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Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021, Noon - 1pm, Click here to register. Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87845891968 Passcode: 752221

You are invited to Public Health Day 2021-- Strengthening Public Health Now: An Urgent Call

When

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location

Zoom webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87845891968 Passcode: 752221

REGISTRATION: Click here to register. ASL interpretation and Spanish language translation will be provided.

Public Health Day 2021

Please join us virtually on Feb. 10, 2021 for the 7th Annual Public Health Day at the Roundhouse -- Strengthening Public Health Now: An Urgent Call. This annual event is sponsored by the New Mexico Department of Health, the New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils and the New Mexico Public Health Association.

Schedule of Events:

Public Health Showcase -- a carousel of slides depicting local and statewide public health organizations

Featured Speakers:

Mark Mitchell, Governor of Tesuque Pueblo

Dr. Tracie Collins, Secretary New Mexico Department of Health via video recording

Daniel Hena, Tesuque Pueblo Health Council

Ursala Bowe, Otero County Health Council

Edith Vasquez, Luna County Health Council.

All Day: Public health advocates are encouraged to contact their legislators to provide education and express your views on state public health needs

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87845891968

Passcode: 752221

To view & download please follow the link below: 

LCHealthGuide_2021-1-1.pdf

New Mexico Public Health Association 

NMPHA is hosting NMPHA Fridays: Policy, Action & Equity at noon weekly through March 26, 2021 to learn more about the 2021 New Mexico state legislative session and how to advocate for stronger public health policies. Each Zoom meeting features a brief presentation, Q & A and discussion. Please register here to get Zoom link and reminders. 

Jan 8: Roundhouse 2021 Update, Barak Wolff, Legislative Analyst, NM Senate Public Affairs Committee; click here to listen to recording; enter Passcode aKW1@10U

Jan. 15: NMPHA 2021 Policy Priorities with Melissa Ontiveros, NMPHA's new Interim Executive Director, and Diana Sotelo and Stephany Strahle, NMPHA 2021 Interns

THIS WEEK: Jan. 22: Public Health Policy Messaging, Dawn Hunter, Network for Public Health Law, Former Director NMDOH Office of Policy and Accountability

Jan. 29: Community Organizing for Public Health, Adriann Barboa, Policy Director, Forward Together (Albuquerque) and Bern Co Commissioner

Feb. 5: Policy and Equity, Dr. Lisa Cacari-Stone, UNM Professor

Feb. 12 - Mar. 12: Presentations on NMPHA Priority Legislation organized by NMPHA 2021 Interns, topics and presenters tba

Mar. 19 and 26: Wrap up and Lessons Learned

New Mexico launches statewide vaccine dashboard

Website offers data on vaccinations, provider locations, and- registration

SANTA FE - The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday announced the launch of the state’s vaccine dashboard. 

The website - https://cvvaccine.nmhealth.org/public-dashboard.html - offers key up-to-the-day statistics about the state’s vaccination effort, including vaccines received in New Mexico, vaccines administered, vaccines administered in the last seven days, and total registrants to New Mexico’s vaccine registration website, vaccinenm.org. The site also features a map with the location of every active vaccination provider in the state.

“The Department of Health is pleased to provide a clear window into our state’s vaccination efforts,” said DOH Secretary-Designate Dr. Tracie Collins. “This website allows New Mexicans to track our state’s progress - and we encourage everyone to play a role in that progress by registering for vaccine.”

Equitable and Inclusive Engagement: Creating an Accessible Virtual Meeting Space

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MST

Register here.

The pandemic has changed almost every aspect of our lives and created vast distances both physically and emotionally for people. For many, the only way to keep in touch and work is through a variety of digital platforms. However, for people with disabilities these platforms can pose challenges. Many have not considered issues around equity and inclusion for persons with disabilities and for persons without access to broadband or smart phones.

Join Nicole Cabral, Associate Director for New York Engagement Programs at Public Agenda, and Paul Khouri, a multicultural disability rights advocate, to learn how to create a more inclusive and welcoming digital environment through exploring how to make engaging online more equitable. 

For reasonable accommodation requests to attend this discussion, please contact Jennifer Orellana at pe@publicagenda.org no later than Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

Paul Khouri is a multicultural disability rights advocate. Over the past 10 years, he has worked to improve accessibility to the disability community on local, national, and international levels. Some of his accomplishments include: creating resume workshops for DC residents with disabilities, providing guidance on how to create an accessible website to a nationwide staffing agency and developing resources for an advocacy organization to build accessible bathrooms internationally. In 2016, Paul was awarded the Equal Rights Center Advocate of the Year. Read about Paul Khouri in the Washington Post.

Nicole Cabral is Associate Director for New York Engagement Programs at Public Agenda. She manages the Public Engagement team in the development and execution of projects on a variety of local and national issues. Read Nicole’s full bio.