Creating Shared Value in My Community
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:25 - 12:55 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
In rural and underserved communities, access to equitable pipelines can be fragmented, posing unique challenges. This session will discuss the importance of intentionality in building innovative pathways that bridge these gaps and empower community members to thrive in the digital age in new markets.
Christele Parham, MBA, Macon Black Tech
As a social impact strategist, Christele is passionate about using design thinking to create positive change in my community. She currently serves as a Chief Creative Officer with Ham Designs, where she helps clients integrate social and environmental impact into their initiatives. In this role, she has developed a deep understanding of the importance of stakeholder engagement and effective communication in driving social impact change.
In addition to her work with Ham Designs, she is the founder of Macon Black Tech, where they curate experiences that create an equitable path for early-stage founders in the Middle GA area looking to build tech-enabled solutions for community challenges. As a young Black professional, she is dedicated to creating opportunities for underrepresented individuals to access technology and innovation especially in rural communities. Through her involvement with Macon Black Tech, she has had the opportunity to create programming while mentoring emerging leaders and supporting the growth of Black-owned businesses in her community.
With a background in design thinking, social impact strategy, and community building, she brings a unique perspective to the table. She is dedicated to helping organizations create positive change and leave a lasting impact on the world.
Building a More Innovative Community
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:25 - 12:55 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
Good things happen when people talk to each other. In any community of interest, it’s helpful to know who is – and is not – talking to each other. Network Mapping is a great tool for discovering, navigating and engineering the relationships that make a community stronger. Even the earliest, raw maps of anything are better than no map at all.
In entertaining style, Grant will present his methodology and results for mapping the Innovation Network in his metropolitan region, connecting it with sister cities in the industrial Great Lakes, and overlaying maps of other communities-of-interest (i.e. Arts, Human Services, Environmental) to strengthen our greater communities.
Grant Marquit, EDGE
Grant Marquit has been an economic development professional for 25 years, working primarily with mid-size ($20MM-$20Bn annual revenues) companies in northeast Ohio (Cleveland). He intersects with the arts, environmental, health and academic communities as part of his life work. Grant has been recognized particularly for his work in pioneering learning experiences that bridge the corporate world to those other communities, each enhancing the value of the others. If you can imagine CEOs learning from each other, from nature, yogis, sculptors or scientists, you can imagine some of what Grant’s work looks like.
Leadership, Strategy and Innovation are the central themes of Grant’s educational programs – each driving new value creation and improving quality and performance for participants and their respective organizations and stakeholders. The premise of this work is that helping companies grow in value creates dividends that improve Quality of Life for all, via well-paying jobs, local spending, philanthropy, tax revenues, more sustainable products and services, etc.
Grant can often be found playing music out in the woods, or tending to his guerilla garden in the city, or taking a kid or two to school. It's all about improving Quality of Life.
IRIS Implementation: Building Shared Value
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:15 - 12:25 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
Loretta Severin, Research Project Manager, Center for Public Partnerships and Research, University of Kansas
Loretta Severin wears many hats. Through collaboration with existing and potential community partners, she guides and develops continuous improvements to the implementation approach.
Every day is different but one thing remains constant: each new partner brings their needs and vision, a passion for their community and an excitement to move forward.
For 10 years Loretta coordinated state-level projects on topics including substance abuse prevention and developmental health promotion, pairing policy and system-level initiatives with locally implemented strategies and collaborations. Empowering communities to create change doesn’t get old.
Shared Value and Community-Led Innovation
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:55 - 1:15 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
Discover the transformative power of shared value and community-led innovation at the Tech-Enabled Community Resilience Summit. Join my session to explore how I harnessed these principles to connect maternal and infant health dyads nationwide, creating a stronger, more interconnected healthcare ecosystem for mothers and babies alike. Gain insights into my journey of fostering collaboration and leveraging technology for a healthier future.
Speakers
Janauvia McCall-Anthony, Founder, The Milk Mouth Project
Janauvia McCall-Anthony is a light within the realm of maternal and infant health advocacy. As a devoted Mom, Public Speaker, Lactivist, and Maternal and Infant Health Advocate, she is making waves in the field of reproductive justice, childbirth, and postpartum care.
As the visionary Founder of The Milk Mouth Project, a grass-roots community organization, she is resolute in providing a safe and inclusive space for BIPOC families and Birth-workers, driving positive change in their lives.
Through her unwavering dedication to the community, Janauvia has achieved remarkable milestones, propelling her career through influential partnerships, volunteer work, and prestigious scholarships. Her mission to support families and their little ones in every way possible is a driving force behind her work. She is committed to raising awareness about maternal and infant health, addressing critical issues, and paving the way for a healthier, more equitable future.
Janauvia is truly honored to be at the forefront of such important work and remains committed to making a positive difference in the lives of families and birth workers everywhere. Her dreams and aspirations are driven by her desire to intersect social impact, innovation, and public policy, understanding that the disparities faced by the black community stem from systemic inequalities and a need for dynamic ethical innovation in policy-making.
As a young mom, Janauvia's personal experience with a traumatic birth journey with Zachariah became her driving force. The successful breastfeeding journey she shared with her lactation village empowered her to breastfeed for three years, leading her to realize that her true purpose lies in helping other Black families overcome challenges and celebrate their successes.
Building Shared Value in Communities
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:25 - 12:55 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
Join us for an inspiring presentation designed to empower individuals, community leaders, and activists to learn about the community change in rural Illinois. Key highlights include community assessment, collaborative network-building, advocacy, resource mobilization, and policy/systems change. Whether you’re a concerned citizen or a community leader, this presentation will help you become a catalyst for positive change in your community.
Diana Merdian, MA, Regional Office of Education & Mayor, Sterling, IL
Diana Merdian was born and raised in Sterling, IL. She went on to get her Associate's Degree from Sauk Valley Community College, a Bachelor’s of Arts (Healthcare Studies), and a Master’s in Education (Family and Community Services) from Ashford University in Clinton, IA.
She served as a Level 5 Family Support Specialist for the Regional Office of Education #47 (ROE) in Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside Counties for three years at Riverdale Preschool For All program. She then went on to become the Family Education and Support Services Program Coordinator for the Nexus Program, Community/Data Systems Manager for the IRIS referral system within the community, and an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant with the ROE.
As current mayor of Sterling, IL she works with families experiencing homelessness and students at risk of dropping out on a typical day.
What Do We Mean By Shared Value?
Virtual | 09.15.2023 | 12:15 - 12:25 EST
2. Building Shared Value in Communities
Speakers
Meaghan Kennedy, MPH, Founder, Orange Sparkle Ball
Meaghan Kennedy’s experience intersects innovation, public health, and social entrepreneurship. After an epidemiology research career at CDC, she founded Orange Sparkle Ball, an innovation and impact consultancy that accelerates initiatives in the private and public sector and works with both domestic and global partners. With an acceleration methodology rooted in design thinking and change management, Orange Sparkle Ball focuses on open innovation, innovation program design, social entrepreneurship and community activation. Meaghan has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has been a guest reviewer at Georgia Tech since 2007, a judge and mentor for the Global Social Venture Competition and Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), a mentor for social entrepreneurs and is a frequently invited to speak on innovation and entrepreneurship.