May 13, 2021 State Team Meeting
Meeting Objectives:
- To highlight recent Act Early State Team member activities related to family engagement, Goal 1 of the State Plan.
- To identify family engagement strategies we can use to reach all families in ways that are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Agenda:
Welcome & Introductions
Session Recordings:
Lightning Round: Examples of Family Engagement within the State Team
- Kaitlin McNamara, WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities – Living Well
- Hugh Davis, WI Family Ties – WI PLAN
- Brigit Frank, Family Voices of WI – Video Fact Sheets
Presentation & Discussion: Community Outreach and Engagement for Action
Presenters:
- Sarah Esmond, MS, Administrative Director of the Collaborative Center for Health Equity and All of Us @ UW Community Engagement Team Lead
- April Kigeya, BA, All of Us @ UW Community Engagement Team Member, leads the All of Us @ UW Community Advisory Board
Successful outreach and engagement rests on trust – establishing and keeping it. For this session, colleagues from the UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity and the All of Us Wisconsin research program will introduce how they approach community engagement opportunities and why, explain how their approach is supported administratively, and identify how they shift/pivot to ensure they are trustworthy partners.