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WEBINAR: RWJF 2023 Culture of Health Prize Call for Applications Informational Webinar
Mar
15
1:00 PM13:00

WEBINAR: RWJF 2023 Culture of Health Prize Call for Applications Informational Webinar

We are excited that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has expanded the criteria, simplified the initial application, and increased the award to $250,000 in general support funds for the Culture of Health Prize. The RWJF Culture of Health Prize honors the work of communities where people and organizations collaborate to build positive solutions to barriers that have created unequal opportunities for health and well-being.

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Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 3)
Jun
16
10:00 AM10:00

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 3)

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future

Praxis is pleased to announce a three-session workshop series, “Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future,” facilitated by Pancho Argüelles. By attending this workshop you will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn about the history, key principles and practices of Popular Education

  • Exchange experiences in our practice of Popular Education in our communities and connect to one another

  • Identify challenges and opportunities for the practice of Popular Education in our current context(s) 

  • Explore how we integrate Popular Education in our work, organizing practices, healing and accompaniment 

Workshop Dates

We ask that you commit to all three sessions as this will be a dialogue based training. 

  1. April 21, 2022

  2. May 19, 2022

  3. June 16, 2022

Meet the Facilitator 

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente was born in Mexico City and has lived in the U.S. since 1997. For more than thirty five years he has worked for human rights in Mexico, Central America, and the United States: as a rural teacher in Chiapas, supporting Guatemalan refugees, co-founding Universidad Campesina in Nicaragua, and with rural cooperatives in Central Mexico. 

In Houston, he co-founded Fe y Justicia Worker Center, a community organization for low-wage immigrant workers and currently serves in its board of advisors. Pancho served on the board of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights where he co-authored the popular education curriculum, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. He lives in Houston, TX, where he just finished serving as the executive director of Living Hope Wheelchair Association, a community-based organization of migrants with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities where he collaborated for the past twelve years. 

Through PazyPuente LLC he provides training and consulting services to social and racial justice organizations across the country. He is a Building Community Power Fellow at the Community Justice Exchange. He also serves on the board of the Highlander Research and Education Center and holds a BA on Education from UNAM and a Masters on Multicultural Education from UHCL. 


Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro

Praxis se complace en anunciar una serie de talleres de tres sesiones, “Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro”, facilitado por Pancho Argüelles. Al asistir a este taller tendrá la oportunidad de:

  • Aprender sobre la historia de la Educación Popular,, principios clave y prácticas

  • Intercambiar experiencias en nuestra práctica de Educación Popular en nuestras comunidades y conectarnos unos con otros

  • Identificar desafíos y oportunidades para la práctica de la Educación Popular en nuestro(s) contexto(s) actual(es)

  • Explorar cómo integrar la Educación Popular en nuestro trabajo, prácticas organizativas, de sanación y acompañamiento

Fechas del taller

Le pedimos que se comprometa con las tres sesiones, ya que será una formación basada en el diálogo.

  • 21 de abril de 2022

  • 19 de mayo de 2022

  • 16 de junio de 2022

Conozca al facilitador

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente nació en la Ciudad de México y vive en Estados Unidos desde 1997. Durante más de treinta y cinco años ha trabajado por los derechos humanos en México, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos: como maestro rural en Chiapas, apoyando refugiados guatemaltecos, co-fundador de la Universidad Campesina en Nicaragua, y con cooperativas rurales en el centro de México.

En Houston, cofundó el Centro de Trabajadores Fe y Justicia, una organización comunitaria para trabajadores inmigrantes de bajos salarios y actualmente forma parte de su junta de asesores. Pancho formó parte de la junta de la Red Nacional para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y Refugiados, donde fue coautor del plan de estudios de educación popular, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. Vive en Houston, TX, donde acaba de terminar como director ejecutivo de Living Hope Wheelchair Association, una organización comunitaria de migrantes con lesiones de la médula espinal y otras discapacidades en la que colaboró ​​durante los últimos doce años.

A través de PazyPuente LLC, brinda servicios de capacitación y consultoría a organizaciones de justicia social y racial en todo el país. Es uno de los Building Community Power Fellows con el Community Justice Exchange. También es miembro de la junta del Centro de Investigación y Educación Highlander y tiene una licenciatura en Educación de la UNAM y una maestría en Educación Multicultural de la UHCL.

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Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 2)
May
19
10:00 AM10:00

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 2)

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future

Praxis is pleased to announce a three-session workshop series, “Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future,” facilitated by Pancho Argüelles. By attending this workshop you will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn about the history, key principles and practices of Popular Education

  • Exchange experiences in our practice of Popular Education in our communities and connect to one another

  • Identify challenges and opportunities for the practice of Popular Education in our current context(s) 

  • Explore how we integrate Popular Education in our work, organizing practices, healing and accompaniment 

Workshop Dates

We ask that you commit to all three sessions as this will be a dialogue based training. 

  1. April 21, 2022

  2. May 19, 2022

  3. June 16, 2022

Meet the Facilitator 

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente was born in Mexico City and has lived in the U.S. since 1997. For more than thirty five years he has worked for human rights in Mexico, Central America, and the United States: as a rural teacher in Chiapas, supporting Guatemalan refugees, co-founding Universidad Campesina in Nicaragua, and with rural cooperatives in Central Mexico. 

