Webinars
How the Care Movement is Organizing Against Devastating Federal Tax and Budget Cuts
VirtualThis important webinar examined the potentially devastating impact of possible federal budget and tax cuts on women, children, older adults, and people with disabilities and the care movement’s planned response. These budget cuts could shift costs onto states, undermining family health and income security. The effects could reverberate across generations, reverse gains for women, children, older adults, people with disabilities, and workers, and hinder future federal public investments in equitable childcare, paid leave, aging, and disability care. Watch the recording to learn how a cross-issue, cross-generational state and federal movement is raising the voices of the families most impacted, and how philanthropy can engage at this pivotal moment.
Funder Webinar on the Intersections of Housing Instability, Homelessness, and Maternal Mental Health
This webinar explored the intersectional nature of housing instability and maternal mental health, and discussed the complexities of these issues through the insights of leading voices working to address family well-being. Watch this recording to learn about cutting-edge research underway to understand the impacts of housing instability on maternal mental health.
Weathering the Storm: Health Funders’ Role in Climate Emergency Response
VirtualThis webinar featured firsthand experiences from health funders who were directly impacted by extreme weather events. Watch the recording to gain valuable insights into the challenges faced by these funders in responding to the crises, the strategies they implemented in collaboration with affected communities, and the actions they are taking in the face of future climate disasters.
The #SaveHIVFunding Campaign: An Urgent Need for Rapid Response
VirtualIn 2023, the #SaveHIVFunding campaign was launched in response to an unprecedented proposal to cut $767M in federal HIV funding. Ultimately, the defense of critical HIV programs was successful, and all proposed cuts were removed from the final FY24 spending bill. For FY25, new cuts have been proposed, and the campaign has been relaunched. Join this webinar for a discussion on the major threats faced by the HIV field at the federal level, plans to expand the #SaveHIVFunding campaign, and learn how funders can defend federal funding to end the HIV epidemic. Speakers include Michael Chancley of PrEP4All, Joseph Cherabie, of the Washington University-St. Louis, Jenny Collier of the Collier Collective, Noelle Esquire of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Mitchell Warren from AVAC.
CDC Injury Center at Risk – What’s Ahead?
VirtualThis webinar examined the Injury Center’s vital activities, explored potential threats to future capacity, and considers the role of health funders in supporting the Injury Center’s continued ability to track trends, conduct research, raise awareness, and implement prevention programs in partnership with states, localities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations.
Pathways to Economic Inclusion: Exploring the Intersection of Tax, Health, and Family Well-Being
VirtualTune in for a timely discussion that delves into the critical connections between tax equity, health equity, and family well-being. This webinar offered an overview of the 2025 tax landscape, examining key topics such as the proven power of cash-based initiatives to improve health outcomes, the ability to scale these efforts in the form of federal tax credits, and the opportunity for collective action to advocate for a more equitable revenue system.
CEO Working Group Webinar
VirtualGrantmakers In Health is pleased to convene the CEO Working Group to discuss challenges in our work and opportunities for collaboration as we move forward to achieve our health missions under the new administration.
Ballot Measures: Advancing Health Policy through Direct Democracy
VirtualThe citizen-initiative process, also known as direct democracy, gives the people the power to directly propose and pass new laws or constitutional amendments (depending on the state) by putting them up for a vote at the statewide or local level. 25 U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow for citizen-initiated ballot measures, which have been used to advance a broad range of health policy goals, including reproductive rights, Medicaid expansion, gun safety reform, minimum wage increases, and paid leave. This webinar explored recent ballot initiative campaigns and highlight the roles of health funders in building community power through direct democracy. Speakers included Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Becky Gould of Nebraska Appleseed, and Ashley Dietz of the Florida Philanthropic Network.
Firearm Violence Prevention Learning Community: Equitable Approaches to Firearm Violence Prevention Research and Evaluation
VirtualThe Black and Brown Collective for Community Solutions to Gun Violence is a network of dozens of multidisciplinary researchers across academic and other research organizations that engage in and promote rigorous, culturally-responsive, and equitable research on community violence. The Collective is developing an equitable research framework designed to guide community-engaged research in and with Black and Brown neighborhoods impacted by gun violence. This webinar explored the context that motivated the framework and its development, examined opportunities and challenges with using an equitable research framework, and provided concrete and practical examples of how the framework can be used and applied in community violence prevention research projects.
Ballot Measures: Responding to Efforts to Undermine Direct Democracy
VirtualRecent ballot measure victories across the country have demonstrated the power of this citizen-initiated tool; however, critics of certain initiatives and opponents of direct democracy are exploring ways to make ballot measures more difficult to pursue. These threats take a variety of forms, including litigation to challenge the process, administrative and legislative tactics to obstruct implementation of ballot-approved policies, and legislation to impose more onerous requirements on citizen-initiated ballot campaigns. Join this webinar to learn more about the threats to direct democracy, the impact of these threats on policies that advance health and well-being, and how health funders can support this vital tool for building community power and facilitating a healthy, thriving democracy. Speakers including Elizabeth DiLauro of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Quentin Savwoir of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, and M'Evie Mead of Missouri Jobs with Justice.