WMA Health Equity Network

We are a 1,000 member network dedicated to removing unjust and avoidable barriers to good health for all Western MA residents.

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

Closing Plenary Session: What Do We Do Next? New Ideas to Move Health Equity Forward. With speakers Pablo Ruiz from Raise Up Massachusetts, Gwendolyn VanSant from Multicultural BRIDGE, and… https://t.co/8amePeSlBL

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

Breakout session room 174: Power Outage : Plugging into Our Alternative Currents #WMHEN2018 @ UMass Amherst https://t.co/CJ1RsfNEnl

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

Breakout session room 162: Data Problems Roundtable @ UMass Amherst https://t.co/BmZfBgbT7v

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

Make sure to fill out a post-it and rate our summit before you leave! #WMHEN2018

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson… https://t.co/wrOL7yKHcy

[Sarah Perez McAdoo @PerezMcAdoo]

How do we create data reports communities can use for action to address health issues in underserved communities? #healthequity #WMHEN2018

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

Breakout session room 163: Leading with Race and Racism to Address Health Inequities #wmhen2018

[WMA Health Equity Network @EquityWma]

A delicious lunch served by UMass Amherst Catering Services and Gardening the Community, providing us with local and equitably sourced food

[Dr. Vanessa Martinez @martinezrenunci]

Enjoying the #WMHEN2018 panel on leading with race and racism. Brilliance spoken - "if you control the frame, you control the narrative" so let's control our frame.

[Sarah Perez McAdoo @PerezMcAdoo]

“Provide context when presenting racial and ethnic inequity data”-speaker slide #WMHEN2018

[Sarah Perez McAdoo @PerezMcAdoo]

In some cases language of racism may be gone but the affects remains- speaker, #WMHEN2018

[WOCHEC @WOCHECollective]

In Power Outage session. Exciting! People are engaged, but still seem "shell-shocked". Great conversation after! @EquityWma #wmhen2018

[Dr. Vanessa Martinez @martinezrenunci]

Got some new analytical tools for use in the classroom and in my research work from MA DPH presenters at #WMHEN2018

[Larkin Christie @_larkmc_]

I was just in the Leading with Race and Racism in Addressing Health Inequity breakout group. Loved the facilitators’ emphasis on the fact that if you’re not doing racial justice work within your field, that’s because you’re choosing not to. it’s present in everything. #wmhen2018

[UMass Public Policy @UMassPolicy]

@UMassPolicy alum @LauraSylvester speaks on "Democracy is NOT a Spectator Sport: You Can Impact #PublicPolicy!" at #WMHEN2018 @UMassSPHHS. W/@LizFriedmanONE & former Rep Ellen Story. @SBS_UMass @UMassAmherst

[Sarah Perez McAdoo @PerezMcAdoo]

Discover your role in racial justice work.#WMHEN2018

[Sarah Perez McAdoo @PerezMcAdoo]

How do you lead with race and racism in health equity?#WMHEN2018

[Karen Walsh Pio @KarenWalshPio]

Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport! Panel presentation at Health Equity Summit with Liz Friedman, Ellen Story and Lisa Newman. #WMHEN2018 #UMASSsphhs #preventioncoalition #thrive

[Karen Walsh Pio @KarenWalshPio]

"It was a commonsense bill that was even embarrassing to bring up!" Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (July 2017) #WMHEN2018 #UMASSsphhs #thrive