a bus traveling from Arizona to North Carolina with over 30 undocumented families that risked deportation and were unafraid to seek justice. Torres also has done community radio, and makes films and documentaries related to migrants and social justice. He also has provided strategic direction for opening El Centro’s Community Job Center in July 2014 by organizing and doing advocacy work at the local and national level. Jorge has organized and planned the first Staten Island Workers’ Assembly that brought together about 500 workers from different industries. He founded a transnational project with members of the Staten Island community and Puebla, Mexico to reunite families separated by forced migration through cultural and social economic projects. Torres has led and strategized with the ICEFREENJ Statewide Campaign that focuses on responding to Raids, Detentions and Deportations cases to engage families on anti-deportation and anti-detention advocacy projects. Jorge Torres has developed a migrant protection project for the Embassy of Ecuador in the United States, which was implemented nation-wide as a permanent program. He has managed the tri-state area by implementing a supervised system of the staff, coordinating professional trainings for the team with clear strategies for undocumented migrant protection. Jorge has implemented community outreach and engagement strategies to advocate for cases of families risking deportation proceedings. Torres has developed and implemented a rapid response system for more than 350 cases that were in detention centers. he worked for 4 years with Faith in New Jersey a multi-faith and multi-racial network of faith leaders and faith communities working together to advance an immigration, racial, economic and human justice agenda at the local, state and federal level. Currently Torres works with the National Day Laborer Organizing network as the national campaign strategist with the mission of improve the lives of day laborers, migrants and low-wages workers to basically build power and leadership among those facing injustice, so they can challenge inequality and expand labor, political and human rights.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Community-Based Participatory Research and the Roles of Power, Trust, and Culture Part 1
2023-02-15 13:00 - 15:00

How to Write a Technical Report
2023-02-10 13:00 - 15:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Technical reports provide an in-depth description of the process, progress, or results of a project or program. Technical report writing is often a requirement at the end of a project or for grant writing. It is a skill that is used to clearly communicate a possible solution to a problem, recommend action, or aid decision making. This workshop will cover the unique skill and art of conveying research information in a clear, concise, effective, and objective manner.
Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate how technical reports can be used to communicate efficiently and effectively
Describe the standard structure of a technical report
Describe the style that should be used when writing a technical report
Outline best practices for report presentation

Featured Speaker
Jennifer Pharr, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Dr. Pharr is an Associate Professor of Public Health at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada. She is currently teaching the Technical and Scientific Writing course in the graduate program and has presented tips and tools for becoming an effective writer for a variety of audiences.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Use Your Voice: Advocate to Change Your Community
2023-01-24 09:30 - 12:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Advocacy can amplify a community’s voice in an effort to increase health equity. This workshop will explore different forms of policy, Nevada’s state legislative process, and the differences between advocacy and lobbying. Workshop attendees will learn how to communicate ideas and concerns to policymakers, as well as ways to engage with them. Additionally, this workshop will build on participants’ experiences to find what will work best to mobilize change within their networks.
Learning Objectives:

Define policy, advocacy, and lobbying in the context of the policy process
Explain why policy is an important tool to improve communities
Describe the legislative process in Nevada
Identify different ways to advocate
Recognize tools that can assist with advocacy work

Featured Speakers
Valeria Gurr, M.A. and Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs
Director of External Relations
The American Federation for Children
Valeria Gurr, M.A. and Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), is the Director of External Relations for the American Federation for Children. The Concilio Hispano Media Group named her in 2018 as one of the most influential Hispanics in Southern Nevada. Valeria obtained her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with a specialization in Marketing from Duoc UC of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2009 and a Master’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 2013. Valeria’s research interest after the pandemic is how the lack of access to quality education in traditional public schools and the digital divide impact low-income families, especially Hispanic and Latino children.In her role, Valeria seeks to inform and empower families with the right information to make the best decisions regarding their children’s education.
Max Gakh, JD, MPH
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Associate Director, Health Law Program
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Max Gakh, JD, MPH, is an Associate Professor based in the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Public Health and the Associate Director of the UNLV Health Law Program. His research, teaching, and service center on the intersection of law, policy, and public health and investigate how legal mechanisms and policies can improve or hinder the health of communities. His work includes exploring the government’s legal authority to promote public health, laws relevant to public health emergencies, and laws and policies outside of the health sector that impact health. Max’s previous experience includes collaborating with public health professionals to address real-world health issues using law and policy and working as a legislative attorney.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.

