Network for Public Health Law

📣 Early Bird Registration for the 2025 Public Health Law Conference is NOW OPEN. The 2025 Public Health Law Conference will be held September 16 - 18, 2025 in Renton, Washington, and will bring together public health officials, administrators and practitioners; lawyers; researchers; leaders of community-based organizations and others who are working to advance health and health equity in their communities. To learn more about the conference, to submit an abstract, or to register, visit: https://lnkd.in/eMwP2gE8 #PHLC2025

THREE WEEKS to go until the abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Public Health Law Conference! Deadline: November 27, 2024, 11:59pm ET 🔗 To view the application or submit an abstract, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eDN2rrrj Priority areas include:   Health and Racial Health Equity: structural racism; implementing antiracism in public health; equitable and culturally inclusive approaches to mental health and well-being; health impacts of incarceration; just transitions, disparate health impacts of climate change; LGBTQ+ health, reproductive and sexual health, maternal health; disability justice; food security; rural health; regulating menthol cigarettes; and Tribal health. Advocacy and Community Engagement: community-led health initiatives; strategies for enhancing community engagement in public health; cross-sectoral collaboration to bridge gaps in health disparities; public health advocacy; ballot initiatives; messaging to overcome mis/disinformation and information resistance and make the affirmative case for public health. Public Health Authority and Systems: public health authority beyond emergencies; litigation and other legal tools; Medicaid in non-expansion states; operationalizing racial equity tools and frameworks; implicit bias in public health law; politicizing of public health measures; increasing legal knowledge and skills in the public health workforce; immunization requirements; and legal epidemiology. Harm Reduction: harm reduction laws and policies; strengthening community-based harm reduction organizations, substance use disorder (SUD) prevention; cannabis legalization and regulation; naloxone distribution; overdose prevention centers; public health to support people who use drugs rather than punitive responses (includes decriminalization); defining the SUD treatment industry. Data Access, Sharing and Privacy: Tribal public health data; laws around the use of artificial intelligence; cross sector data sharing; equity in public health data; data disaggregation; trends in data privacy/data sharing; and data modernization initiatives and public health. Emerging Issues: the next public health emergency; climate action plans; indoor and outdoor air quality; artificial intelligence; emerging legislative trends impacting racial equity, vaccination and immunization; civic engagement; judicial decisions impacting racial health equity, the health of LGBTQ+ communities, access to health care, gun control, and affirmative action. 

It's #ElectionDay! Have you found your polling place? 🔗 Search here: https://lnkd.in/ekMpUph 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳: 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘺.

The “War on Drugs,” which is rooted in racism, is a failed approach to ending drug-related harm. By repealing the unjust paraphernalia laws that resulted from it, jurisdictions can focus on evidence-based, effective, common-sense approaches that respect the dignity and autonomy of people who use drugs. 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭, by Ashleigh Dennis, J.D., staff attorney for harm reduction, is out now! 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/e-4NTJ5N

PIX is celebrating National Gratitude month - We are grateful to work with our partners MSMEDUGiving, NASTAD, National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), NACCHO, and Network for Public Health Law for engaging in HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs, and TB prevention with us. Our colleagues allow the provision of TA and resources to the field. To learn how you can take advantage of any of our free services, visit our website, pix-ta.org.

The Network's Harm Reduction Legal Project exhibited at the Third Annual Florida Harm Reduction conference, held in St. Pete Florida, by the Florida Harm Reduction Collective! Staff Attorney for Harm Reduction, Ashleigh Dennis, J.D., presented on 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 - 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥, as part of a legal and advocacy panel, alongside panelists Donna Sabatino, RN, ACRN (Director of State Policy and Advocacy, The AIDS Institute) and Matt Martin (Associate Director, North Carolina AIDS Action Network) who presented on HIV decriminalization. 

We just concluded an incredible APHA Annual Meeting and Expo! It was a privilege to present alongside dedicated colleagues and to connect with fellow public health professionals (seeing "Prince" was an added bonus). Looking forward to next year! #APHA2024

The Network is at #APHA2024 (booth 1105)! Today's presentations: 9am - 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, with Director of Climate and Health, Jill Krueger, J.D. 9:15am - 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴, with Deputy Director of Climate and Health, Betsy Lawton, J.D. 11am - 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯, with Deputy Director of Harm Reduction, Amy Judd Lieberman, J.D.

The Network is at #APHA2024 (booth 1105)! Today's presentations and poster session: 8:50am - 𝘔𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢: 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺, with Director of Mid-States, Stephen Murphy, J.D. 9am - 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦: 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, with Director of Eastern Region, Kathleen Hoke, J.D. 12:30pm - 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢: 𝘈 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, (poster session) with Deputy Director of Harm Reduction, Amy Judd Lieberman, J.D. 3pm - 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴: 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮, with Deputy Director of Special Projects, Darlene Huang Briggs, J.D. 3:15pm - 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳-𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, with Managing Director of Legal Programs and Strategy, Quang ("Q") H. Dang, J.D.

As of yesterday, the 50-state scan of public health advocacy is LIVE! Please check it out and USE IT! 🎇 In 2023, the Network for Public Health Law, the CDC Foundation, and the deBeaumont Foundation commissioned a study of public health advocacy capacity across all 50 states and Washintgton, D.C. The full report summarizes findings from our assessments between March and June 2023 and can be found here. 🎇 In 2024, Act for Public Health provided funding for the completion and updating of each state scan.  🎇 Each state scan is a high-level snapshot of public health advocacy in the state and is not intended to be a comprehensive assessment. Respondents included state and local health department representatives, elected officials, lobbyists, and partners in other sectors and organizations, although the specific type of respondent was different in each state.   🎇 We hope this scan serves as a springboard for advocates and funders to enhance their ability to advocate for the public’s health in their states. https://lnkd.in/ey5Vuvzi https://lnkd.in/e53WGiKN ChangeLab Solutions Network for Public Health Law CDC Foundation de Beaumont Foundation Martha Katz Dawn M. Hunter Emma H. Waugh, MPH Gene Matthews