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ColumbiaX: Public Health Advocacy Academy
Public health is under attack. Billions of dollars in public health funding have been cut, crucial laws have been revoked–yet public health students aren’t always taught how to understand and create policy change. Until now! Learn every public health advocacy strategy and tactic from seventeen engaging, expert speakers and over twenty real-life examples.
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12 weeks at 1-2 hours per week
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Online - Self Paced
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About ColumbiaX: Public Health Advocacy Academy
Public health students across the country are incredibly qualified to be powerful advocates, but they often don’t have training to turn research and evidence into law, policy, and funding. Using real-life public health examples, this course teaches every tactic in the book to create change.
Expert speakers include:
Flint, Michigan’s water crisis advocate Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH
AIDS activist and lawyer, who led a successful class action to gain recognition for women to receive HIV/AIDS diagnoses, Terry McGovern, JD
Founder of West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT), who succeeded in turning NYC’s bus fleet hybrid electric, Peggy Shepard
Civil rights activist from Mississippi Freedom Summer, Bob Fullilove, EdD
Expert health lobbyist, Ross Frommer, JD
Public health graduate and elected official, Michelle Au, MD, MPH
And many more
What You Will Learn?
- Why advocacy is a core competency for all public health professionals, and why public health students are needed to do it.
- How to identify and research policy issues and the target for your campaign.
- Public health strategy and tactics.
- Power mapping .
- Coalition-building, communication, and movement-building.
- Lobbying, legislative action, and appropriations.
- Leading election campaigns, voting, and running for office.
- Implementing administrative advocacy and petitions.
- Organizing boycotts.
- Filing lawsuits and impact litigation.
- Taking direct action.