The Community & Public Health (CPH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of community health and public health, including but not limited to climate change, food production and environmental impact, public health, health promotion, preventive medicine, primary care workforce, disability rights, structural competencies, telemedicine, and environmental health.

Position description

Community Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead grassroots community building spaces, including but not limited to contributing to Advocacy & Action’s monthly social hours, bringing the work of the Action Committee to ÃÛÑ¿appmembers via virtual and in-person (when possible) chapter gatherings, and beyond, curating recurring touchpoints for connection-building. 
  • Develop and maintain the work of resiliency and rituals of belonging, creating ongoing trauma-informed initiatives, including but not limited to peer mentorship circles, sacred processing spaces, chapter milestone celebrations, and beyond, which intricately weaves a strong safety net of support and deepen members’ sense of home across ÃÛÑ¿appchapters.
  • Strengthen chapter networks, coalitions, and local events as the backbone of our pillared infrastructure, enabling chapter leaders to host gatherings, foster regional alliances, and launch initiatives which amplify and uplift ASMA’s advocacy priorities with grassroots staying power.
  • We would love to include language here about expectations for ACT Community Coordinators to keep the membership team informed of ACT programming and actions, and would love to get insight on the best methods for that! For example, having ACT Community Coordinators participate in quarterly touchpoints with Membership and otherwise keeping Membership in the loop via email?
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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The Community & Public Health (CPH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of community health and public health, including but not limited to climate change, food production and environmental impact, public health, health promotion, preventive medicine, primary care workforce, disability rights, structural competencies, and environmental health.

Position description

Education Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:

• • Organize and lead Advocacy Grand Round sessions, which explicitly connect health policy and lived experience, helping members to gain a comprehensive contextual understanding and foundational literacy necessary to meaningfully precede directed advocacy efforts. Grounded first in education, advocacy aims can be targeted, clear, and shaped for meaningful impact.  
  • Develop and maintain educational resources, including but not limited to case-based educational offerings, utilizing both student voices and subject-matter experts to deliver lectures, panels, and interactive material that translates medical and health justice education for future physician knowledge, empowerment, and change.
  • Build a deeply thoughtful bridge between Advocacy & Action, the ÃÛÑ¿appAcademy, and AMSA’s Scholars Programs, positioning members to deepen their understanding of health justice and human rights, alongside building a practice of critical reflection on contemporary social, political, and clinical realities. 
  • Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.  

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Action Committee overview: Community & Public Health 

The Community & Public Health (CPH) Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of community health and public health, including but not limited to climate change, food production and environmental impact, public health, health promotion, preventive medicine, primary care workforce, disability rights, structural competencies, and environmental health.

Position description

The CPH Chair is responsible for leading the CPH Action Committee’s programming and advocacy efforts in issues of community and public health. As such, they will lead and collaborate with the CPH Programming Coordinator and CPH Advocacy Coordinator (see separate descriptions). 

As a national Chair, the CPH Chair will fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a national Chair as described further below.

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