Thursday, November 20, 2025
9 am-4:30 pm ET

(Deadline to Register: November 12, 2025)

Georgia State University College of Law
Knowles Conference Center
85 Park Place NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Description
Are you working to improve the health and well-being of residents in Georgia and the southeast? Do you want to expand your core skills in law and policy, as well as gain strategies and implementation tools to accelerate your efforts?

Join the Georgia State University College of Law's Center for Law, Health & Society, ChangeLab Solutions, and our local partners for Accelerating Policy Change in Georgia — a convening for changemakers who want to deepen their skill set for advancing local policy change. The convening is designed for people who work on the root causes of health issues:

• Public health practitioners

• Health care professionals

• Government staff

• Leaders from community-based organizations

• Law and other graduate students (MD, PhD, DrPH, MPH, MPA, etc.)

Our guest panelists and speakers will cover a wide range of content on public health policies, using relevant local issues as examples. Attendees are welcome to bring their own policy priorities to the event to workshop ideas and identify policy action steps they can take to center and advance the needs of the communities they service. Strategies will be focused on people-centered policymaking, to help ensure that community members whose health and lives are most affected by policies have a voice in the process. 

By participating in a day of small-group activities, interactive sessions, and inspiring panel discussions, you’ll gain more knowledge about

• Reading and understanding the law

• Finding opportunities for community-centered policy change with your partners

• Identifying who holds the legal authority needed to create change

After the convening, you will receive a certificate of completion and a resource guide. You will take away next steps that you have developed to apply to work that serves your community. Do not miss this strategic opportunity to deepen your legal and policy skills and network with peers to support thriving communities in Atlanta and beyond!

Directions 
For public transportation on MARTA or driving directions to Georgia State Law, click here. Parking for attendees is available in T deck for $10 or additional paid public parking nearby.

Cost
This event is free; however, space is limited to 150 participants, and registration is required. Registration includes continental breakfast and boxed lunch. 

For More Information

Email lawandhealth@gsu.edu with any questions.