Community Forum on New Jersey’s Opiate Epidemic: The Problem and the Plan
The Center for Health Policy Development partnered with New Jersey Citizen Action and the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence-NJ to plan and host this event. Senator Joseph Vitale, a leading state legislator in healthcare, served as the keynote speaker for the event and together with multi-sectoral stakeholders examined ways to provide resources and public policy measures to communities stricken with the opioid crisis.
Urban Agriculture as an Economic Tool Conference
The conference, which featured the NJ Secretary of Agriculture, convened over 200 attendees from local and state government and various public and private organizations to learn and collaborate in efforts to increase healthy food access in both urban and rural communities, as well as create economic development opportunities. The staff of the Center for Health Policy Development partnered with the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association to plan and host this event and attract respective stakeholders to present at and attend the conference.
The Intersectionality of Health and the Environment on Education Outcomes Symposium
This symposium was planned and hosted in collaboration with the Watson Institute’s Center for Health Policy Development, Center for the Positive Development of Urban Children, Center for the Urban Environment, and the New Jersey Urban Mayors Association to examine and address the correlation between health, the environment and education. Ultimately, 70 public sector stakeholders, elected officials and representatives from state departments convened to develop a