Design Lab 11 (Seattle, WA)

Seattle, Washington :: September 30 – October 2, 2009

 Meeting Goals

  1. Explore Martin Luther King, Jr. County’s Equity and Social Justice Initiative’s progress.
  2. Enhance capacity of Teams to communicate social determinants of health and the interrelationships among ‘place’.
  3. Enhance the development capacity of Teams to secure additional resources.
  4. Enhance the capacity of Teams to convey effectively messages about PLACE MATTERS from both local and national perspectives.
  5. Explore poverty and its role as a social determinant of health.
  6. Explore challenges and strategies to achieve health equity for the Hispanic population.
  7. Explore opportunities provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and inform poverty prevention opportunities.
  8. Engage in national learning community activities that support the continued development and implementation of county/city strategy plans.
  9. Engage in Team building activities.
  10. Convene and network with colleagues participating in PLACE MATTERS jurisdictions.
  11. Provide a safe place to brainstorm new and innovative approaches.

 

Design Lab Documents

  1. Agenda At-A-Glance
  2. DL11 Concept Paper
  3. Concurrent Session Assignments and Descriptions

 

Presentations

  1. Place Matters DL11 Intro
  2. State of Place Matters - Dr. Brian Smedley
  3. A Pound of Cure - Kara Ryan
  4. Changing Nation - Dr. Manuel Pastor
  5. Overview: Community Assessment - Tom Scharmen
  6. Community Assessment: Albuquerque - Kitty Richards/Tom Scharmen
  7. Community Assessment: Alameda - Dr. Sandra Witt
  8. Community Assessment: Baltimore - Ryan Pettaway

 

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