[NFBOH-Cleveland] [Chapter-Presidents] Fwd: Health Equity Dialogues

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From: Amy Eidenmiller <amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com <mailto:amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com> >
Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Subject: Fwd: Health Equity Dialogues
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From: Barbara Loos <beloos50 at gmail.com <mailto:beloos50 at gmail.com> >
Date: Mon, Oct 2, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: Health Equity Dialogues
To: <jamie.richey16 at gmail.com <mailto:jamie.richey16 at gmail.com> >, <amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com <mailto:amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com> >

Good afternoon, President Richey and President Eidenmiller:

Pasted below and attached is a potential blurb to send to our lists and post to wherever about the event on October 19. Please let me know if it is too long or needs tweaking. I want us to get the word out and the two of you have access to presidents lists and social media. It is on Zoom, so people don’t need to be from here to attend. 

Sincerely,

Barbara

Hello, everyone. This is Barbara Loos. I want to invite you to join me for an opportunity to have influence. I have agreed to begin a dialogue during this discussion as part of Blind Equality Awareness Month and hope you will be there either to participate or to listen. 

On Thursday, October 19, from 1:00 to 2:30, there will be a presentation of Health Equity Dialogues on Zoom. The topic is Health Access Through the Eyes of the Blind. The way to attend is at the bottom of this message. 

As some of you know, I have been exchanging ideas with those in the Health Equity Coalition both at monthly meetings and in other spaces since during the pandemic. Here is what it says about itself and the opportunity before us this month. It also mentions the November topic. 

Health Equity Dialogues are brought to you by the Lincoln Health Equity Coalition. We exist to promote an infrastructure where every person experiences a healthy, high quality life without discrimination. We champion a whole-health model that is inclusive, accessible, affordable, and acceptable across the lifespan. We believe there are enough resources for all to be healthy and live a high quality of life. We believe it takes us all to make an impact and that all voices matter. We believe in creating collective action where we can make possible the notion of ‘nothing for us, without us’.

The purpose of Health Equity Dialogues is to create a safe, generative space for sharing, listening and connecting around the commonality of health inequity experiences.

The purpose of the dialogues is to create authentic relationships and spaces of healing within a community that cares, empathizes and relates to each other. The structure of the Health Equity Dialogues revolves around one main story-teller who will share a health equity experience prior to open dialogue for people to connect, empathize, share relatable experiences, along with movement towards healing, solutions, and change.

Stories give us a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and heard. Stories connect us. Stories of lived experiences can also provide counter-narratives to the majority culture - to the systems and structures that are sometimes just considered ‘givens’ or ‘normal’ or even ‘unchangeable’.

Anyone willing to enter the virtual space with curiosity, openness, and empathy ready to listen and contribute will be welcomed.

Upcoming Health Equity Dialogues:

October 19th: Dialogues around Health access through the eyes of a blind woman

November 16th: Dialogues around Healthcare experiences for under/uninsured

Connection details:

Thursdays, 1:00 - 2:30pm via zoom 

Zoom Link: https://go.unl.edu/kd3z 

Meeting ID: 991 0209 0102 

Contacts Elton Edmond @mentorplus2009 at gmail.com <mailto:mentorplus2009 at gmail.com>  or Emily Gratopp @ Emily.gratopp at unl.edu <mailto:Emily.gratopp at unl.edu>  

Please come. 

Sincerely,

Barbara

From: Barbara Loos <beloos50 at gmail.com <mailto:beloos50 at gmail.com> > 
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2023 10:19 AM
To: jamie.richey16 at gmail.com <mailto:jamie.richey16 at gmail.com> ; amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com <mailto:amy.eidenmiller at gmail.com> 
Subject: FW: Health Equity Dialogues

Dear President Richey and President Eidenmiller:

I went ahead and accepted the below offer to participate in the October 19, 2023 Health Equity Dialog. I will paste in the message I sent to Emily and Elton this morning below what I’m saying here and above the rest of the thread. 

I didn’t choose the title, Health Equity Through the Eyes of the Blind. The people in charge of this initiative have been open to our perspective from the time I first started attending Health Equity Coalition meetings. Attached are a pdf flyer and a text-based information sheet we can distribute in whatever ways you would like. 

Emily Gratopp is the leader and the one who has been working on getting workable descriptions on the Community Voices photo booklet they created before we found out about this entity from Gina Egenberger. That still hasn’t come to fruition, but I think there is still hope for its completion. 

Elton Edmond was one of those, along with Valerie Lefler and me, who originally signed up for a taskforce on transportation during our monthly calls. He brings a spirit of inclusion to the table. I don’t know the fate of the transportation resource list we started, because entities like this one can be fluid as people with different priorities and skills come and go and everyone looks for ways to make a difference. 

This is definitely a Blind Equality Awareness Month opportunity. I’m sorry it is happening before our next Lincoln chapter and state board meetings, but I didn’t find out about it until after the September meeting, so couldn’t start talking about it there. 

If you have suggestions concerning which specific story I should tell to kick this off, or have other thoughts, please let me know. I hope we can spread the word about this and get a good turnout on Zoom on Thursday, October 19, from 1:00 to 2:30.

Sincerely,

Barbara

Thank you, Emily. I could read both documents you sent. 

Both the state president and Lincoln chapter president of the National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska will hear from me this morning about this Blind Equality Awareness Month opportunity. We will explore avenues for spreading the word and encouraging folks to attend. 

Thank you both for offering us a chance to be heard. I’ll let you know if I run into a snag. 

