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Parents as Partners to Advance Health Equity

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Participants will learn strategies to center parent and family voices in health equity efforts; better understand how to integrate and sustain parent and family leadership; and hear from parent leaders who are helping to change systems. Participants will also identify strategies they could employ to increase parent and family participation in their work.

Featured speakers:

Alexandra Citrin. Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Juanita Gallion, Capacity Building and Leadership Development Director, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Shadi Houshyar, PhD, Senior Associate, Center for the Study of Social Policy

Heidi Lund, National Advisory Group for Parents’ Voices, Safe Babies, ZERO TO THREE

Kimberly Nabarro, Parent Leader, Safe Babies, ZERO TO THREE



The National Infant-Toddler Court Program was made possible through the support of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $8,820,368 with 0 percent financed from non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.

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