Community of Practice

Community of Practice Virtual Meeting: Disruptive Innovation a Promising Practices Panel
2026-03-10 12:45 - 14:00 UTC | GA
Join us virtually on March 10, 2026, for an inspiring panel moderated by Michelle Marcus during the Georgia Thrives Together’s March Meeting titled: “Disruptive Innovation: Using Good Trouble to Transform Systems for Community Wellbeing.”
Disruptive innovation for community wellbeing encompasses practices, systemic changes, technologies, or business models which serve unmet social needs, meet those needs more efficiently and effectively than predominant practices and policies, and which could be effective at a larger scale although they are initially prevented from scaling up due to regulatory or fiscal limitations. Despite their potential to solve persistent social problems, disruptive innovations often fail to attract investment because they challenge conventional business models, beliefs, power structures, and organizational practices. The Disruptive Innovation panel will allow attendees to hear from professionals who are exploring new approaches to longstanding problems, redefining funding strategies, and developing innovative ways to show and communicate impact.
Panelists: Odetta MacLeish-White, AB, JD, LLM Business and Fund Development Director of Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative; Tony Price, DrPH, MS, Price Point Consulting LLC; and Belisa Urbina, Chief Executive Officer, Ser Familia.
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Community of Practice Virtual Meeting
2026-01-27 12:00 - 13:30 | GA
Join us to hear from David Erickson, Senior Vice President and Head of Outreach & Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as he presents Making Middle Markets, a presentation on funding and sustainability innovations. After his presentation, attendees will be invited to pose questions during a Q&A session, and participate in a discussion on the application of these innovations in communities. To learn more about David, please see his bio linked here.
Registration for this free, virtual meeting is now open! We hope you can join us!

Community of Practice Virtual Meeting
2025-09-30 12:00 - 14:00 | GA
Please join us for our September Georgia Thrives Together Community of Practice Meeting.
Check out the Glue Up Page to register and get more information!

Community of Practice In-Person Meeting
2025-06-25 12:00 - 2025-06-26 16:00 | Columbus Georgia Convention and Trade Center, 801 Front Ave, Columbus, GA, 31901, United States
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Please join us for networking and learning together in Columbus, GA at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center. During this day and a half meeting, attendees will enjoy interactive plenaries, panels, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities centered around advancing health and well-being for Georgians.
Hotel Information & Link:
A room block has been set aside at the
Columbus Marriott
800 Front Ave
Columbus, GA
Columbus Marriott for $174.00 per night
Last Day to Book: Tuesday, May 27, 2025
On-site parking at hotel is $15.00 per Vehicle per Night.
DRAFT AGENDA NOW AVAILABLE

Community of Practice Virtual Meeting
2025-03-11 12:00 - 14:00 | GA
Details TBD

Expanding Your Scope To Address Vital Conditions: A Promising Practices Panel
2025-02-26 13:00 - 14:30 | GA
During this interactive virtual panel, we will discuss transitioning to addressing vital conditions through conversations with our local, statewide, and national panelists. These panelists will share their progress and lessons learned in expanding their scope beyond addressing urgent needs to working more broadly on vital conditions for health and well-being. We end our panels by asking attendees to join our discussion by sharing their questions, experiences, and lessons learned.
Join us on Wednesday, February 26th from 1:00 – 2:30 pm.
Our panelists include:

Gina Hemenway, Executive Director, Community Health, Mercy Health Cincinnati
Mary Ayala, Director, Multifamily Outreach, Enterprise Community Partners
Melissa Line, LMSW, Executive Director, Community Helping Place

Health Equity Policy & Practice Innovations in Georgia
2025-01-21 13:00 - 14:00 | GA
The Health Equity Policy and Practice Innovations in Georgia Special Interest Group (Policy & Practice SIG) is a subgroup of the Community of Practice. This group is an open group, with new attendees able to join at every meeting. Members of this subgroup are focused on working together to understand, design, and/or shape policy or programmatic solutions with a particular emphasis on innovation and an equity mindset.
The Policy & Practice SIG meets monthly.

