Puerto Rico Department of Health & ASTHO
As part of ASTHO’s technical assistance to the U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, LPC founder Kelsey Donnellan worked as an employee of the organization and led the design of a bilingual two-day workshop to support Puerto Rico Department of Health’s equity strategy. The convening centered the importance of clarity, belonging, and practical action, incorporating program planning materials and peer-to-peer sharing. After designing the meeting, Kelsey worked with an interpreter to translate all of the materials. The meeting was facilitated completely in Spanish allowing a wider range of staff to participate. Facilitating the meeting in Spanish was made with the intention of flipping the power dynamic and honoring the agency’s official language. Authenticity and transparency are two core values of the work Kelsey does as part of LPC, and they saw this project as an opportunity to put values directly into action. At the close of the session, participants reported increased understanding of their role and confidence in moving the work forward.
