Webinars
Pathways to Economic Inclusion: Exploring the Intersection of Tax, Health, and Family Well-Being
VirtualTune in for a timely discussion that delves into the critical connections between tax equity, health equity, and family well-being. This webinar offered an overview of the 2025 tax landscape, examining key topics such as the proven power of cash-based initiatives to improve health outcomes, the ability to scale these efforts in the form of federal tax credits, and the opportunity for collective action to advocate for a more equitable revenue system.
CEO Working Group Webinar
VirtualGrantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration.
Ballot Measures: Advancing Health Policy through Direct Democracy
VirtualThe citizen-initiative process, also known as direct democracy, gives the people the power to directly propose and pass new laws or constitutional amendments (depending on the state) by putting them up for a vote at the statewide or local level. 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow for citizen-initiated ballot measures, which have been used to advance a broad range of health policy goals, including reproductive rights, Medicaid expansion, gun safety reform, minimum wage increases, and paid leave. This webinar explored recent ballot initiative campaigns and highlight the roles of health funders in building community power through direct democracy. Speakers included Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Becky Gould of Nebraska Appleseed, and Ashley Dietz of the Florida Philanthropic Network.
Firearm Violence Prevention Learning Community: Equitable Approaches to Firearm Violence Prevention Research and Evaluation
VirtualThe Black and Brown Collective for Community Solutions to Gun Violence is a network of dozens of multidisciplinary researchers across academic and other research organizations that engage in and promote rigorous, culturally-responsive, and equitable research on community violence. The Collective is developing an equitable research framework designed to guide community-engaged research in and with Black and Brown neighborhoods impacted by gun violence. This webinar explored the context that motivated the framework and its development, examined opportunities and challenges with using an equitable research framework, and provided concrete and practical examples of how the framework can be used and applied in community violence prevention research projects.
Ballot Measures: Responding to Efforts to Undermine Direct Democracy
VirtualRecent ballot measure victories across the country have demonstrated the power of this citizen-initiated tool; however, critics of certain initiatives and opponents of direct democracy are exploring ways to make ballot measures more difficult to pursue. These threats take a variety of forms, including litigation to challenge the process, administrative and legislative tactics to obstruct implementation of ballot-approved policies, and legislation to impose more onerous requirements on citizen-initiated ballot campaigns. Join this webinar to learn more about the threats to direct democracy, the impact of these threats on policies that advance health and well-being, and how health funders can support this vital tool for building community power and facilitating a healthy, thriving democracy. Speakers including Elizabeth DiLauro of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Quentin Savwoir of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, and M'Evie Mead of Missouri Jobs with Justice.