COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
June 13, 2023
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
It’s time to say yes to your personal growth.
Making the personal and organizational commitment to grow in equity and inclusion-based understanding requires intentional engagement with a wide variety of learning opportunities. This interactive workshop is one such opportunity to take essential concepts surrounding meaningful community engagement and help you turn them into improved policy, practice, and procedure for your work in the aging sector.
Designed for leaders across the aging services sector, participants will gain an introduction to the community engagement practices proven to build trust, shared decision-making, and equitable power sharing in mutually beneficial partnerships. With a grounding in Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) principles, participants will engage in co-learning to effectively apply approaches proven to improve your work and strengthen partnerships.
Help us champion diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities in which to age!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Gain a foundational understanding of Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) principles and how they can improve your work as a leader in the aging sector.
- Practice applying these principles and demonstrate your effectiveness in building trustworthy community relationships.
AGENDA
10:00 Welcome and Introductions
10:05 Overview of SoLaHmo
Understanding Definitions
Principles of Community-Based Participatory Action Research
Partnership Challenges
Applying Principles to your work in Aging
12:00 Adjourn
There were no breaks
The large room sections of this program were recorded; breakout discussions were not recorded.
PROGRAM FACULTY
List of Services
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MAIYIA KASOUAHER
Maiyia Kasouaher, PhD, has over 15 years of community engagement experience and is a member of SoLaHmo. She has a doctorate in organizational leadership, policy, and development and a masters in peace and justice studies. Maiyia has facilitated and led Community-Based Participatory Research trainings and is experienced in effectively building community partnerships and dissemination plans.
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LUIS E. ORTEGA
Luis E. Ortega, M.Ed., is a retired public school employee with over 30 years of experience in both Minneapolis and St. Paul Public Schools. He is a founding member of SoLaHmo, where he gained more than 10 years of Community-Based Participatory Research experience serving as co-Principal Investigator on Project TRUST (Training for Resiliency in Urban Students and Teachers) - a pilot project to address Somali, Latino and Hmong youth resiliency in the St. Paul Public Schools.
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CHAO YANG
Chao Yang serves as the Director of Equity, where she leads the overall development and implementation of strategic projects for both the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging and the Minnesota Diverse Elders Coalition. In this role, she champions diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities in which to age.
AUDIENCE
We welcome a broad array of leaders serving across Minnesota's field of aging. We call on state agency leadership and staff, non-profit executives, managers, board leadership, policy makers, social workers, licensed nursing home administrators (LNHA), licensed assisted living directors (LALD), nursing leadership, medical directors, higher education faculty, researchers, foundation program officers, and others to watch the recording
You do
not
need to be a Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging member to view this workshop.
REGISTRATION FEE
This program is provided at no charge thanks to an Age-Friendly Minnesota Technical Assistance Grant.
CEUS + DIGITAL BADGE
A printable certificate of attendance and a digital badge are available to all registered attendees of the live session.
This program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Executives for Long Term Services and Supports for 2.0 clock hours (approval number MN24-033). This program has been designed to meet CEU approval criteria for the Minnesota Board of Nursing. Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging is an approved provider of continuing education for the Minnesota Board of Social Work. Participants attending the live session can earn 2 CEUs.
RESOURCES
- Adapted from Allen MA, Culhane-Pera KA, Pergament SL, Call KA Partners in Research: Community and Faculty Training Curricula to Prepare Partners for CBPR Collaborations - 2011 internet publication https://med.umn.edu/healthdisparities/community-engagement/resources >
- Community-Campus Partnership for Health. The Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research Group.
- Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Partnerships: A Skill Building Curriculum. 2006.
- International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). IAP2’s Spectrum for Public Participation. 2014.
https://www.iap2.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IAP2_Public_Participation_Spectrum.pdf >
- Israel, Schulz, Parker, Becker, Allan, Guzman. "Critical issues in developing and following CBPR principles." Minkler and Wallerstein, editors. Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes. Second Edition. 2008.
- Israel BA, Eng E, Schulz A, Parker E, ed. Methods for Community-Based Participatory Research for Health. 2nd ed. : John Wiley & Sons; 2013.
- SoLaHmo and Program in Health Disparities Research Community Academic Board. Community-Based Participatory Action Research Partnership Protocol. 2017. https://z.umn.edu/PartnershipProtocol >
- SoLaHmo and Program in Health Disparities Research Community Academic Board. Research Partnership Checklist https://z.umn.edu/PartnershipChecklist >
- Stoecker R. Research Methods for Community Change: A project-based approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2005
ABOUT SOLAHMO
SoLaHmo Partnership for Health & Wellness (SoLaHmo) is a community-driven research program at Community University Health Care Center (CUHCC). We are made up of Somali, Latino/a/x, Hmong, Karen, Vietnamese, Native American, Black/African American and LGBTQ/Two Spirit community members and health care professionals in partnerships with academic researchers.
This program sponsored through a Technical Assistance Grant from the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
