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Please join us on April 18th at 2 pm ET for a webinar with Onside Partners about the state of HIA and HiAP. Their presentation will be followed by discussion and breakout rooms. Register today!

Along with the GW Sustainable Urban Planning Program, SOPHIA presents an in-person, all-day training: Health Equity Tools for Planners on February 16th in Arlington, VA. Register today to learn from SOPHIA President Sandra Whitehead and DC-area planners. 

There's a request for proposals out for an HIA related to lithium mining in southern California. The deadline is December 9th.  https://purchasing.imperialcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Health-Impact-Assessment-Request-for-Proposals-11-14-22-Final.pdf

The 2022 Practitioner Workshop is in a couple weeks -- register today for an opportunity to hear from HiAP/HIA practitioners and their work on the group. There will be time for small group discussions and collaborations with other attendees. https://hiasociety.org/event-5005898

Join us tomorrow, June 23rd, for a SOPHIA Steering Committee meeting. You can join the meeting here at 12 pm ET. Hope you can make it!

Join the National Network of Public Health Institutes and Climate for Health on July 20 from 12 - 4 pm ET for a virtual Climate for Health Ambassadors training. Register for the Zoom here https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ClimateHealthAmbassadors

Is your health impact assessment practice focused on the intersections of health and climate change? Abstract submissions are now open for IAIA's Celsius 1.5 conference taking place in Cape Town this September. More details on their website https://conferences.iaia.org/climatechange22/call-for-abstracts

The following was shared with the DC chapter of Public Health Awakened:

Human Impact Partners and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute's County Health Rankings and Roadmaps are holding a new cohort for their Health Equity Narrative Infrastructure Project, and we would love for you to participate! The sessions are interactive (think workshop more than webinar!) and participants will be helping to create a transformative narrative that reflects our shared values and beliefs that we want to elevate.

During the sessions, we will discuss and workshop:

  ·  Identifying and naming our shared values and beliefs
  · Narrative concepts and definitions
  · Naming the dominant narratives we’re up against
  · Exploring narrative power
  · Understanding narrative power in relation to other forms of power
  · Shifting dominant narratives

We will meet for two sessions on Zoom, with members from the Michigan chapter of PHA (facilitated by Jannah Bierens), on Wednesday May 25: 1:00-4:00 EST and Thursday May 26: 1:00-4:00 EST. There are limited slots, so if you can participate in both days, please email deepapatel@gwu.edu to sign up. Any questions or if you would like further information, please contact deepapatel@gwu.edu as well.

Join us on May 26th at 3:30 pm ET for a presentation by Judy Goforth Parker, Commissioner of Health Policy for the Chickasaw Nation. She'll discuss her tribe's use of the Health Impact Checklist,  a toolkit created by the Kansas Health Institute that can be used to explore the health impacts of a certain decision.

This event is open to all SOPHIA contacts! Register for the Zoom event here

Join us as we present SOPHIA's new strategic plan. Please come and give input as to the best ways for us to carry out the activities that will help us serve YOU. Tuesday, April 26th, 4pm ET. Login as a member and find the link to register for the event here: https://hiasociety.org/Member-events. Not a member? Become one today! https://hiasociety.org/join