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How can we build more just communities? Join us for a series of cross-city conversations hosted by Dwayne Wharton, co-founder of Just Strategies, helping people lead the change they want for themselves and the world. Wednesday evenings in August, on Facebook LIVE.
Monifa Bandele, based in New York, is Senior Vice President for MomsRising.org, an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to achieve economic security for all moms, women, and families in the United States. There, she leads work on maternal and children’s health successfully winning policies at the federal and state levels that reduce maternal and infant mortality. Monifa is on the leadership team for the Policy Table for the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). Additionally, she is on the steering committee of the New York-based Communities United for Police Reform representing the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, which is a member organization of Movement for Black Lives. Just in the past decade, she led the launch of two historic and successful legal cases against police misconduct (Daniels v NYC and Floyd v NYC); worked to pass landmark police reform legislation in New York City (Community Safety Act 2013) and New York State (Repeal CRL 50-a bill, Special Prosecutor, and NY STAT Act); and was a contributing writer to M4BL’s Vision for Black Lives.
Dwayne Wharton, based in Philadelphia, is a health and equity advocate working locally, globally, and everywhere in between to help build healthier communities. Prior to founding Just Strategies, he has held leadership positions in several prominent non-profit organizations and has helped to advance local, state and federal policies, promote health equity, and worked to eliminate disparities across multiple determinants of health. Dwayne is an appointed member and co-chair of the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on African-American Males (MCAAM) and the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) where he Chairs the Health Subcommittee. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Philanthropy Network, American Heart Association, Kynett Foundation, Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, and the Alliance for Agriculture in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dwayne is a former Peace Corps volunteer, and is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader.
Tune in to their conversation on Facebook LIVE.
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How can we build more just communities? Join us for a series of cross-city conversations hosted by Dwayne Wharton, co-founder of Just Strategies, helping people lead the change they want for themselves and the world. Wednesday evenings in August, on Facebook LIVE.
Michael Hoyt, based in Minneapolis, is an independent artist and a senior leader at the Pillsbury House Theatre. For over twenty five years Hoyt has been producing, managing, and directing arts-based community development projects and youth development programs, while making art in and with his South Minneapolis community. Hoyt’s work has been exhibited locally, nationally, and abroad. His creative practice includes drawing, painting, graphic storytelling, network technology, public participation, and community land stewardship. He believes that art and creativity can serve as a critical catalyst for social and political change by engaging people in deliberative dialogue, illuminating concealed stories, building cross-sector platforms, and advancing agency and equity.
Dwayne Wharton, based in Philadelphia, is a health and equity advocate working locally, globally, and everywhere in between to help build healthier communities. Prior to founding Just Strategies, he has held leadership positions in several prominent non-profit organizations and has helped to advance local, state and federal policies, promote health equity, and worked to eliminate disparities across multiple determinants of health. Dwayne is an appointed member and co-chair of the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on African-American Males (MCAAM) and the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) where he Chairs the Health Subcommittee. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Philanthropy Network, American Heart Association, Kynett Foundation, Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, and the Alliance for Agriculture in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dwayne is a former Peace Corps volunteer, and is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader.
Tune in to their conversation on Facebook LIVE.
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How can we build more just communities? Join us for a series of cross-city conversations hosted by Dwayne Wharton, co-founder of Just Strategies, helping people lead the change they want for themselves and the world. Wednesday evenings in August, on Facebook LIVE.
Genoveva Islas, based in Fresno, California, is Founder and Director of Cultiva La Salud, dedicated to advancing health equity by fostering policy, system and environmental improvements that create healthy communities. Cultiva’s efforts also focus on building community leadership so that residents can be more effective in advocating for healthy changes in their communities. Islas grew up in small rural communities of the San Joaquin Valley; her parents, Jose Roberto and Elena Islas were farm laborers. Genoveva is the first in her family to attend college and graduate with an advanced degree. She earned a Bachelors of Science in Health Science with an emphasis in Community Health from California State University, Fresno and received a Masters in Public Health degree in Health Education and Promotion from Loma Linda University. Genoveva is a recognized Culture of Health Leader by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and an Aspen Institute, Healthy Communities Fellow.
Dwayne Wharton, based in Philadelphia, is a health and equity advocate working locally, globally, and everywhere in between to help build healthier communities. Prior to founding Just Strategies, he has held leadership positions in several prominent non-profit organizations and has helped to advance local, state and federal policies, promote health equity, and worked to eliminate disparities across multiple determinants of health. Dwayne is an appointed member and co-chair of the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on African-American Males (MCAAM) and the Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC) where he Chairs the Health Subcommittee. He also serves on the boards of the Greater Philadelphia Philanthropy Network, American Heart Association, Kynett Foundation, Bridging the Gaps Community Health Internship Program, and the Alliance for Agriculture in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dwayne is a former Peace Corps volunteer, and is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader.
Tune in to their conversation on Facebook LIVE.
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