Emily, I look forward to the possibility of our meeting in person at the meeting on October 25. 

Sincerely,

Barbara

From: Emily Gratopp <emily.gratopp at unl.edu <mailto:emily.gratopp at unl.edu> > 
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2023 11:33 PM
To: Barbara Loos <beloos50 at gmail.com <mailto:beloos50 at gmail.com> >
Cc: Elton Edmond <mentorplus2009 at gmail.com <mailto:mentorplus2009 at gmail.com> >
Subject: Re: Health Equity Dialogues

Hi!

I was so hoping to meet you in person as well. I didn't see you in the room when I first got there and was actually feeling sad that we wouldn't have your voice in the room, but then you spoke and I was so glad you were there, but also sad again that I missed my chance to say 'hello'.

I should be at the next transportation meeting, we'll have to make it happen then!

I'm delighted you will be sharing a story/experience on the Health Equity Dialogues. We'd love for you to have an experience or two that you can share with the group (very similar to some of the experiences you've shared on the Health Equity Coalition meetings) to offer insights to your experiences and to create an open, story telling space for others to relate to in order to start building more authentic community connections and relationships.

Structure of the call on October 19th:

Elton and I will kick off the meeting. I will give the vision and mission for the Health Equity Dialogues. I will discuss the meeting ground rules and engagement agreements. Then I will introduce you and you will take it from there. After your storytelling, we will open up the discussion for others to share their experiences or just reflect, in general. 

Let me know what other guidance you would like as you craft your story for October 19th. We will meet via Zoom at 1pm. I will put the Zoom link below. It is also in the attached fliers and text-based information sheet - these two items can be shared so others will join. We hope to have as many people on the call as possible from your sphere of influence and the Federation of the blind. I did an "accessibility check" on the fliers and it "passed" but let me know if you have any issues accessing it. 

Thursdays, 1:00 - 2:30pm via zoom 

Zoom Link: https://go.unl.edu/kd3z 

Meeting ID: 991 0209 0102 

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Emily Gratopp, MS, ASCM-CPT

Assc Extension Educator - EFNEP

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Metro District IANR

444 Cherrycreek Rd, Ste A <https://www.google.com/maps/search/444+Cherrycreek+Rd,+Ste+A?entry=gmail&source=g> , Lincoln, 685281591

4024417180 <tel:4024417180> 

food.unl.edu/nep <http://food.unl.edu/nep> 

Connectedness * Developer * Empathy * Belief * Restorative
"To work without love is slavery" - Mother Teresa

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From: Barbara Loos <beloos50 at gmail.com <mailto:beloos50 at gmail.com> >
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 2:06 PM
To: Emily Gratopp <emily.gratopp at unl.edu <mailto:emily.gratopp at unl.edu> >
Subject: RE: Health Equity Dialogues 

Non-NU Email 

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Good afternoon, Emily. Things are pretty good here. I hope they are with you, too. I was hoping to meet you in person at the meeting last week, so was sorry you had to leave early. I hope we will meet sometime. 

Thank you for reaching out to me about this. I would be happy to do it. I will also do what I can to spread the word. The timing fits well with the National Federation of the Blind’s Blind Equality Awareness Month theme every October. 

I look forward to further information concerning how to proceed. 

Sincerely,

Barbara

From: Emily Gratopp <emily.gratopp at unl.edu <mailto:emily.gratopp at unl.edu> > 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:49 PM
To: Barbara Loos <beloos50 at gmail.com <mailto:beloos50 at gmail.com> >
Subject: Health Equity Dialogues

Hi Barbara,

I hope this email finds you well. We haven't connected in a while - I hope all is good! 

As you know, our Health Equity Coalition continues to find new ways of addressing needs and discrimination embedded in our community and polices so that we can start to dismantle it.

In our last meeting Elton and I mentioned the start of Health Equity Dialogues focused solely on creating a space for people to share experiences and stories relating to a health equity topic.

The dialogues are monthly and focus on a main person's story/experience told in a crafted story format while providing time for others to share, react, connect, etc.

I wonder if you'd be interested and willing to share a story/experience of yours in our Health Equity Dialogues. We are specifically seeking you for our October one. It's October 19th 1-2:30 since October is Blind Awareness Month.

We are also hoping you'd help spread the word to your friends and colleagues at the National Federation for the Blind and anyone else you think would like to participate. 

Here is more guidance we developed, if it's helpful:

Support for speakers:

1.	10-20 minutes for sharing personal story
2.	Assistance will be provided to craft a successful story.
3.	Must have a specific incident to share about. Share enough details that people feel like they are there, but not enough to ‘get in the weeds’
4.	Share your OWN story (don’t speak for others). Use “I” language. Speakers are welcome to tell the story of their children or family if their children or family members are unable to tell the story themselves.
5.	Outline 1-2 potential take-a-ways and/or solutions to any issue the story may evoke
6.	Share 1-2 discussion questions you’d like attendees to discuss after the story is shared and/or outline space you want held after you share your story.

Let me know what you think. Hope you'll consider it - I'm know you have important experiences to share!

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Emily Gratopp, MS, ASCM-CPT

Assc Extension Educator - EFNEP

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Metro District IANR

444 Cherrycreek Rd, Ste A <https://www.google.com/maps/search/444+Cherrycreek+Rd,+Ste+A?entry=gmail&source=g> , Lincoln, 685281591

 <tel:4024417180> 4024417180

food.unl.edu/nep <http://food.unl.edu/nep> 

Connectedness * Developer * Empathy * Belief * Restorative
"To work without love is slavery" - Mother Teresa

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