We’re Building Back Stronger With 100% Power Hours
NMSU Cooperative Extension’s 100% New Mexico initiative provides 100% Power Hour webinar series to address the root causes of poverty and resourced communities that can lead to child maltreatment, food insecurity, health care inequity and lack of employment.
by Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD
November 1, 2021
The 100% Power Hour webinar series is now offered quarterly to provide county stakeholders, elected officials and family-service providers with an overview of how the 100% New Mexico initiative is working.
All New Mexicans are invited to join the seven 100% Power Hours hosted by myself, Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney, and Dominic Cappello. We are the co-directors of the Anna, Age Eight Institute and co-authors of 100% Community and Anna, Age Eight. The 100% Power Hours guide 100% New Mexico participants through the 100% New Mexico initiative’s seven step process.
100% Power Hour webinars include:
- Engaging in Change
- Partnerships for Change
- Programming for Change
- Assessing the Need for Change
- Planning for Change
- Acting as a Change Agent
- Evaluating Change
Webinar participants engage with new initiative participants and innovators from across the state to share successes, solve local challenges and network with other change agents and problem-solvers.
Change agents committed to childhood safety, family health and public education, are encouraged to become part of a groundbreaking 100% New Mexico initiative as New Mexico demonstrates to the 49 other states how to create truly family-friendly and well-resourced communities across a city and county.
100% New Mexico is reinventing the field of trauma prevention and community health, empowering local stakeholders through a data-driven, collaborative and technology-infused strategy to ensure 100% of children and families can thrive.
Our 100% Power Hour is designed to empower every participant, providing answers to all the questions related to strengthening a countywide system of care and safety. We are here to serve every county, city and community in New Mexico and provide the insights to local change agents in order to turn barriers to vital services into opportunities for creating access.
Mission: The 100% New Mexico initiative is dedicated to ensuring that 100% of families can access ten vital services crucial for their overall health, resilience, and success. This university-sponsored endeavor necessitates the local implementation of evidence-based strategies encompassing both community and school-based service hubs, aiming to prevent the most pressing and costly public health and safety challenges, including adverse social determinants of health and adverse childhood experiences.
Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney
Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD. is a changemaker, psychologist, author, and life coach. Her work in child welfare advocacy has instilled change in data-driven trauma prevention in states across the country. She has worked in policy and research and has led community initiatives through her work at the Santa Fe Community Foundation and the New Mexico Early Childhood Development Partnership. As a psychologist and life coach, she coaches individuals and organizations on interrupting the cycles of trauma, addressing the burnout rate in government jobs and child welfare, and providing the tools and skills to achieve the work-life balance that will trickle down to better outcomes in prevention. Her doctorate work at Texas Christian University was in experimental psychology focused on substance abuse treatment and prevention.
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The 100% New Mexico initiative is a program of the Anna, Age Eight Institute at New Mexico State University, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service. Contact: annaageeight@nmsu.edu or visit annaageeight.nmsu.edu to learn more.
