Public Health Advocacy Academy

Public health students across the country are incredibly qualified to be powerful advocates, but they often don’t have training to turn research and evidence into law, policy, and funding. Using real-life public health examples, this course teaches every tactic in the book to create change.

Expert speakers include:

• Flint, Michigan’s water crisis advocate Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH

• AIDS activist and lawyer, who led a successful class action to gain recognition for women to receive HIV/AIDS diagnoses, Terry McGovern, JD

• Founder of West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT), who succeeded in turning NYC’s bus fleet hybrid electric, Peggy Shepard

• Civil rights activist from Mississippi Freedom Summer, Bob Fullilove, EdD

• Expert health lobbyist, Ross Frommer, JD

• Public health graduate and elected official, Michelle Au, MD, MPH

• And many more

The course will be structured with 5 modules. The course should take approximately 15 hours for learners to complete. The short structure and low cognitive load is intentional; though the course includes some theory, the key purpose of the course is highly pragmatic and action-oriented, and is designed to quickly prepare learners to confidently speak to elected officials and design advocacy campaigns.