The National Association of Community Health Workers presents the Annual Meeting and Unity Conference in-person on July 30 – August 1, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. This year’s theme is From Legacy to Leadership: Healing and Transforming Communities Together.

We are seeking presentations from Community Health Workers (CHWs) including Community Health Representatives (CHRs) and Promotores de Salud and their colleagues. We require presentations from Allies and Community Organizations to include at minimum one CHW/CHR/Promotores de Salud on the presentation team. 

ABOUT THE WORKSHOPS

Community Health Workers (CHWs) is an umbrella term including promotores health representatives and more than 50 other job titles. CHWs are frontline community public health workers who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables CHWs to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery (APHA, 2014), and improves clinical, behavioral and social service access, delivery, quality, and care system performance. 

We’re excited to hear from you! Please share your knowledge, experience, skills, and abilities!  

If you are a leader or supervisor, please encourage a CHW you know to submit a presentation for the conference! 

Presenters will have several different options to apply to present:

  1. Present a workshop or roundtable for 1 hour and 15 minutes  
  2. Present a training for 2 hours and 30  
  3. Present a poster presentation for 45-minutes  
  4. Host a self-care session for 1 hour  

For the Workshops, Roundtables, Trainings, or Poster Presentations, please see below a list of recommended categories and sub-topics:

Policy and Research:

  • Policy, Advocacy and Research that impacts the CHW profession 
  • Policy achievements on the local, state, or national levels  
  • Innovation in sustainable funding models and/or Medicaid advancements  
  • CHW-led program evaluation  

Social and Structural Determinants of Health and/or Cross-Sector Partnership:

  • CHWs implementing innovative practices and/or models of care  
  • CHWs, community-based organizations, health systems, and other organizations collaborating address social and/or structural determinants of health 
  • Tribal Nation learnings and demonstration models for CHW 
  • Models where CHWs are leading strategies toward health equity  

Workforce Development:

  • Career Pathways 
  • Capacity building strategies  
  • Supervising training 
  • Negotiating salary, Resume writing and/or interview skills  
  • Best practices for hiring, retention, and sustainability  

Chronic Disease, Infectious Disease, and/or Special Populations:

  • Effective mental health and wellness strategies  
  • CHWs providing support and services for chronic diseases (diabetes, heart disease, etc.) 
  • CHWs providing education and services for vaccinations
  • CHWs providing support and services sexual transmitted infectious (STIs)  
  • CHWs providing support and services through infectious disease outbreaks (COVID-19, monkeypox, RSV, etc.)  
  • CHWs providing support and services for children’s health  
  • Cultural competency workshops/trainings  
  • Other topics where CHWs are leading in innovating on Chronic Disease, Infectious Disease, and/or Special Populations  
  • CHWs providing support and services to justice involved individuals and/or re-entry  
  • CHWs providing support and services to those experiencing homelessness  
  • CHWs improving access and outreach for those who are disabled  

Self-Care Workshop/Session:

  • Chair yoga  
  • Jewelry making  
  • Crafting  
  • Dance class  
  • Art  
  • Poetry and/or Creative writing 
  • Other self-care topics

For your application, you will need to identify the CHW core roles and competencies addressed by your presentation. For information, explore the C3 council website. 

Know before you apply:  

  1. Your primary audience are CHWs and their allies from across the United States.
  2. Session presenters must include at least one community health worker presenter.  
  3. Presenters must attend the conference in-person in Columbus, Ohio. Workshop sessions will take place July 31st and August 1st.   
  4. There will be up-to 50 workshops/trainings and up-to 50 poster presentations.  
  5. Your topic, bio, and headshot will be promoted through NACHW social media, website, and a printed agenda.
  6. Some workshops will be recorded, and recordings may be distributed by NACHW as future educational material and marketing promotion. Your submission of presentation materials after you have been confirmed as a presenter gives consent to NACHW to record and distribute the conference presentation and slide deck(s). 
  7. Your application will be reviewed by a selection committee and a committee member may contact you with further questions.  
  8. Presentations can be presented in English and/or Spanish  

Any questions, please contact [email protected] 

Dates to know:  

  • Applications open: Wednesday, May 8, 2025  
  • Applications due: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

How to Apply: 

Apply at: https://www.accelevents.com/e/nachw-unity25/speaker-registration