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Minnesota Public Health Association

Since 1907, MPHA has been dedicated to creating a healthier Minnesota through effective public health practice and engaged citizens. 

BCBS Funding Planning

  • June 25, 2021
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Virtual

Workplan funding planning for interested members identified from the feedback survey. If you'd like to join, please email Merry Grande (admin@mpha.net).


Meetings will be held via zoom:

June 14, 3:30 - 4:30 pm

June 17, noon - 1:00 pm

June 25, 2:00 - 3:00 pm

With additional work/information via email to the workgroup.



Background info:

This past year MPHA fully acknowledged racism as a social determinant of health and  declared racism a public health crisis. Our recent programming has highlighted and reinforced this, but significant work remains to be done. Looking forward, MPHA commits itself to programming that will provide opportunities to further our goal of dismantling structural racism, antisemitism and unconscious biases.


MPHA recently was notified that we received a generous award of $100K from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota to further our anti-racism work. The purpose of this support is to build racial and health equity advocacy capacity of public health professionals through organizational policy change, public health praxis reform, and policy advocacy. 


Internally, MPHA will be looking at racial and health equity priorities in organizational by-laws, structure, core functions, membership, trainings, leadership design, community engagement, and policy advocacy. This will be an opportunity for our organization's leaders and members. Externally we are looking for ways to institutionalize and strengthen racial and health equity through building of coalitions, campaigns, and policies to support our anti-racism work.

This project work needs to be focused on 

  • building key cross cultural alliances;
  • developing change levers;
  • strengthening racial and health equity practices.

It can include educational advocacy work but not direct lobbying.



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