Urban Initiative On The Ground
The Urban Initiative supports local partners in bringing together public health officials, local elected officials, and advocates to address pressing reproductive health issues. UI staff and partners can also be found at various conferences. Recent events include:
- Policymaker Bootcamp – Topeka
- In March 2011, legislators in Topeka, Kansas, heard firsthand from state, local, and national advocates the current reproductive health policy challenges facing the state. Attendees received message training and tactics to counter attacks on reproductive rights in the state.
- Policymaker Bootcamp – Santa Fe
- In February 2011, more than a dozen state and local legislators gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with local advocates and abortion providers to discuss current and pending reproductive health policy in New Mexico. Legislators were briefed on messaging tactics and talking points to advance an agenda that promotes sound reproductive health and abortion policy.
- Sex Education: Policymaker Leadership Institute - San Francisco
- Innovative Approaches to Addressing Reproductive Health Disparities Among Urban Youth
- The Urban Initiative represented some UI partners at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in a poster session highlighting work on urban youth health disparities.
- Incarcerated Women’s Health: Policymaker Leadership Institute - Pittsburgh
- Poor Birth Outcomes: Roundtable – Portland, OR
- Reproductive Health Agenda for Phoenix: Policymaker Leadership Institute - Phoenix
- Sex Education: Roundtable – Baltimore
- Pregnant and Parenting Youth: Roundtable – Chicago
- Sex Education: Roundtable – Helena, MT
- Sex Education: Roundtable – St. Louis, MO