3rd Annual Health Equity Summit 2024

Purpose

From the state of border health in southern New Mexico to pharmacy-based preventative programs for heart disease and diabetes and many more community health initiatives that will help all New Mexicans thrive, this year’s Health Equity Summit will bring together the voices of wisdom from communities and the state’s health care providers.  This community gathering will bring forth the sharing of resources, research, and innovative practices to illuminate health equity in action. We celebrate the diverse cultures and of our state while learning about the challenges and barriers while creating an inclusive and compassionate community of thought partners, policy advocates, public health professionals, clinical providers, health administration, community health representatives and community health workers as they serve the wellbeing of children, families and community members.

The 2024 Health Equity Summit is scheduled for Oct. 28-29th. The schedule of the Summit will include:

• Day 1 on Monday, Oct. 28th will include: registration from 10:00am-1:00pm, a plenary session with a panel discussion and break out sessions from 1:00-5:00pm and an evening reception celebrating community health in New Mexico from 5:30-7:30pm
• Day 2 on Tuesday, Oct. 29th will include: an opening keynote address from 8:15-9:00am to a full day of break out sessions, a networking lunch with a panel featuring NM community health and a closing discussion on health equity in NM
  Please see the agenda below for more details.

Objectives

1. Grow our NM Networks:  Support growth, collaboration and mutual learning between emerging statewide networks which address social drivers of equity including Health Extension, Community Health Workers, Health Promotion Specialists, County Health Councils and many others.
2. Re-envisioned Workforce:  How to expand and broaden the healthcare workforce to refocus resources on addressing social drivers in the community which underlie social inequity
3. Collective Impact:  How to braid together the complementary strengths and resources of state agencies, higher education, the healthcare system and insurers and foundations into a more united force for needed change, guided by community wisdom, leadership and its health and social priorities.
4. Forward looking:  How to acknowledge the new collaborations and progress emerging from last year’s Summit upon which to build the coming year’s plan of action with collective partnerships.