FFY2023 Annual Conference An Emerging Dance of Equity, Empathy and Engagement Building

Welcome to day one of the AZ Health Zone FFY2023 Annual Conference An Emerging Dance of Equity, Empathy and Engagement Building

Conference Zoom link

Time Speaker Session title Description
1 p.m. Conference introduction Welcome to the conference!
1:05 p.m. Barbie Izquierdo Personal Life Experiences Barbie will share personal life experiences that created an understanding of the effects of poverty, and how service providers helped shape and contribute to her success. She will explain how she gained expertise that led to meaningful and lasting employment, winning a global award and tips on how to ethically engage while uplifting dignity and community needs.
2:05 p.m. Break
2:20 p.m. Breakout Sessions
Dr. Eyal Bergman (he/el) 1A Building from a solidarity-driven family engagement practice in schools: Lessons from research and best practice Learn why schools and their partners often struggle to engage families in productive partnerships that make a difference for student learning and well-being, and what can be done about it.
Mark Fenton, MS 1B Creating settings for inclusive, equitable, everyday physical activity A fraction of American adults and youth meet physical national activity recommendations. This session offers tips on engaging community leaders and groups to create simple demonstrations of low cost-improvements for walking and bicycling that work in communities.
Jen Zuckerman, MS 1C White narratives in food security: How we got here and how to move forward This presentation focuses on how whiteness and white narratives play out in food security and food access efforts in the United States
3:35 p.m. Movement
Kathryn Faull, MPH (she/her) Dance Cardio Who said cardio can’t be fun? Dance like no one’s watching in this energetic, heart and fist-pumping cardio dance session.
Holly Winters (she/her) Balance Flow A beginner-level Yoga Flow to help energize and improve your day.
4 p.m. LIA Colloquium Come ready to engage in discussion with fellow colleagues around community-centered projects throughout the state.
4:45 p.m. Closing and day one overview

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