Overview
The Latinx Voces Skills for Community Impact (SCI) Series is designed to strengthen workforce capacity across public health, healthcare, and community-based organizations.
Our first workshop, Strategic Storytelling & Partnership Building for Health Leaders, will provide practical tools to help professionals communicate impact, strengthen partnerships, and advance community health initiatives.
Participants will engage in guided exercises, apply a storytelling framework, and leave with partnership templates and strategies they can immediately use within their organizations.This workshop is part of Latinx Voces’ broader effort to support stronger cross-sector collaboration and culturally responsive community health initiatives across South Texas.
Workshop Objectives
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to:
- Apply a storytelling framework to communicate community health initiatives
- Identify and map strategic partnerships within their networks
- Translate community insights and data into compelling narratives
- Strengthen collaboration across organizations and sectors
- Use practical templates to support partnership development
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for professionals working in community health and cross-sector collaboration, including:
- Public health professionals
- Community-based organizations
- Healthcare leaders and outreach staff
- Community Health Workers (CHWs)
- Social Workers
- Healthcare professionals
- Nonprofit and coalition partners
- Researchers, educators, and students interested in community health partnerships
Attendance Options
Registration fees support Latinx Voces’ workforce development and community partnership initiatives across South Texas.
Early Bird Tickets
Sold out
$15
per ticket
Available for a limited time.
Applies to your selected attendance option.
Virtually
$20
- 2.0 CEU hours
- Certificate of Completion
- Toolkit and templates
- Hands-on exercises
- Resource guide
- Workshop replay
- Interactive Q&A
In-Person
$30
- 2.0 CEU hours
- Certificate of completion
- Toolkit and templates
- Hands-on exercises
- Resource guide
- Workshop replay
- Networking opportunities *
- 1:1 coaching support *
- Coffee & Refreshments *
- Free raffle *
*Exclusive to in-person events
This workshop is offered in partnership with:
UTRGV Nonprofit Resource Center
Better Futures Forever
Raising Cane’s
Organic Coffee served by:
Buen Dia Co
Team Registration Options
Organizations are encouraged to participate together.
Team registration allows up to five participants from the same organization to attend the workshop together and receive training materials and certificates of completion.
SCI Series Overview & Certification Pathway
The Skills for Community Impact (SCI) Series is a professional training program developed by Latinx Voces to strengthen leadership, partnerships, and community engagement in community health initiatives.
The series provides practical training opportunities for professionals working in public health, healthcare, nonprofit organizations, and community-based initiatives.
Workshops emphasize hands-on learning, real-world applications, and tools participants can use immediately in their work.
Each session includes:
- guided exercises and interactive learning
- practical frameworks and templates
- resource guides and implementation strategies
- professional development hours
Participants who complete multiple SCI Series trainings may earn the:
Latinx Voces Certificate in Community Health Leadership
To earn the certificate, participants must complete four SCI Series sessions, including:
- 2 Leadership & Systems Workshops
- 2 Community Health Practice Workshops
Total training hours typically range from 8–12 hours.
The certificate recognizes professional training in competencies such as:
- strategic storytelling for community health
- partnership and coalition development
- community engagement strategies
- collaborative leadership in community health initiatives
Trainings are developed and facilitated by a Certified in Public Health (CPH) professional.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion indicating the number of training hours completed.
This workshop will provide non-DSHS Community Health Worker (CHW) continuing education hours.
This training may also qualify for continuing education credit for individuals holding the Certified in Public Health (CPH) credential through the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Participants may submit their certificate of completion for CPH recertification credit.
Social work continuing education hours are being pursued where applicable.This workshop is developed and facilitated by a Certified in Public Health (CPH) professional with experience in community health partnerships, research, and public health practice.
Registration fees help support Latinx Voces’ community health education programs, workforce development initiatives, and the continued growth of the SCI Series professional training program.