Finding Common Ground: What to Expect at the 2025 SOPHE Advocacy Summit
Includes a Live Web Event on 05/22/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
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- Student Member - $5
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Join us for an exciting sneak peek into the 2025 SOPHE Advocacy Summit: Finding Common Ground – Pathways to a Healthier Nation. This preview is your chance to learn what the Summit is all about, why you should attend, and how it empowers students and professionals to sharpen their advocacy skills for health equity and policy change.
We will come together to find common ground and create a shared public health agenda. Whether you're new to advocacy or a seasoned changemaker, the Summit provides a dynamic learning environment with customized experiences for all levels of engagement.
Educational Tracks at the Summit:
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Health in All Policies: Learn how upstream policies can reduce disparities and support long-term health improvements.
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The Public Health Crisis: Tackle today’s toughest public health challenges and train the next generation of advocates.
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Community-Driven Advocacy: Discover the power of grassroots efforts and local leadership in shaping systems change.
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Health Communication Challenges: Strengthen your messaging skills and build trust to combat misinformation and advance public health literacy.
Join us at the Advocacy Summit, so you can:
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Build confidence in your advocacy skills and learn from policy leaders and public health experts
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Engage with students and professionals from across the country
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Leave with tools and resources to continue advocacy in your own community
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify one resource gap they must address.
- List two stakeholders at the national, state, or local level that they can engage with on a public health issue.
- Create a stakeholder map that highlights at least one potential partner for future collaboration.
Competencies that will be covered include:
5.2.5 Identify available resources and gaps (e.g., financial, personnel, information, and data).
5.1.5 Identify existing coalition(s) or stakeholders that can be engaged in advocacy efforts.
Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I contact education contact hours.
SOPHE is a provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) Renewal Credits. A total of 1.0 CPH Renewal credits are provided on behalf of the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
Keely Rees
Professor
University of Kentucky
Keely Rees, PhD, MCHES, has joined the College of Public Health (CPH) at the University of Kentucky as the new Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Advancement. With a strong passion for professional development and mentorship, she is dedicated to creating an environment where faculty and staff feel supported. In this role, Dr. Rees will focus on strengthening professional growth opportunities through mentorship, leadership training, and strategic initiatives that enhance career advancement. By working closely with the Dean’s team, she aims to align policies and resources that foster a collaborative workplace while ensuring faculty and staff have the tools needed to excel.
Before joining CPH, Dr. Rees spent over two decades at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where she led programs in public health education and healthcare administration. She also taught at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and the University of New Mexico. She earned her Ph.D. in Community Health Education from the University of New Mexico, an M.S. in Exercise Physiology and Health Behavior from South Dakota State University, and a B.A. in Health Education from the University of Minnesota Morris.
Brittney Chang
Student
University of Florida
Brittney Chang is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Florida, majoring in psychology with a concentration in cognitive behavioral neuroscience and minoring in societal health disparities. Passionate about addressing inequities in public health, her research focuses on the intersection of health disparities and neuroscience, particularly within the Asian American population. Brittney is involved in two key research projects: with Dr. Carolyn Tucker on the Community-Partnered Cancer Disparities Research Collaborative and with Dr. Brian Hoh’s cerebrovascular lab, where she investigates aneurysm healing processes. Her work aims to inform public health policy through data-driven research and community-based advocacy.
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