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| Laura Hillier |
Laura Hillier directs Community Partnerships at the School of Education at Merrimack College. As a member of the Ounce of Prevention Conference Planning Committee, she has helped design plenary topics and workshops that address health equity and social justice. Elecia Miller interviewed Laura about her experience with the Ounce of Prevention Conference.
What do you want participants of the conference to walk away with?
My hope is that participants walk away from this conference with two things. First, a new perspective or a new way of looking at an issue they currently address in their work. It could be a better understanding of the administrative challenges that their organization will experience in the face of implementing payment reform, gaining a better perspective of how a community-based agency can collaborate with a primary care organization, etc. I imagined it as not just gaining new knowledge, but changing the way they see the issue or service they provide. Second, I hope they leave the conference with one specific action they can take to strengthen the work they do and the communities they serve.
