all about me empowerment reception

Wednesday, 4 p.m., Franklin

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You’re invited! Spend a casual and relaxing afternoon filled with music, food and creating your personal “All About Me” empowerment toolkit for the year.

Thursday Morning Breakouts

Thursday, 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. Choose One

Ohio A: Dr. Aimee Budnik presents “How the Pathways Community HUB Initiative Can Transform Systems: Spreading and Scaling a Model in Ohio”

The Pathways Community HUB is an evidenced based model that Community Action Akron Summit (CA) has been implementing since 2016 (initial funding through Ohio Commission on Minority Health). The model was selected locally as a strategy to eliminate black infant mortality.

The application of the model has since expanded to address other health conditions within adult and pediatric populations. CA was the first Community Action Agency (CAA) in the country to achieve National Certification through Pathways Community Hub Institute. Because the model aligns with the history and mission of community action, CA’s CEO has been a proponent of scaling the model across CAAs.

As a result, there are four Ohio HUBs that have been funded to replicate the model within Community Action Agencies and other CAAs that are partnering with HUBs in their community. This session will highlight the process that was utilized to implement this model which included community coalition building and application of data, the process to sustain the model locally through Medicaid Managed Care contracts and the process to spread and scale the model within Ohio and other states. The session will discuss how data, quality improvement methods and partnerships can transform systems to improve equity.

Aimee Budnick, Ph.D., RD/N, LD, is Vice President of Operations at Community Action Akron Summit. She served as the Pathways HUB director from 2016 to 2021. A registered dietitian, Dr. Budnik has almost 25 years of experience working as a public health practitioner and a certified Improvement Advisor and Improvement Coach.

She was formerly a Community Health Supervisor at Summit County Public Health managing the early childhood and infant mortality related programs and initiatives. Her Ph.D. in Prevention Science is from Kent State University’s College of Public Health. She earned her master’s degree in public health nutrition from Case Western Reserve University.

Ohio B: Brittany Boulton presents “The View from Both Sides of the Table: Advocate and Target Audiences”

This workshop is especially good for beginners who need or want support as they start their advocacy journey. Brittany Boulton will talk about the best way to cut a message for various audiences, working with the state as well as the local level and the power of women organizing across party lines. Participants will develop their own checklist for advocacy meetings that covers what they should do before, during and after a meeting. Come be empowered to talk to elected officials whose backgrounds differ from your own and learn to build your network of women advocates

Brittany Boulton is the Director of External Relations for the Finance Fund.

A rural northeast Ohio native, Brittany moved to Columbus in 2008 after graduating from Bowling Green State University. She began her career working in the Ohio Statehouse and has since done advocacy work in the Illinois and Ohio General Assemblies. She has also provided client-based strategic communications support, fund-raised for the homeless in Columbus and serves as vice chair of her hometown’s Clintonville Area Commission.

She is proud to serve as president of the statewide non-partisan group Ohio Women in Government, which supports the development of women working in and around government at all levels in the state. She is passionate about access to fresh and healthy food, affordable housing, living wage jobs, public education and greenspace. A proud product of public schools and first generation college graduate, Brittany also holds a master’s degree from DePaul University in Women’s and Gender Studies.