Using Law and Policy to Create Equitable Communities
Tuesday, November 17, 12pm PST / 3pm EST
Our CEO Sarah de Guia will be a guest speaker at County Health Rankings & Roadmaps’ national webinar Using Law and Policy to Create Equitable Communities. She will be sharing stories, tips, and helpful resources on building health equity through policy change, including ChangeLab Solutions’ Blueprint for Changemakers and Equitable Enforcement to Achieve Health Equity.
Following the presentation, at 1pm PST / 4pm EST, Sarah de Guia and senior attorney Maya Hazarika Watts will join County Health Rankings & Roadmaps in facilitating a one-hour interactive discussion in which attendees can share their experiences with policy change and enforcement of laws and policies to increase equity.
Vaccines, Equity, & Ethics: A COVID-19 Law & Policy Briefing
Thursday, November 19, 9am PST / 12pm EST
Sarah de Guia, JD of ChangeLab Solutions, Dr. Jewel Mullen of Dell Medical School, and Patricia Zettler, JD of Ohio State University will discuss the development of a COVID-19 vaccine and the numerous complications that surround its distribution and implementation. This live briefing on current COVID-19 related law and policy issues is hosted by Public Health Law Watch on Twitter. Follow @phlawwatch for expert insight on the state of the pandemic and what lawmakers can do to address it and join the conversation by using #COVIDLawBriefing in your tweets.
The briefings are produced by the authors of COVID-19 Policy Playbook report, including Temple Center for Public Health Law Research, Center for Health Policy and Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Public Health Law Watch, Wayne State University, Indiana University, The Network for Public Health Law and ChangeLab Solutions. This work is sponsored by the American Public Health Association and the de Beaumont Foundation.
More information on the briefings is available here.