2011 GIH Annual Meeting Call for Sessions

Access downloadable attachments > Looking ahead over the next 10 years, how will philanthropy contribute to shaping a healthier future for our children, families, and communities? Will our work produce measurable improvements in health and well-being? Will it reverse our country's disturbing health trends?   

The 2011 Grantmakers In Health (GIH) Annual Meeting on Health Philanthropy Creating a Healthier Future for Our Kids, Families, and Communities will challenge grantmakers to envision a healthier future by working on many fronts: creating communities that support healthy choices; promoting healthy behaviors; improving access to physical and behavioral health services; building a safe, equitable, and value-based system of care; and turning knowledge into practice.

Health and well-being are shaped by complex and interrelated forces. Knowing this, how can we ensure our communities are healthy places to live? And how do we work collectively to reach this goal? Today, it is more important than ever for grantmakers to take action, create change, and achieve better health for all.  

As in 2010, GIH's annual meeting will be a retreat-like gathering. It will provide multiple opportunities for peer-to-peer discussions, and sessions will be designed to encourage direct and open exchange. Session options include focused small-group workshops; candid, facilitated, open conversations; and informative briefings with formal presentations. To encourage interaction and discussion, there will be flexible room set-up and minimal use of audiovisual presentations.  

We invite you to help shape the meeting's content by submitting a session proposal. Possible topics that address the meeting theme include:  

• advocacy for policy change,
• creating initiatives and social movements,
• foundation operational issues such as evaluation and communications,  
• healthy eating and active living,
• implementation of health reform,
• improving public health and disease prevention, and 
• social determinants of health.

Session proposals should draw on your experiences in a creative way; include perspectives from different types and sizes of foundations, and allow for thoughtful reflection, provocative discussion, and the generation of fresh ideas. We are looking for sessions that engage meeting attendees as active learners and contributors.   

Proposals must be received by GIH no later than 5:00 p.m. eastern time on July 8, 2010, by e-mail (callforsessions@gih.org) or fax (202.452.8340).  

If you have questions, please contact Kate Treanor at 202.452.8331 or ktreanor@gih.org.

Related Information

	2011 Annual Meeting Call for Sessions Instructions (131K) [download]
	2011 Call for Sessions Cover Sheet (78K) [download]

Health Reform: Messaging and Public Education

Access downloadable attachments > Who:
Susan Sherry, Deputy Director, Community Catalyst
Frances Padilla, Acting President
Janet Davenport, Vice President for Communications, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

What:
Public perception of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remains mixed, and many Americans are confused about the new law.  Ensuring the public understands what they have to gain, and how to take advantage of new benefits and subsidies, is critical for successful implementation. Clear, accurate messages may also help counter efforts to derail health reform.

This GIH audioconference will explore public education and messaging efforts at the state and national levels. Susan Sherry of Community Catalyst will provide an overview of current efforts, as well as discuss the challenges inherent in developing, coordinating, and disseminating messages for the public. Community Catalyst has also dedicated a section of its Website to health reform education and outreach resources.

Janet Davenport from Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut will share her foundation’s strategies to develop messages around health reform for various communities within the state. She will also discuss materials created by the foundation on health reform targeted to specific audiences, such as the small business community

Related Information

	UHCF Sustinet Diagram (137K) [download]
	UHCF Timeline (119K) [download]
	UHCF Health Reform Web (138K) [download]
	UHCF Rap (245K) [download]
	UHCF Message Packet (193K) [download]
	UHCF Health Reform Fact Sheet (327K) [download]
	UHCF Media Tool Kit (245K) [download]