Survey Development Workshop
2023-01-13 09:00 - 11:00
Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:
Surveys are a great tool to gather information about a community or a specific topic of interest. Good surveys that deliver credible and meaningful results take time and careful planning to design because the questions need to be asked in a way that will accurately measure the opinions, experiences, and behaviors of the community. In this workshop, participants can expect to learn the basics of how to design an effective survey that is clear, engaging, and asks useful questions that avoid unintentional bias.
Learning Objectives:

Identify the applications of surveys in community work
Apply the steps entailed in survey development
Develop valid, reliable, relevant, and readable items for a survey
Demonstrate how to employ a survey in community work
Identify common sources of error in survey administration and how to overcome them

Featured Speaker
Manoj Sharma, Ph.D., MCHES®
Professor and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Health
School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Manoj Sharma, MBBS, Ph.D., MCHES® is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has taught over 6,000 students in his career and has worked at local, state, national, and international levels in public health for over 35 years. He is ranked in the top one percentile of scientists globally by Elsevier. His research interests are in developing evidence-based health promotion interventions, survey research, integrative health, and community-based participatory research (CBPR).
Jamie Ross
Executive Director
PACT Coalition
Jamie Ross has been the Executive Director of the PACT Coalition since 2011. She has been involved with substance misuse prevention from a young age and has turned her lifelong passion for bettering the community into a career, helping to create system-wide change geared toward reducing substance misuse.
The PACT Coalition is the largest substance misuse prevention coalition in Las Vegas with diverse funding focused on the full spectrum of prevention, including mental health, primary and tertiary substance misuse prevention, and the intersection of prevention into all aspects of community building.
As the Executive Director, Jamie oversees all programs and funding, writes grants, and manages staff. Since its inception, she has helped the PACT Coalition grow to ten times its original funding and capacity. Jamie believes in the power of the community to change itself for the better. When a community comes together to solve its own problems, the results are powerful and transformative. As Sam Quinones says, the solution to the opioid crisis isn’t naloxone, it’s the community.
When Jamie isn’t working, she can be found hiking and climbing or watching the latest superhero movie with her husband.
Elizabeth Moore
Project Coordinator
PACT Coalition
Elizabeth Moore is a Project Coordinator at the PACT Coalition, where she is responsible for coordinating primary prevention efforts for Southern Nevada specifically through the revision and presentation of timely prevention data. This role allows Elizabeth to support the Clark Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board by connecting the substance misuse and behavioral health community. Elizabeth especially enjoys the community outreach aspect of her work, as she is always excited to have the opportunity to connect with locals.
Elizabeth also has experience working as a Research Assistant at the Nevada Institute of Children’s Research and Policy and as a Student Intern at the Southern Nevada Health District. She completed her Master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Health from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2020. In 2022, she became a Certified Prevention Specialist.
Chelsi Cheatom
Program Manager
PACT Coalition
Chelsi Cheatom has been working with Trac-B Exchange since 2016 as the Program Manager. She has helped to support Trac-B Exchange opening the first storefront syringe exchange in Clark County, NV as well as supporting the roll-out of the Impact Exchange vending machine project which now has 5 public health/ syringe vending machines placed in the Las Vegas community. Prior to working at Trac-B Exchange, Chelsi oversaw the STD and Adult Viral Hepatitis grant programs for the State of Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology and was a Disease Investigation and Intervention Specialist with the Southern Nevada Health District. Chelsi earned a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2010.
Funding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
