The South Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center will host a virtual five-part learning community for prevention professionals working in communities of color. The purpose of the learning community is to discuss strategies for creating outcomes-based change in communities of color. Topics to be discussed are best practices for delivering culturally competent services, strategies for eliminating systemic and structural barriers to wellness, and much more. Each sessions will be 90 minutes and will take place once a month from August through December. The first session will convene on August 4, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. MT.
The first session will serve as an orientation and welcoming meeting. Therefore, it has three objectives. The first is to introduce the purpose of the learning community. The second will be for participants to introduce themselves to each other to cultivate a safe setting. Finally, draft a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis of providing high-impact prevention services in communities of color.
Please save the dates for all of the upcoming sessions. You will not be disappointed.
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Sep 1 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. MT
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Oct 6 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. MT
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Nov 3 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. MT
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Dec 1 2:00 p.m. CT/ 1:00 p.m. MT
Albert Gay is a national trainer and consultant in the field of substance use prevention. He has worked with governmental agencies, as well as with Indiana University’s School of Public Health as an Education and Training Specialist and Research Associate with the Prevention Insights. In this position, he coordinates substance use and HIV prevention strategies and trainings. Nationally, he has trained the behavioral health workforce, the United States military, and diverse population groups and community coalitions in the Strategic Prevention Framework. Locally, Albert was the coordinator for a Communities That Care coalition; and currently, he is the chair of a county council and a key stakeholder for a city wide coalition (both of which are Drug Free Communities Coalitions). Besides prevention, his other areas of interest include youth work, faith-based initiatives, mental health promotion, social justice, cultural competence, historical trauma, organizational development and strategic planning.