National Summit a Success!

Just back from the 3rd National Summit on Preconception Health. It was a very packed agenda with alot of great ideas and connections. I most enjoyed having a chance to see our Every Woman Southeast partners from across the eight states in person. We had an excellent breakfast meeting where we mapped out a number of next steps for partnership building, the webinar and topices we could work on together. We'll post the slides from our presentation and the project overview we developed to our website. All of the presentations and video recorded plenary sessions will be linked to the beforeandbeyond website in a week or so. Thoughts? Ideas? Share them with us!

EveryWoman Southeast Takes on the Preconception Summit!

It is hard to believe but the 3rd National Preconception Health Summit starts this Sunday June 12th in Tampa, Florida! People attending the Summit can learn more about Every Woman Southeast and meet members of the leadership team in a number of ways. First, we'll have a booth outside the opening session on Sunday night...and we have fun things to give away! Come get a tote bag or mousepad. On Monday morning June 13th we'll be gathering in the breakfast area to brainstorm ideas for next steps for our work. On Tuesday June 14th we will be presenting about our Initiative in session P3 at 10:45am. All of the presentations from the Summit will be posted online. We'll be sure to let you all know how it goes. Hope to see many of you there!

Are You Registered?

The 3rd National Preconception Health Summit is just around the corner. The agenda and registration information are posted at http://www.beforeandbeyond.org/. Check it out! I know times are tight, but the registration fee is only $175 and the current room rates are only $92. The Summit begins officially Sunday evening June 12th and finishes up at the end of the day on June 14th. In addition to excellent plenary sessions, the Summit includes alot of work sessions and many networking opportunities. Every Woman Southeast will have a display booth and will be part of a break out session panel.

I attended the 2nd National Preconception Summit in California a few years ago. I came home with a lot of new ideas. I was also impressed at the energy around the importance of working with policies, the environment, local communities, health care providers and public health leaders to support women of reproductive age in being as healthy as they can be and in planning and reaching for their goals in life. I hope to see you at the Summit in June!