Events
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SNAP Strategy Funder Working Group: Strategic Communications Operations
VirtualOur Working Group Call focused on strategic communications opportunities. Elizabeth Wenk, Principal and Managing Director, and Nick Seaver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Training Programs at Burness, shared new insights from message testing about SNAP that highlights messaging that moves audiences, insights on which arguments resonate and counter opponents, and how different groups respond to these messages. The State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Food, Agriculture, and Rural Economies team shared what they are hearing from state legislators advocating for SNAP, and how funders can support state policymakers’ efforts to protect the program.
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Strengthening Maternal Mental Health in Rural Communities
VirtualWe explored how maternal mental health is showing up across rural communities, how states are engaging in this new initiative, and where philanthropic strategies can play a meaningful role to advance maternal mental health in rural communities. The conversation drew on perspectives from national rural health infrastructure, community-based organizations, and physician-led public health work across rural regions of the country. Speakers reflected on persistent gaps and promising approaches, and highlighted strategies funders can support to strengthen rural delivery systems and promote more accessible, culturally responsive care for mothers and families. The session concluded with time for funder discussion and questions.
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Funding Narrative Power 101: From Communications to Systems Change
VirtualWhat is philanthropy’s role in shaping the narrative around health and the environment? Who shapes how society understands health and harm? How do communities determine what information is credible and trustworthy? In today's rapidly evolving media landscape where conversations about health, the environment, and politics are increasingly polarized, the stories that shape public understanding matter more than ever.
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Meeting the Moment to Prevent Violence: How Cross-Sector Collaborators Are Leading the Way
VirtualWhat happens when hospitals start treating violence as preventable? Across the country, health systems are pioneering models that connect clinical care to community violence intervention (CVI), and the early evidence is compelling.
This panel brings together three institutions at the forefront of this shift. Massachusetts General Hospital's Gun Violence Prevention Center is training the next generation of clinicians to identify risk and navigate difficult conversations through case-based simulations. New research from Boston University offers findings from the first large-scale study of Boston Medical Center's Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP), showing how in-depth interventions for young adult survivors of violence can reduce their risk of future involvement. And the Milken Institute’s survey findings discuss the funding landscape and strategies that sustain these approaches as federal support fluctuates.
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CEO Working Group Webinar: New CEOs
VirtualGrantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group in March for foundation leaders who have been in their position for less than five years. This will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges faced as new CEOs, with one another and sometimes with seasoned leaders in the field. These calls are open to GIH Funding Partner CEOs, Presidents, Executive Directors, or the highest-ranking health staff at multi-issue foundations. During these candid, confidential conversations, philanthropic leaders share information, swap strategies, raise concerns, and ask for one another’s advice. Reach out to Ann Rodgers to learn more.
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