Community of Practice Virtual Meeting
2024-12-10 12:00 - 14:00 | GA
This Community of Practice Meeting will focus on an Introduction to Vital Conditions and the Vital Conditions Framework.
By the end of this session, attendees will:

Understand the Vital Conditions Framework;
Understand How to Apply Vital Conditions to Work;
Connect and Network with others working in GA; and
Hear About Engagement Opportunities with Georgia’s Equity Work.

Health Equity Policy and Practice Innovations in Georgia
2024-11-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 | GA

Promising Practices Panel: Aligning Systems
2024-11-20 13:00 - 14:30 | GA
Promising Practices Panel: Aligning Systems
Moving the needle on health equity is not a one-person job. It calls for ongoing, orchestrated coordination across organizations, sectors, jurisdictions, and communities. This Promising Practices Panel will feature three speakers who have made their role into a hub for coordination to address complex challenges. This interactive session will allow participants to hear how the panelists have brought systems together for health equity in three very different ways, and to get advice on their own alignment opportunities.
We will hear from:

Sarah Schanck of One Safe Place Macon Family Justice Center, a central location where victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder and dependent adult abuse, and human trafficking abuse can access life-saving comprehensive services and support from a variety of co-located non-profit organizations, criminal justice agencies, and other service providers in a single space;
Barry Keppard from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, who is leading work for the implementation of the MetroFuture Plan through a combination of public health, land use, environmental, and transportation planning projects; and
Richard Sheward, Director of System Implementation Strategies for Children’s HealthWatch, where he leads the Children’s Health Watch Social Vital Signs™ Communities of Practice, and convenes local and national organizations, researchers, and policymakers to inform and influence policy decisions that improve children’s health.

To register, click here.
*Please note that you do not have to already be a member of the Community of Practice to attend the Promising Practices Panels. Please feel free to share information about this opportunity to learn with each other with others.

Measuring and Communicating Health Equity Change in Georgia
2024-10-30 14:30 - 15:30 | GA
The Measuring and Communicating Healthy Equity Change in Georgia Special Interest Group (Measuring & Communicating SIG) is a subgroup of the Community of Practice. This group is an open group, with new attendees able to join at every meeting. Members of this subgroup are focused on working together to understand, design, and/or shape policy or programmatic solutions around measuring and communicating health equity change.
This will be the first meeting of the Measuring & Communicating SIG and they will be discussing their meeting schedule.

Promising Practices Panel: Strategic Partnerships
2024-10-23 13:00 - 14:30 | GA
‘Promising Practices Panels’ are a series of sessions in which selected panelists will share and discuss their achievements, each panel focusing on a variety of topics that are essential to effective capacity building to advance equitable opportunities for health.
This session will focus on Strategic Partnerships from statewide, regional, and local perspectives. We have three panelists who will share their successes and lessons learned in strategically leveraging partnerships:

Mary Wilson, Co-Founder and Chief Everything Officer of Ubuntu Community Catalyst;
Armand Turner, Deputy Program Manager, Healthy Savannah; and
Dr.Bambie Hayes-Brown, President and CEO of Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc. (Georgia ACT)

By attending this session, you will learn how and why these organizations are leveraging partnerships to achieve their goals, get practical advice for starting and sustaining your own partnerships, and pose your partnership questions to the panel.
For panelist bios and to register for the event, click here.

Funding/Financing Health Equity Innovations in Georgia
2024-10-16 10:30 - 12:00 | GA
The Funding/Financing Health Equity Innovations in Georgia Special Interest Group (Funding/Financing SIG) is a subgroup of the Community of Practice. This group is an open group, with new attendees able to join at every meeting. Members of this subgroup are focused on working together to understand, design, and/or shape policy or programmatic solutions focused on funding and/or financing with a particular emphasis on innovation and an equity mindset.
The Funding/Financing SIG meets quarterly on the 3rd Wednesday from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm.

Georgia Statewide Community of Practice Meeting
2024-09-25 08:00 - 2024-09-26 15:00 | University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel, 1197 South Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA, United States
Main components of this Community of Practice Meeting:

Workshops on Systems Thinking, Strategic Partnerships, and Sustainability
Opportunities to network with others working to impact health inequities across Georgia
Promising Practices Panel on Strategic Partnerships
Special Interest Group Meetings
Updates on the Statewide Health Equity Initiative and much more

Visit https://app.glueup.com/org/gacommunityofpractice/ for event details.
