Events

Each year more than 650,000 people are released from prison and 9 million more cycle through jails. People released from incarceration are at extremely high risk for adverse health outcomes and death due to preexisting behavioral health and chronic medical conditions, lack of access to care pre-incarceration and poor continuity…

In this Social Justice Leadership Academy (SJLA) Learning Series event, we will look at ways that staff can collect, organize and analyze data to create a culture of continuous improvement. Through the lens of program improvement, we discuss what it means to be effectively data-informed, tips for creating more effective…

Join us for our January Social Justice Leadership Academy (SJLA) Learning Series event, Laying the Groundwork for Organizational Social Change! This event will guide you through incorporating data into your processes and strategic change planning. You will learn how to: Identify assessment frameworks that organizations can use to promote justice,…

Practical steps for making change within your organization often starts with looking at policies and procedures. To create a more resilient and diverse workforce, looking at human resources processes and training are an effective way to start the change process. Another is looking at evidenced-based practices and cultural adaptations depending…

Health Equity involves understanding terms and definitions in the changing landscape of Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges. Part of assessing for equity requires an understanding of safe and secure (Physical, Social, Psychological and Moral) environments for staff and those we serve.  This includes exploring the concepts of Equity, Cultural…

Join us on September 26 for the Social Justice Leadership Academy’s (SJLA) September Learning Series Event. Featured speaker, Dustin Jepkema, will explore the topic of suicide prevention within the LGBTQ+ Community. This event will identify ways in which your organization can strengthen access and delivery of suicide care and promote…

Understanding historical and intergenerational trauma is essential to providing culturally competent and person-centered care. Join us on August 29 for the Social Justice Leadership Academy’s (SJLA) August Learning Series Event as Tamanna Patel, MPH, and Terence Fitzgerald, Ph.D., explore these specific forms of trauma, the impacts they have on individuals…

Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, MBA, and Rachel Melissa Talley, MD, will discuss Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART), the first tool designed specifically to help community behavioral health and other human service organizations assess the extent to which their organizational and clinical processes are affected by racism. Dr. Shoyinka…

Sam Hasan, director of Outpatient Clinic Operations and project director, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCHBHC) at CenterPointe (Lincoln, Nebraska), and Dr. Teresa Lewis-Hunt Family Nurse Practitioner, CenterPointe (Lincoln, Nebraska) will discuss how systemic inequities rooted in race, gender, ethnicity, age, and class have created lasting and damaging health disparities…

Featured Presenter: Dr. Portia Newman, Chartis Just Health Collective This webinar will center around the topic of bias, discrimination, and stigma at the personal, organizational, and community levels. We will discuss how conscious and unconscious biases shape our daily thoughts and actions, and how bias paired with power creates…