Jumpstarting Your Coalition

Webinar Description

During this webinar, we will focus on jumpstarting a prevention coalition for long-term success. During the session we will go on a journey to developing a ‘culture of participation’, including techniques for identifying appropriate members for your local coalition, building relationships, and maintaining coalition engagement. Participants will have the opportunity to learn information as well as apply that knowledge to their local work. Established coalitions will also be able to identify opportunities to strengthen and continue their functioning.

Webinar Objectives

In this webinar, participants will:

• Share the big idea of community-driven prevention (as opposed to coordinator-driven prevention)
• Identify key readiness elements for community-based prevention
• Identify a variety of actions to recruit and engage coalition members
• Identify options for maintaining a culture of participation in their coalition and learn techniques to maintain coalition member engagement

Audience

Prevention practitioners, allied health partners and community members working to prevent substance misuse in tribes, communities, and states in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington).

Date & Time

Thursday, June 20, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Alaska
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Mountain
(view in your time zone)

Presenter

Capetra Parker, MPH

Capetra Parker, MPH, Prevention Strategist, Evidence2Success Project Director, UW Social Development Research Group. Capetra supports communities across the nation as the Evidence2Success project director and coaches several CTC Plus communities in the U.S. She has also contributed to the workforce development of prevention specialists through training and curriculum development in diverse capacities. Ms. Parker has co-authored journal articles about the implementation of CTC in urban communities through the Center for Healthy African American Men through Partnerships (CHAAMPS). Her work focuses on promoting system changes and cross sector collaboration. She has a special interest in empowering communities to employ strategies that address race, equity, and inclusion disparities. Ms. Parker earned her MPH from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Registration

Click here to register for the webinar Jumpstarting Your Coalition

COST: FREE!

Continuing Education

Participants will receive a certificate of attendance of 1.5 hours for completion of this live webinar event.

Questions

Please contact Holly Simak ([email protected]) for any questions related to registration. For any other questions, please contact Kathy Gardner ([email protected]).