Data and Metrics for Equity-Based Impact

The NJHI Learning Collaborative has begun a special Equity in Action webinar series, led by R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions LLC and its founding principal, Shavon Arline-Bradley, MPH, MDiv., together with experts from the Equity HUB. The three-part series is an opportunity for New Jersey organizations and community-focused coalitions to receive support in identifying the next steps in their efforts to advance health equity through a racial justice framework. In the first session, Expanding Personal and Organizational Equity Capacity, participants explored a common language regarding equity, diversity and inclusion. In addition, they listened as nonprofit leaders addressed the hurdles and achievements that individuals and organizations often face when growing their equity capacity. By examining both institutional readiness and individual willingness to learn and grow from new understandings of equity, the panel had an honest discussion about why evolving at an organizational level also requires a deeper reflection at an individual level. Balancing transparency and confidentiality, the NJHI Learning Collaborative participants shared insights and challenges they are facing in this aspect of their work and learned about an opportunity to receive customized coaching from the Equity Hub consultants. The second session in this series, Equity and External Engagement: Innovative Approaches to Community Impact provided an opportunity to understand what equity looks like in action and provide New Jersey community leaders with innovative ways to address health disparities.

On Thursday, December 8 at 1:00 p.m. ET, the series will conclude with the session, Data and Metrics for Equity-Based Impact. In this session, Equity HUB expert Dr. Melicia Whitt-Glover will speak to a group of panelists who have developed tools, frameworks and perspectives to measure equity in their community impact and how doing so informs their work. This conversation will provide an opportunity to understand innovative ways to look at data, metrics and research that supports equity in the process and as an outcome. Click here to register.