Southwest Regional Network
Welcome to our connection space for the Southwest Health Equity Network Region!
This is a place where we can support our health equity work. We invite you to make and strengthen relationships, learn about and support existing health equity work, share activities, success, barriers, and resources and learn more about how to influence policy, structural, and system changes.
We welcome the sharing of ideas and information from all! Let's focus our conversation on building connections and strengthening our communities' capacity to do the work. Pease keep comments on topic and suitable for everyone.
WHERE TO START: I encourage you to drop a pin on the main page to showcase where you are located within our state and regions!
Direct Link: www.mnhealthequityconnections.com/statewide-map/maps/connecting-across-minnesota
Welcome to our connection space for the Southwest Health Equity Network Region!
This is a place where we can support our health equity work. We invite you to make and strengthen relationships, learn about and support existing health equity work, share activities, success, barriers, and resources and learn more about how to influence policy, structural, and system changes.
We welcome the sharing of ideas and information from all! Let's focus our conversation on building connections and strengthening our communities' capacity to do the work. Pease keep comments on topic and suitable for everyone.
WHERE TO START: I encourage you to drop a pin on the main page to showcase where you are located within our state and regions!
Direct Link: www.mnhealthequityconnections.com/statewide-map/maps/connecting-across-minnesota
Trainings & Events
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Welcoming Week September 12 - 22!
3 months agoWelcoming Week is an annual campaign that celebrates the work in communities to become welcoming places for all. To learn more about this campaign, visit the Welcoming Week – Welcoming America website.
Welcoming Week Events in Southwest Minnesota:- September 12: Confirmation Bias: Understand Your Brain, Change Your Life (Hutchinson)
- September 13: Community Coffee (Glencoe)
- September 14: Welcoming Week Event (Litchfield)
- September 14: Welcoming Week Event (Willmar)
- September 14: Multicultural Fiesta (St. James)
- September 15: Belonging Begins with Us Event (Hutchinson)
- September 17: Welcoming Week Story Hour (Glencoe)
- September 17: Loteria Craft & S'mores (Glencoe)
- September 17: Diversity Day (Hutchinson)
- September... Continue reading
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Upcoming Trainings, Events & Grants as of 8/26/2024
3 months agoCore Training Series Rescheduled
- We had to reschedule our Core Training Series from August 21st to September 4th from 1:00 – 4:30pm
- This is a great opportunity to learn the basics of health equity, community engagement and what networks are.
- If you had previously registered, there is no need to register again. If you want to join us, register here: MN Health Equity Networks Core Training Series
Trainings, Events, & Webinars:
- Aug. 27: A Public Health Educator’s Viewpoint of The Anxious Generation
- Aug. 27: COMET: A Gentle Introduction to Supporting Community in MN
- Aug. 27: Southwest Health &... Continue reading
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Upcoming Trainings, Events & Grants as of 8/5/2024
4 months agoEvents/Trainings:
- August 6: Activate Rural Workshop: Courageous and Compassionate Creative Places
- August 6: Maternal Health & Inclusive Communication
- August 7: Vaccinate the Heartland
- August 7: Preventing Substance Misuse on College Campuses
- August 7: Equity in Action: Crafting Inclusive Prevention Communication
- August 10: COPAL Back to School Fair (Madelia)
- August 15: COPAL Back to School Fair (Mankato)
- August 15: Rural Mental Health Training
- August 15: Thrive Through Civic Health: We Will Vote Minnesota
- August 20: Enhancing Public Health Through Effective Data Management
- August 21: MN Health Equity Networks: Core Training Series
- August 29: Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design in States... Continue reading
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5 months agoEvents & Trainings
- July 8 – 17: Healthy Minnesota Partnership Community Conversations
- July 10: Addressing Food Insecurity & Social Needs of Low-income Pregnant Individuals
- July 11: INSPIRE: Readiness: Innovating in Public Health Systems
- July 11 – 13: Worthington International Festival - Worthington
- July 19: Providing Culturally Sensitive Guidance on Caregiving Practices to Newcomers
- July 20: Lighting of the Lantern Event – Worthington (see attached flyers)
- July 24: Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Public Hearing Meeting
- July 25: Southwest Regional Health Equity Network Gathering
- August 15: Rural Mental Health Training
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6 months ago- June 6 & 13: Communicating Equity
- June 7 – 9: Marshall Pride Celebration (Marshall)
- June 6: MN Health Equity Networks Training: Minnesota Demographics
- June 11: C2DREAM 3rd Annual Health Equity Conference (Duluth)
- June 11: How Race and Equity Impact Community Well-Being
- June 12: Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Training Day (Glencoe)
- June 12 – Aug 7: Creating a Culture of Health Webinar Series
- June 13: Advancing Health Equity in MN Report: Ten Years Later (Minneapolis & Virtual)
- June 14: Telling Stories of Prevention – Regional Storytelling and Facilitation Workshop (Mankato)
- June 17 & 18: MN Rural Health Conference (Duluth)
- ... Continue reading
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6 months ago- May 21: Rural Maternal Health Initiatives
- May 21: Vaccine Hesitancy: What can we do?
- May 21: Mental Health in Rural Communities Toolkit Training
- May 21: Identifying the forces behind persistent poverty
- May 22: Minnesota’s Housing Crisis
- May 21: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety: Angst Film Showing – Willmar
- May 24, June 13, July 26: Youth Mental Health First Aid for Rural Communities
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- May 28: Towards a Weight Inclusive Public Health - Part 1: Understanding Weight Stigma
- May 28: Minnesota Health Equity Networks Training: Healthy Minnesota Partnership
- May 28 – 31: American Indian Health and Wellness, Understanding and Applying the “Other... Continue reading
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7 months agoTrainings & Events
- April 29: How to Magically Connect with Anyone with Brian Miller (Hutchinson)
- April 29: Integrating and Uplifting Individuals and Communities with Lived Experience into Refugee/Immigrant Mental Health Service Innovation and Delivery
- April 30: A Leadership Program to Improve Happiness and Reduce Burnout
- April 30: Mental Well-being and Resilience Learning Community: A leadership program to improve happiness and reduce burnout
May 1: Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging
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May 2: Supporting Your Child Through Life’s Challenges (Windom)
- May 3: Skills for Psychological Recovery - One Day Training Opportunity 2024
- May 7:... Continue reading
Southwest Health Equity Network Coordinator
Health Equity Networks Website
Important Dates
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January 14 2025
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December 04 2024
Regional Gathering Slides & Documents
- Southwest Regional Gathering - October 2024 (3.1 MB) (pdf)
- Southwest Regional Gathering - July 2024 - Rewriting the Rural Narrative Slides (4.32 MB) (pdf)
- Southwest Regional Gathering - July 2024 - Kandiyohi & Countryside Slides
- Southwest Regional Gathering - July 2024 (968 KB) (pdf)
- Southwest Regional Gathering - April 2024 (2.04 MB) (pdf)
- Southwest Regional Gathering - Jan 2024 (2.37 MB) (pdf)