UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS

August 2025

 

Equity in a New Era of Public Health

Presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

August 7 |  1:00 - 2:30 pm  FREE and ONLINE

Public health works to protect and improve the health of communities through disease prevention, environmental safety, racial equity, and more. The public health system, however, has not always served everyone equally. From early efforts rooted in racism to unethical medical practices and mistreatment of Black people, distrust in public health remains. Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health faces a radically different landscape: insufficient funding, partisanship, conflicting federal and local priorities, distrust, reduced access to data, and more. Join a discussion led by experts sharing collaborative strategies to safeguard public health while reimagining a system that is more equitable, inclusive, and responsive to communities. The conversation will explore: • The current landscape, including threats and mistrust aimed at governmental public health • Ideas for how healthcare organizations, governmental public health agencies, and community leaders can work together to fill gaps and maintain local autonomy • Reimagining a public health system that is more equitable.  CE/CNE: This professional development activity does not currently offer continuing education credit.  click here for information and to register

 

Dietetics Grand Rounds: Bias and Obesity

In partnership with the Michigan Center for Rural Health

August 13 |  12:00 - 1:00 pm  FREE and ONLINE

In our rush to make obesity "bad," we've made the people with obesity bad as well. This presentation focuses on the impact of obesity stigma and bias, its consequences, and will help participants identify actions to help minimize weight bias. Presenter Joe Nadglowski, President/CEO of the Obesity Action Coalition, will define weight bias and stigma and its various forms and types, discuss the consequences of weight bias and its impact on physical, emotional, and social health, and explain actions to stop or minimize weight bias and stigma. Target Audience: Registered nurses, advanced practice providers, dieticians, nutritionists, Dietetic and nutrition Technicians, social workers, pharmacists. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour

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Rediscovering America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History: MPHA Book Discussion

In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section  

Aug. 19  |  6-7 pm  FREE and ONLINE

The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, as a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history address the struggle, survival, and resurgence of American Indian nations. Indigenous history is essential to understanding the evolution of modern America. Ned Blackhawk interweaves five centuries of Native and non-Native histories, from Spanish colonial exploration to the rise of Native American self-determination in the late twentieth century. Blackhawk’s retelling of U.S. history acknowledges the enduring power, agency, and survival of Indigenous peoples, yielding a truer account of the United States and revealing anew the varied meanings of America. You do NOT need to have read the book to join!  No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour 

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October 2025

Case Management Conference

Oct. 21 

Join us at the 25th Annual Case Management Conference on October 21, 2025 as we celebrate 25 years of collective insight and collaboration! We invite nurses, social workers, case managers, and other interested healthcare professionals to engage with us in conversations that matter most for our work and our patients. Come explore in thought-provoking discussions on ethics, bias, pain, and artificial intelligence through a lens shaped by years of making meaningful connection. 

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November 2025

 

The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement: MPHA Book Discussion 

In partnership with MPHA Public Health Nursing Section  

Nov. 18  |  6-7 pm  FREE and ONLINE

Henry Street Settlement became one of the most influential social welfare organizations in American history. Through personal narratives, vivid images, and previously untold stories, Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier chronicles Henry Street’s sweeping history from 1893 to today. From the fights for public health and immigrants’ rights that fueled its founding, to advocating for relief during the Great Depression, all the way to tackling homelessness and AIDS in the 1980s, and into today―Henry Street has been a champion for social justice. Its powerful narrative illuminates larger stories about poverty, and who is “worthy” of help; immigration and migration, and who is welcomed; human rights, and whose voice is heard. You do NOT need to have read the book to join!  No registration required. CE/CNE: 1 contact hour 

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