September 27, 2023
10am PT/ 11am MT/ 12pm CT/ 1pm ET
1 Hour Presentation


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About

Please join Voices for Healthy Kids for our Innovation, Equity and Exploration (IEEs) webinar! The IEEs mobilize broad expertise, external perspectives and advocacy capacity in a workgroup engagement model to develop best practices and opportunities to advance policies. The recommendations developed from these workgroups are inclusive of health equity, root causes of social determinants of health and advancing the Voices for Healthy Kids policy agenda at the tribal, state or local level. This webinar will showcase results from collaborations supported through our work groups focused on diving deep into issues to create healthier lives for all children.

Presentations include:

  • Identifying Tribal Policy Through Tribal Leadership by Melissa Buffalo, American Indian Cancer Foundation

  • Taking on Traffic Laws: An IEE Workgroup Explores How to Address Racialized Traffic Enforcement by Kori Johnson, Safe Routes Partnership and Michael Kelley, BikeWalkKC

The webinar features a facilitated discussion that will share the results of yearlong work on each topic and time for Q & A.

Presenters

Melissa Buffalo, Chief Executive Officer, American Indian Cancer Foundation
Ms. Buffalo, a citizen of the Meskwaki Nation, received an MS in Human Development from South Dakota State University and has over 15 years of experience working in the public health sector in various roles. She brings a wealth of knowledge to AICAF. As the CEO, Melissa is committed to working with and for Tribal Nations, and urban and rural tribal communities with opportunities to heal; emotionally, historically, spiritually, and physically from the inequities of cancer. Her responsibilities as the CEO of the American Indian Cancer Foundation include the overall direction and implementation of a strategic vision to improve Indigenous cancer outcomes nationally. 

Michael Kelley, Director of Policy, BikeWalkKC
Michael is the policy director for BikeWalkKC. In that role, he leads the organization's efforts to advocate for the policies, plans, and projects which make it safer and easier for people to walk, roll, bike, and use public transit in the Kansas City region. Michael led a successful campaign to decriminalize jaywalking and other low-level offenses for walking and biking in Kansas City in 2021, making it one of the largest cities to take such a step.

Kori Johnson, Program and Engagement Manager, Safe Routes Partnership
Kori Johnson serves as the Program and Engagement Manager at the Safe Routes Partnership. In this role, she provides program technical assistance, leads trainings, develops resources, and supports Safe Routes to School programs and general consulting work.