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The National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) serves as the fiscal agent for OPEN, a national network of oral health partners and advocates engaged to ignite change and build collective power to transform individuals, communities, and systems.

This investment, through the Executive Director’s Fund, is to sponsor OPEN’s virtual 2021 National Meeting on October 20-22nd. The theme of the meeting is “Building the Future – Together,” and it will bring together over 300 individuals to connect, learn, and share around the conference themes and OPEN’s Blueprint, or strategic plan. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the progress and accomplishments over the past year, learn about advances in the science of social change and movement-building, learn about updated framing techniques for oral health, and reconnect with the network. The OPEN National Meeting is the catalyst for discussions around the strategy and implementation of the upcoming year. The budget of $10,000 would go towards general costs of operating the conference.