Indiana Public Health Association

10/14/2026

The midterms are just three weeks away. Voting is connected to your health, as well as the health of your loved ones and community. Make a plan to support candidates who will protect your environment and improve access to what you need to be healthy.

Vote for health: https://vist.ly/5nefr

10/14/2026

Iliana from our team spent the last few days in Brown County at the 2026 Partner Information X-Change: Navigating the Trails, hosted by the Indiana Department of Health at Abe Martin Lodge. A highlight was the advocacy panel walking through how to tell your story to lawmakers using "hook, line and sinker." Start with who you are, share why the issue matters to you, then make the ask.

Mark your calendars for To***co Free Indiana’s Advocacy Day on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2027, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Indiana Statehouse. Register: https://lung.quorum.us/event/37457/

TFI's Annual Meeting is also coming up on Tuesday, Nov. 17, on Zoom. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QSVgTUQrSWOg_7Qcv-M_cw

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10/13/2026

We’re excited to shine a light on one of our summit sponsors, the Kendrick Foundation, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary! 🎉 Over the past 25 years, the foundation has grown into a community-focused nonprofit working to improve health and wellbeing for everyone in Morgan County. Its work starts from a simple belief: every resident should have the opportunity to be healthy and thrive. The foundation puts that belief into action through health-focused grants and scholarships, and by partnering with others to make the healthy choice the easy choice in Morgan County. Since its founding, the foundation has invested more than $20 million in grants and community initiatives and awarded nearly 700 scholarships. It also stewards more than $30 million in assets so that impact can keep growing for years to come.

Happy 25th, Kendrick Foundation, and thank you for supporting the summit!

Interested in sponsoring the summit? Visit https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/sponsor-one-voice-in-public-health-ipha-policy-summit--2026

10/08/2026

Our next HEAT meeting is Thursday, October 22 from 1:30 to 3:00 PM ET, and we’re glad to welcome Caressa Todd, Founder and President of The Ryan Danielle Foundation. Caressa will talk about infant emergency preparedness and how her foundation turns lived experience into prevention work and community action. If you work with families, new parents, or caregivers, this is a conversation worth making time for.

The meeting is free and open to anyone. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdumhqDIpHNBN10PHZSCqu66_XjC4073v #/registration

10/08/2026

October is Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month. Poor indoor air quality is linked to asthma attacks, illness, fatigue and increased missed school days for both students and school staff. Children are especially vulnerable, spending up to half of their waking hours inside school buildings.

Through the Clean Air School Challenge, the American Lung Association supports schools nationwide with training, technical assistance, and peer collaboration to improve indoor air quality and create healthier learning environments.

Learn more at Lung.org/CASC

10/07/2026

How do we talk about public health when people can't agree on much of anything?

Dr. Nir Menachemi is tackling that question as our keynote speaker at the Policy and Advocacy Summit. His talk, "Communicating (about public health) Across Political Divides," gets at one of the hardest parts of this work right now.

Nir is Dean of the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IU Indianapolis. He's spent his career working alongside health system and public health leaders to understand how policy and organizational decisions shape health outcomes. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, and his work gets real attention from both researchers and the media.

If you want to make the case for public health to people who don't already agree with you, this is a session you'll want to be in the room for. Register today: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ipha-policy-summit

10/06/2026

📣 Join us for the To***co Free Indiana Annual Meeting! We're getting together on Zoom on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET for TPC updates, a look at the FY26 annual report and new local success stories you'll want to share with your community. Oh, and Quit Now Indiana turned 20 this year, so expect a little celebrating too! Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QSVgTUQrSWOg_7Qcv-M_cw

09/29/2026

Heading to San Antonio for American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting & Expo? Indiana public health professionals are getting together on Monday, November 2, and we'd love to see you there.

Join us from 6 to 8 p.m. CST at The Republic of Texas Restaurant on the River Walk for drinks and conversation with colleagues from across Indiana.

Hosted by the Indiana Public Health Association, IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, Fairbanks School of Public Health at IU Indianapolis, and Purdue University Department of Public Health. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4jw7U3v

09/24/2026

📣 Public health policy in Indiana gets decided whether we show up or not. The IPHA Policy & Advocacy Summit is about showing up together.

🏛️ Join us on Zoom Tuesday, October 27, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We'll spend the morning on where public health stands heading into the 2027 legislative session and how our members can speak with one voice when it counts. You don't need to be a lobbyist or a policy expert to be part of this. You just need to care about the health of your community.

💻 Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ipha-policy-summit

09/22/2026

About a week left! Everything IPHA does comes down to three things: advocating for smart solutions, protecting sound public health policy, and training the people who carry the work forward. Your gift funds all of it. Chip in before September 30:

Advancing Public Health—TogetherFor decades, the Indiana Public Health Association has worked alongside advocates, practitioners, and communities to protect…