To help meet the needs of public health practitioners and advocates, the Act for Public Health partners launched a biweekly forum for timely conversations that explain and interpret the impact of federal action on state and local public health practice. Register for the series.
In our first briefing, Sabrina Adler, vice president of law at ChangeLab Solutions, and Joelle Lester, executive director at Public Health Law Center, provided an overview of the Act for Public Health briefing series, explored the effects of a range of executive actions, and discussed strategy for the current moment. Watch the May 14 recording.
In our second briefing, Katie Hannon Michel, senior attorney at ChangeLab Solutions, and Donya Khadem, Equal Protection Initiative counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, provided an overview of executive orders attacking diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives and outlined how federal agencies have begun to implement them. They also discussed ongoing legal challenges to these orders, as well as strategies and considerations for public health practitioners as they navigate federal actions and their fallout. Watch the May 28 recording.
5/22/2025; updated 6/3/2025