Forward Together: The Collective for Health Equity Community Gathering
2026-02-26 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Virtual, United States
We are grateful to continue our work supporting community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country. As we step into this new journey as Collective for Health Equity, we are dedicated to uplifting community voice, shared leadership and building something responsive to what our communities need the most. With that, we recognize many CBOs are feeling uncertainty, pressure, and loss in this time and are committed to rising to this moment in support of you and health equity. We’re excited to offer the first opportunity to gather, learn, and take collective action under our new initiative. Join us to be in community, gain data storytelling skills that can strengthen your health equity efforts, and connect with others to make new connections and move forward, together.
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ASPPH Annual Meeting | March 18-20th in Arlington, VA
2026-03-18 - 2026-03-20
The Annual Meeting, which will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA March 18-20, 2026, convenes graduate and undergraduate academic public health leaders, faculty, students, and members of the public health community from around the world to engage in discussions and share new strategies and tools to strengthen education, practice, and research in public health.

The Work Continues: Fostering Endurance in Advancing Health Equity | March 25th
2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:00
In a world shaped by systemic challenges, shifting policy landscapes, and the emotional toll of ongoing health inequities, this webinar invites participants to reflect on what it takes to sustain endurance in health equity work. Together, we’ll explore how community care, adaptability, and capacity building can help maintain momentum in complex and evolving contexts.

Transforming Academia for Equity, The Learning Journey: Part 1
2026-05-13 11:00 - 12:15
Creating Conditions for Change
This opening session introduces the Transforming Academia for Equity (TAE) initiative and the Leading Through Change Framework (LTCF) developed by Change Matrix. LTCF is the conceptual framework guiding TAE grantee institutions through meaningful, equity-centered transformation. Participants will gain an understanding of why creating the right conditions is a critical and often underestimated first step in any DEIB or health equity change process.
Through a moderated “Celebrity Interview” featuring TAE Coordinating Center staff and representatives from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Drexel University, attendees will hear how approaches to the importance of relationships, building a shared vision, and establishing common definitions are essential groundwork. A peer-exchange community builder activity will invite participants to reflect on the most pressing DEIB challenges in their own schools or programs, creating space for honest dialogue and connection across institutions.
Attendees will leave with practical insights into the barriers commonly encountered during this phase of change work and concrete ideas for applying these lessons within their own academic contexts.
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Transforming Academia for Equity, The Learning Journey: Part 2
2026-06-10 11:00 - 12:15 | Virtual, United States
Engaging Diverse Voices for Action
The second session in this series moves from preparation to participation, actively and meaningfully engaging diverse voices to advance health equity in academic settings. The second phase of the LTCF, this session examines the principles and the practice of inclusive engagement and why authentic participation from a broad range of stakeholders is central to lasting institutional change.
Participants will hear from the University of Memphis about their approaches to student engagement within their TAE journey, offering a concrete model for how grantee institutions are centering those most impacted by systemic inequities. The session features a structured small-group dialogue activity designed to surface diverse perspectives and generate actionable ideas from participants.
This session is designed to be interactive and reflective, encouraging attendees to examine the conditions and structures within their own institutions that support and hinder inclusive engagement.
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From the Roots Up: Community Voices Leading the Way, Session 1
2026-06-25 15:00 - 16:00
CDEPs Open Mic: Sharing What Works
Format: Community Open Mic + Forum
What is working within communities? This session will create a welcoming, community-led space where organizations can lift up the practices, stories, and solutions that are helping their communities heal, connect, and move forward. The session centers community and that evidence lives in culture, relationships, lived experience, and practice.
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Transforming Academia for Equity, The Learning Journey: Part 3
2026-07-15 13:00 - 14:15
Implementing and Sustaining the Work
The final session of this series addresses one of the most complex challenges in equity-centered institutional change: moving from planning and engagement to implementation and sustaining that work. In the third phase of the LTCF, this session explores how institutions identify and implement an activity and engage in reflective learning to refine and sustain the activity.
Grantee representatives from the University of Southern California and Oregon State University will share examples from their respective TAE journeys, including community-engaged research center development and the use of Communities of Practice and mentorship programming.
The session features a practical exercise that asks participants to identify the realistic, concrete actions already within their sphere of influence and support a change process in incremental stages. By identifying these incremental changes, attendees can move from analysis to action with greater confidence and possibility.

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From the Roots Up: Community Voices Leading the Way, Session 2
2026-07-23 15:00 - 16:00
The Lifecycle of a CDEP: Seeding to Sustaining
Format: Multi-CBO Panel + Q&A
What do Community-Defined Evidence-based Practices (CDEPs) look like from idea seeding to implementing and sustaining? Useful for communities that want to embrace CDEPs but do not know where to start, this session will bring in organizations at different phases of their CDEP journey – early adopters, those in the middle of implementation, and those sustaining long-term.
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From the Roots Up: Community Voices Leading the Way, Session 3
2026-08-27 15:00 - 16:00
Creative Sustainability: Doing More with What Exists
Format: Panel + Solutions Workshop
How are CBOs surviving and thriving in the current landscape? This session will focus on practical, creative strategies CBOS are using to navigate funding changes including braiding funding streams, retaining staff without burning them out, and finding ways of working within systems to expand resource access. CBOs can come with their specific questions as an opportunity for peer-to-peer problem-solving/solution finding within workshopping time.
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From the Roots Up: Community Voices Leading the Way, Session 4
2026-09-24 15:00 - 16:00
Storytelling and Community Visibility: Getting the Word Out

Format: Strategy Session + Spotlight
If we do good work but we don’t share it broadly – did it even happen? Community-based organizations are doing powerful work, but the people who need their support do not always know where to find them. This session explores creative strategies for visibility, storytelling, and outreach, including social media, short-form video, podcasts, streaming platforms, local radio, influencer partnerships, and community ambassadors.
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