BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Social Current X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220629T171500 DTSTAMP:20260410T133427 CREATED:20220606T203344Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220711T160555Z UID:15203-1656518400-1656522900@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Introduction to Social Current’s First-Ever Federal Public Policy Agenda DESCRIPTION:Watch Recording \n \n After months of receiving input from our network through focus groups\, surveys and individual conversations\, Social Current has released its first-ever federal public policy agenda. This agenda will power our policy and advocacy work for the next two years\, as we work to build an equitable society where all people thrive. Our recently released agenda encompasses four policy areas: \n\nAdvancing equity\nImproving health and well-being\nIncreasing economic opportunity and mobility\nAchieving social sector health and excellence\n\nJoin this session to learn about the specific policies Social Current will champion and how you can participate in our collective advocacy work. \nTakeaways\n\nUnderstanding of the policy principles that are the foundation of our policy agenda\nOverview of the specific policies that Social Current will be advocating for\nTips on how you can join other network organizations in our collective advocacy work\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nAnyone interested in Social Current’s advocacy work\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n Presenters\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jody Levison-Johnson\, PhD\, LCSW\n \n President and CEO\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jody Levison-Johnson\, PhD\, LCSW\n President and CEO\nSocial Current \n \n Jody Levison-Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 30 years of experience in the field of human services. \nJody is a longstanding champion for systems change that results in the ability for individuals and communities to thrive. She is deeply committed to advancing policy that ensures equitable access to quality services and supports. Previously\, Jody served as the assistant vice president of practice improvement at the National Council for Behavioral Health\, where she oversaw the organization’s consulting portfolio and a large\, privately funded adolescent mental health initiative. \nShe has also served as the chief clinical officer for a multi-state children’s care management organization\, as the deputy assistant secretary of the Louisiana Office of Behavioral Health\, and as the vice president of Coordinated Care Services Inc. (CCSI)\, a nonprofit management and consulting services organization\, where was responsible for all of CCSI’s service quality\, system development\, and evaluation activities including oversight of the county administered children’s mental health system. Her experiences leading system reform efforts across the country prompted her interest in the environmental contexts that surround deep change in social and public systems. \nJody holds a master’s in social work from Syracuse University and a master’s and doctorate in leadership and change from Antioch University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Derry Kiernan\, MPA\n \n Field Mobilization and Policy Manager\nSocial Current \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Derry Kiernan\, MPA\n Field Mobilization and Policy Manager\nSocial Current \n \n Derry Kiernan is the field mobilization and policy manager at Social Current. He is responsible for mobilizing the network to promote and protect key public policies that are part of Social Current’s federal policy agenda\, with the goal of advancing policy outcomes and increasing the network’s influence on policy and systems change. \nDerry comes from a background in electoral and issue-based organizing in over 10 states across the country. He is passionate about mobilizing people around issues and policies that matter to them and their communities. After running canvass offices in the Philadelphia area on behalf of environmental and human rights groups\, he worked on the Obama 2012 and Hillary 2016 campaigns\, as well as the 2014 Midterms elections. His responsibilities focused on recruiting\, managing\, and training staff and volunteer teams to engage local communities\, implement communications campaigns\, register voters\, and execute Get-Out-The-Vote programs. \nDerry received his master’s in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University\, focusing on social welfare policy. He earned his bachelor’s from Oberlin College\, majoring in religion and politics. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/introduction-to-social-currents-first-ever-federal-public-policy-agenda/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Policy-Social-Current.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR