Aligning Systems for Health’s national meeting, Cross-Sector Alignment: Built to Last, is now virtual!
Like all of you, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Georgia Health Policy Center are closely following the outbreak of COVID-19 and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as local public health organizations. Because we have a responsibility for the health and well-being of all involved, we have decided to cancel the Aligning Systems for Health conference currently scheduled for April 21 and 22 in Baltimore.
Instead, join us virtually each month — in April, May, and June — as we engage in meaningful learning, build connections, and explore what it means to align health care, public health, and social services. See below for detailed schedule and registration information. These virtual events will still enable us to achieve the meeting’s key objectives.
Virtual Events
Video Welcome and Website Launch
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Anne Weiss delivers a welcome address and discusses the foundation’s portfolio. The foundation’s Align for Health website also launches.
Video Address
Georgia Health Policy Center’s Karen Minyard, Glenn Landers, and Chris Parker have a conversation about Aligning Systems for Health.
Why Cross-sector Alignment Matters: Real-Life Stories
April 21, 2020
12 – 1:30 p.m.
The Cross-sector Alignment Theory of Change suggests a framework for health care, public health, and social services to better meet the goals and needs of the individuals and communities they serve. As we launch the virtual convening series, Cross-sector Alignment: Built to Last, join us April 21 for an engaging panel with the people on the front lines working to better meet the goals and needs of the individuals and communities they serve.
The panel will share stories of their own personal challenges navigating complex systems and how they are now helping others navigate those systems. Join us as they help us understand how to address what matters to people in need in their everyday lives.
Panel
Vondie Woodbury is a senior level strategic consultant with over 30 years of experience in community organizing, public policy and health improvement strategies. She was previously the vice president of community benefit at Trinity Health and was the executive director of the Muskegon Community Health Project for more than 18 years.
Yolanda Bell is a Central Arkansas Family Stability Institute case manager at Our House in Little Rock, Ark., where she helps families maintain stability and prevents them from becoming homeless. Since 1987, Our House has provided a pathway out of homelessness for families and individuals in central Arkansas.
Marquis Childers is a community engagement specialist with Access Health in Muskegon, Mich. Access Health works closely with the community to provide a bottom-up, financially-sound health coverage model.
Josie Williams is the executive director of the Greensboro Housing Coalition in Greensboro, N.C. Josie is driven to develop collaborative strategies that integrate health and community with economic development through processes that include multisector partners in order to create sustainable and healthy communities.
Pixels: Learning from Each Other
May 27, 2020
2 – 4 p.m.
What is a pixel? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, a pixel is any of the small, discrete elements that together constitute an image (as on a television or digital screen). Join us May 27 as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantees share the work they are engaged in around cross-sector alignment: What is it? What does it mean? Why does it matter? How can we use these lessons in light of the current fight against COVID-19? Together, we will bring the pixels together to form a more complete picture of cross-sector alignment efforts.
This is an interactive session. Attendees will have the opportunity to choose topics they are interested in in advance and join a small, facilitated conversation about the work through virtual, theme-based “rooms.” At the end, we will come together to make sense of what we heard.
Theory of Change Charette
June 24, 2020
2 – 4 p.m.
The Cross-sector Alignment Theory of Change grew out of many years of work and learning within the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Since its launch one year ago, the Aligning Systems for Health team has been gathering feedback from research and practice to advance the theory of change to its next iteration. Join us June 24 for a Cross-sector Alignment Theory of Change charette to provide your input into how the theory of change can better support the work of those implementing cross-sector alignment, including the organizations supporting that implementation, researchers, and funders.
This is an interactive session. According to the Oxford dictionary, a charette is a meeting in which all stakeholders in a project attempt to resolve conflicts and map solutions. We will begin by hearing about the Cross-sector Alignment Theory of Change’s origins from Hilary Heishman, senior program officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, followed by a brief description about how the theory of change is guiding the work of Aligning Systems for Health. We will then break up into small, facilitated conversations around the theory of change and gather your input, insights, and feedback. Finally, we will come back together as a group to raise up themes we heard in our small-group work. The output of this session will drive the next iteration of the Cross-sector Alignment Theory of Change.