Orange County Health Department People of Color Caucus
Friday, September 20, 2019
1pm to 2pm
Southern Human Services Building – Room D
Good afternoon everyone! This is a reminder that POC Caucus will meet tomorrow from 1pm to 2pm in Room D, in Southern Human Services Building.
During tomorrow's discussion, we will be watching a documentary series, titled "Hidden Colors" which was recommended by one of our caucus members. After the viewing, we will have a discussion around how it ties into the work that we do around race and health equity.
I also wanted to share if any caucus members have any great resources that they would like to share, or if there is a topic that you would like to highlight that hasn't been discussed yet at caucus, please reach out to me!
All people of color who have completed REI’s Phase l workshop, Latinx Challenge, and/or training with OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc. are invited and encouraged to attend. For newer participants, please see our purpose outlined below – we look forward to welcoming you to our caucus!
And as usual, we hope the analysis from REI will help inform what we share, and we intend to create a protected space to speak openly, learn from one another, and heal together.We hope to see you there tomorrow!Krishnaveni Balakrishnan
Healthy Communities Healthy Homes Coordinator
POC Caucus Liaison
HPES Division
Questions? Comments? Want to connect but can’t attend? Something else?
Email Veni at kbalakrishnan@orangecountync.gov
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POC Caucus Meets Bimonthly:
First Wednesdays of each months @ 12 pm @ Whitted
Third Fridays of each month @ 1 pm @ Southern
Check out more details about OCHD’s POC Caucus
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People of Color caucus in order to:
- to build more meaningful, equitable relationships with each other
- to deepen our analysis of systemic inequity, particularly regarding racism in the US
- to process our experiences of oppression & internalized inferiority, moving towards healing