In Houston, he co-founded Fe y Justicia Worker Center, a community organization for low-wage immigrant workers and currently serves in its board of advisors. Pancho served on the board of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights where he co-authored the popular education curriculum, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. He lives in Houston, TX, where he just finished serving as the executive director of Living Hope Wheelchair Association, a community-based organization of migrants with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities where he collaborated for the past twelve years. 

Through PazyPuente LLC he provides training and consulting services to social and racial justice organizations across the country. He is a Building Community Power Fellow at the Community Justice Exchange. He also serves on the board of the Highlander Research and Education Center and holds a BA on Education from UNAM and a Masters on Multicultural Education from UHCL. 


Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro

Praxis se complace en anunciar una serie de talleres de tres sesiones, “Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro”, facilitado por Pancho Argüelles. Al asistir a este taller tendrá la oportunidad de:

  • Aprender sobre la historia de la Educación Popular,, principios clave y prácticas

  • Intercambiar experiencias en nuestra práctica de Educación Popular en nuestras comunidades y conectarnos unos con otros

  • Identificar desafíos y oportunidades para la práctica de la Educación Popular en nuestro(s) contexto(s) actual(es)

  • Explorar cómo integrar la Educación Popular en nuestro trabajo, prácticas organizativas, de sanación y acompañamiento

Fechas del taller

Le pedimos que se comprometa con las tres sesiones, ya que será una formación basada en el diálogo.

  • 21 de abril de 2022

  • 19 de mayo de 2022

  • 16 de junio de 2022

Conozca al facilitador

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente nació en la Ciudad de México y vive en Estados Unidos desde 1997. Durante más de treinta y cinco años ha trabajado por los derechos humanos en México, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos: como maestro rural en Chiapas, apoyando refugiados guatemaltecos, co-fundador de la Universidad Campesina en Nicaragua, y con cooperativas rurales en el centro de México.

En Houston, cofundó el Centro de Trabajadores Fe y Justicia, una organización comunitaria para trabajadores inmigrantes de bajos salarios y actualmente forma parte de su junta de asesores. Pancho formó parte de la junta de la Red Nacional para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y Refugiados, donde fue coautor del plan de estudios de educación popular, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. Vive en Houston, TX, donde acaba de terminar como director ejecutivo de Living Hope Wheelchair Association, una organización comunitaria de migrantes con lesiones de la médula espinal y otras discapacidades en la que colaboró ​​durante los últimos doce años.

A través de PazyPuente LLC, brinda servicios de capacitación y consultoría a organizaciones de justicia social y racial en todo el país. Es uno de los Building Community Power Fellows con el Community Justice Exchange. También es miembro de la junta del Centro de Investigación y Educación Highlander y tiene una licenciatura en Educación de la UNAM y una maestría en Educación Multicultural de la UHCL.

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Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 1)
Apr
21
10:00 AM10:00

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future (Part 1)

Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future

Praxis is pleased to announce a three-session workshop series, “Popular Education: Embracing the Legacy and Envisioning the Future,” facilitated by Pancho Argüelles. By attending this workshop you will have the opportunity to:

  • Learn about the history, key principles and practices of Popular Education

  • Exchange experiences in our practice of Popular Education in our communities and connect to one another

  • Identify challenges and opportunities for the practice of Popular Education in our current context(s) 

  • Explore how we integrate Popular Education in our work, organizing practices, healing and accompaniment 

Workshop Dates

We ask that you commit to all three sessions as this will be a dialogue based training. 

  1. April 21, 2022

  2. May 19, 2022

  3. June 16, 2022

Meet the Facilitator 

Image of the facilitator

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente was born in Mexico City and has lived in the U.S. since 1997. For more than thirty five years he has worked for human rights in Mexico, Central America, and the United States: as a rural teacher in Chiapas, supporting Guatemalan refugees, co-founding Universidad Campesina in Nicaragua, and with rural cooperatives in Central Mexico. 

In Houston, he co-founded Fe y Justicia Worker Center, a community organization for low-wage immigrant workers and currently serves in its board of advisors. Pancho served on the board of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights where he co-authored the popular education curriculum, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. He lives in Houston, TX, where he just finished serving as the executive director of Living Hope Wheelchair Association, a community-based organization of migrants with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities where he collaborated for the past twelve years. 

Through PazyPuente LLC he provides training and consulting services to social and racial justice organizations across the country. He is a Building Community Power Fellow at the Community Justice Exchange. He also serves on the board of the Highlander Research and Education Center and holds a BA on Education from UNAM and a Masters on Multicultural Education from UHCL. 


Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro

Praxis se complace en anunciar una serie de talleres de tres sesiones, “Educación Popular: Abrazando el Legado e Imaginando el Futuro”, facilitado por Pancho Argüelles. Al asistir a este taller tendrá la oportunidad de:

  • Aprender sobre la historia de la Educación Popular,, principios clave y prácticas

  • Intercambiar experiencias en nuestra práctica de Educación Popular en nuestras comunidades y conectarnos unos con otros

  • Identificar desafíos y oportunidades para la práctica de la Educación Popular en nuestro(s) contexto(s) actual(es)

  • Explorar cómo integrar la Educación Popular en nuestro trabajo, prácticas organizativas, de sanación y acompañamiento

Fechas del taller

Le pedimos que se comprometa con las tres sesiones, ya que será una formación basada en el diálogo.

  • 21 de abril de 2022

  • 19 de mayo de 2022

  • 16 de junio de 2022

Conozca al facilitador

Pancho Argüelles Paz y Puente nació en la Ciudad de México y vive en Estados Unidos desde 1997. Durante más de treinta y cinco años ha trabajado por los derechos humanos en México, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos: como maestro rural en Chiapas, apoyando refugiados guatemaltecos, co-fundador de la Universidad Campesina en Nicaragua, y con cooperativas rurales en el centro de México.

En Houston, cofundó el Centro de Trabajadores Fe y Justicia, una organización comunitaria para trabajadores inmigrantes de bajos salarios y actualmente forma parte de su junta de asesores. Pancho formó parte de la junta de la Red Nacional para los Derechos de los Inmigrantes y Refugiados, donde fue coautor del plan de estudios de educación popular, BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue on the Global Economy. Vive en Houston, TX, donde acaba de terminar como director ejecutivo de Living Hope Wheelchair Association, una organización comunitaria de migrantes con lesiones de la médula espinal y otras discapacidades en la que colaboró ​​durante los últimos doce años.

A través de PazyPuente LLC, brinda servicios de capacitación y consultoría a organizaciones de justicia social y racial en todo el país. Es uno de los Building Community Power Fellows con el Community Justice Exchange. También es miembro de la junta del Centro de Investigación y Educación Highlander y tiene una licenciatura en Educación de la UNAM y una maestría en Educación Multicultural de la UHCL.

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Feb
9
10:00 AM10:00

Webinar: Is now the time for an SSB tax in NYC?

Hear from a sugar-sweetened beverage tax expert panel, will discuss the potential impact on New York City communities, applying lessons learned from his work allocating tax revenue in Berkeley. Dr. Gortmaker will discuss research on the potential health care cost impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in New York

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WEBINAR: Moving from Disaster Preparedness to Disaster Justice: Centering Community & Racial Justice for a Transformed Future
May
6
11:00 AM11:00

WEBINAR: Moving from Disaster Preparedness to Disaster Justice: Centering Community & Racial Justice for a Transformed Future

The next webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series of 2021 will focus on Moving from Disaster Preparedness to Disaster Justice: Centering Community & Racial Justice for a Transformed Future.

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Authentic Community Engagement for Health, Justice, and Racial Equity - Kansas Community Health Promotion Virtual Summit Keynote Presentation
Jan
26
4:23 AM04:23

Authentic Community Engagement for Health, Justice, and Racial Equity - Kansas Community Health Promotion Virtual Summit Keynote Presentation

Kansas Community Health Promotion Summit

January 26 & 28, 2021
Virtual Conference - Health Justice: Be the Change

1:30 - 2:30 p.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Authentic Community Engagement for Health, Justice, and Racial Equity, Xavier Morales, PhD, MRP, Executive Director, The Praxis Project, and Jenna Gaarde, MPH, Program Director - Research & Training, The Praxis Project

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Creating Healthy Environments with Language Justice - County Health Rankings
Jan
26
4:23 AM04:23

Creating Healthy Environments with Language Justice - County Health Rankings

Creating opportunities for everyone to be healthy also means making sure everyone’s voices can be heard. Creating multi-lingual spaces where everyone can communicate, understand, and be understood in the language in which they prefer is part of language justice. Implementing strategies and practices that promote language justice is a key component to building inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities. This webinar features two guests who will share a variety of experiences, perspectives, and insights around how language intersects with their efforts to improve health and equity.

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WEBINAR: Recognizing Healing-Centered Community Practices as a Complement to Trauma-Informed Interventions and Services
Aug
26
11:00 AM11:00

WEBINAR: Recognizing Healing-Centered Community Practices as a Complement to Trauma-Informed Interventions and Services

The fifth webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series will focus on Recognizing Healing-Centered Community Practices as a Complement to Trauma-Informed Interventions and Services. Stay tuned for details!

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Media Briefing: The Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Children
Jul
29
7:00 AM07:00

Media Briefing: The Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx Children

In the wake of COVID-19, racial disparities are being illuminated like never before. Latinx and Black people are contracting the virus at higher rates than white people. Voices for Healthy Kids, an initiative of the American Heart Association and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is hosting a media briefing for journalists featuring leading experts.

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WEBINAR: Community Centered Health Justice and Racial Equity - Organic Efforts Towards Health Equity-Driven Policy and Practice
May
7
11:00 AM11:00

WEBINAR: Community Centered Health Justice and Racial Equity - Organic Efforts Towards Health Equity-Driven Policy and Practice

The second webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series will focus on Community Centered Health Justice and Racial Equity - Organic Efforts Towards Health Equity-Driven Policy and Practice. Stay tuned for dates and details!

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