Reducing Tobacco Disparities through an Innovative Community Leadership Program Leadership and Advocacy Institute to Advance Minnesota’s Parity for Priority Populations (LAAMPP) Marlene Poukka Federico Rivera Efren Maldonado Rod Lew Kim Milbrath Lisa Dunlap Jaime Martinez Vikki Sanders

Tobacco: From Sacred Use to Commercial Abuse Marlene Poukka

Leadership: What is Needed in Diverse Priority Populations When Countering Commercial Tobacco. Federico Rivera, Efren Maldonado Instituto de Asuntos Latinos

Working Definitions Leadership Leadership is a process of getting things done through people. Community A group of individuals organized into a unit, or manifesting some unifying trait or common interest;

Leadership must come from within.

Leadership must be open minded Leverage differences and make them work for you.

Leadership must see diversity as a strength Leverage differences and make them work for you

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What can I do? Leverage your differences. Individually Individual assessment of areas of strengths/weaknesses; ID what you believe to be your cultural/ethnic identity; ID what are the cultural traits of a leader or leadership; ID which of those traits/characteristics you have or can work at achieving; Tapping into the strengths/resources of your community for mentoring. As a community ID allies within/outside of your comfort zone/circle of friends that counter-balance areas of inexperience; Give volunteerism priority; Don’t remain silent when it counts, reach out to members outside of your community; Learn about and interact with members of other priority populations; Organize multicultural coalitions on key issues; Build cross-cultural alliances;

Together we can make a difference and make differences work for us. Divided - we maintain status quo.

Creating LAAMPP Rod Lew

The LAAMPP Team ClearWay Minnesota SM APPEAL Fellows Coaches Advisory Committee Members Strategic Planning Members USC Evaluators Trainers Others

LAAMPP Program Objectives 1.To develop strategic community action plans from 5 priority populations 2.To train fellows 3.To provide coaches to support fellows 4.To implement a cross cultural leadership training program to support implementation of action plans

LAAMPP Leadership Model Philosophy and Values 1.Community assets model (vs. deficits model) 2.Respects diversity and inclusion of participants, learning styles 3.Addresses issues of parity and justice in all communities 4.Integrates cross-cultural building 5.Provides opportunity to apply learnings

LAMMPP Program Core Competencies Collaboration Tobacco Control Advocacy Facilitation Cultural or Community Competency

LAAMPP Components Advisory Committee Meeting Strategic Action Planning Coaches Training Tobacco Disparities Conference Leadership Trainings Technical Assistance LAAMPP Fellows Projects

LAAMPP Impact and Recommendations Kim Milbrath

LAAMPP Impact Individual Level Community Level Policy and Systems Level Cross Cultural

Impact of LAAMPP Individual Level: Development and empowerment of 32 community leaders Community Level: Mobilization of communities and movements on local and state Policy and System Level: Successful tobacco control interventions and policy initiatives Cross Cultural: Cross cultural collaboration and parity

Challenges of Making LAAMPP Successful Lack of parity for priority populations in Minnesota Diversity and history of communities and fellows Tobacco control not the only focus in priority populations Sustaining relationships over the span of the Institute

Benefits of Working Cross Culturally Richness of diversity and leadership Learn from each other’s lessons and gifts Model inclusivity and parity Numbers equals power Parity is a responsibility for all

LAAMPP Recommendations Framework LAAMPP Project Recommendations Funder Recommendations: –Internal Funder Infrastructure –Planning –Funding

LAAMPP Project Recommendations Continued funding of the LAAMPP project Support community initiatives developed by communities in this year’s LAAMPP project Replicate LAAMPP and/or other cross- cultural projects –For example, mini-LAAMPP projects on American Indian reservations to increase capacity to pass smoke-free policies

Funder Recommendations 1.Internal Funder Infrastructure: Increased representation of priority populations on funder agency staff Better coordination of priority population funding to build and sustain capacity building efforts of all priority population organizations and groups

Funder Recommendations 2. Planning: Priority populations should be integrated into internal and partner strategic planning processes For example, Freedom to Breathe Statewide Implementation Steering Committee If those opportunities do not exist they should be created and sustained For example, creation of a statewide priority population advisory board

Funder Recommendations 3.Funding: Priority populations need to be integrated into all funding priorities including cessation efforts, data collection and other research, interventions and policy efforts 4.Sustainability: Longer-term contracts and grants Use of sustainable approaches to support priority population organizations and work For example, technical assistance, training and other support identified by priority populations to assist in leveraging community assets and to build internal capacity for self-sustainment

LAAMPP Fellows’ Projects Lisa Dunlap

LGBT LAAMPP Project Promote awareness through education within the broader tobacco control and LGBT communities of the impact of tobacco; and Document the current capacity and readiness of Minnesota to reduce the harm of tobacco on the local LGBT community

Triple A’s LAAMPP Project Triple A Fellows will develop and implement a campaign for smoke free homes Triple A Fellows will develop community specific presentations that illustrate how the tobacco industry targets the African American, Somali, Oromo and Liberian communities

Ecunpica ye(lo)/Gaskitooniwin “It can be done” Research and determine promising practices with regard to cessation resources for American Indian people Develop recommended strategies, create a resource guide, and build relationships with cessation efforts in Minnesota that serve the majority of American Indian communities in Minnesota

Chicano Latino LAAMPP Project Build knowledge and educate about the dangers of commercial tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke Develop leadership in targeted Minnesota rural communities for tobacco control

AAPI LAAMPP Fellows Project Create awareness about the dangers of commercial tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke Educate about how the tobacco industry targets the AAPI community

Vision for the Future