In late 2023 and early 2024, the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) implemented the initiatives outlined in its 2021 strategic plan. Ensuring authentic and impactful efforts to dismantle racism were included in its policies and programs. To do so, MHD worked with the Public Health Foundation to engage a Prioritization Process using both the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals and the Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals. Deliberately and meaningfully integrating anti-racist frameworks and core competencies to build organizational structure and staff development creates the essential building blocks of dismantling racism in our communities. View the video below to learn more about the process taken by MHD! ​​

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