Border and Humanitarian Health
NRC-RIM was asked to join experts in border and humanitarian health on Oct. 26 at the 2023 Directors of Public Health Preparedness Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The presentation will focus on NRC-RIM's work to meet the public health needs of Afghan newcomers and will include:
- An overview of the importance of developing and maintaining community partnerships before emergencies arise
- Examples of successful partnerships involving health departments and community-based organizations
- Key considerations for developing effective health communications for newcomers
- Examples of free, publicly available health education collections that organizations can customize and use
Building Partnerships
Syreeta Wilkins
Communications Strategist
slw@umn.edu
Syreeta is the communications strategist for the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants and Migrants (NRC-RIM), where she manages the communications efforts for the center and leads the creation and dissemination of health communications materials.
She has more than a decade of experience in strategic communications, specializing in internal communications, digital media, and diverse and multilingual communities. Before joining the team at NRC-RIM, she led communications for K-12 public schools.
Syreeta is currently pursuing a Master's in Public Health at the University of Minnesota, where she hopes to focus on immigrant and refugee children's health. She holds a master’s degree in linguistics from New York University, where she explored socioeconomic influences on Spanish-speaking immigrants' speech patterns. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College.