Prevention Pathways Community of Practice
Elevating Community Voices: Centering Primary Prevention with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Communities

Overview:

ABHPC will host a monthly online Prevention Pathways Community of Practice. These interactive sessions will provide participants with an opportunity to learn, build skills for successful prevention efforts, and network with other prevention professionals. Discussions will be centered around best practices in prevention, emerging and empirical research, and evidence-based programs. Each session will be led by an experienced consultant with expert knowledge on the topic and will include ample time for participant engagement and interaction.

November Topic

Friday, November 8 • 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT

Learning to center the voices of the populations and communities we support is crucial to effective prevention. You may have heard the phrase “nothing about us without us” – but how do we ensure that our priority populations are leaders and stay at the front and center of our efforts, when they have historically been marginalized within their own communities?

Research on transgender and non-binary individuals shows higher instances of substance use and misuse than cisgender individuals, and research on Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) individuals is ongoing. The interactive Elevating Community Voices: Centering Primary Prevention with Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Communities session will explore barriers to engaging Transgender and GNC individuals in prevention including stigma, exclusion, and lack of cultural humility in healthcare. The subject matter expert will lead discussions in how to address these barriers and highlight the voices of transgender and GNC communities in prevention efforts.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are not eligible for the Prevention Pathways Community of Practice and Prevention Applications Community of Practice sessions. If you have any questions, please reach out to ABHPCinfo@cars-rp.org.

About the Presenters

Alex Filippelli (he/them) is a queer and trans white settler and documented foreign worker who has dedicated their career to promoting health equity, racial, and gender justice. Alex is joining YSPRN today as a Research/TA Specialist with CARS. They bring deep knowledge of qualitative research and evaluation, including a specific focus on LGBTQ+ community health needs and barriers. As an educator, Alex has developed and provided training and education on program evaluation, harm reduction, trauma-informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive frameworks.

They also have extensive experience in nonprofit management, program evaluation, and direct service, including having spent several years evaluating Gender Health Center, Sacramento’s Trans and LGBQ-affirming behavioral workforce development program as part of the California Reducing Disparities Project. Before immigrating to the US, Alex worked as a participatory action researcher using arts-based methods in the gender-based violence prevention field. Alex has also supported white people to unlearn racism and promote mutual aid initiatives as part of Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).