Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Marnita’s Table invite you take the next step in organizing your participation on a Community Advisory Board on

Wednesday, May 4^th from 6:00-8:30pm

We will send the Zoom link when you RSVP!
Reserve your spot by filling out the RSVP link at: marnitastable.org/bcbsadvise2

In March, we hosted four Community Advisory planning sessions to gain input from a wide group of community members on what they would want out of participating in a community advisory board. Now we are taking what was shared with us and bringing everyone back together to review and decide on bylaws and a charter. During this time participants will get to know others on their board better. You are receiving this personal invitation because you joined at least one of these sessions and shared you would be interested in participating in one or more of the boards.

Yes! This event is free.
Yes! A meal is provided for your household or a gift card if you RSVP and participate!
Yes! If you know someone who should be invited to be on an advisory board, please extend an invitation to them from us!
Yes! We will help you get connected.
Yes! Spanish Interpretation will be provided.
Yes! Other language interpretation or accommodations that can be provided in the zoom format can be provided if you let us know at least a week before the meeting.

We will send the Zoom link when you RSVP!
Reserve your spot by filling out the RSVP link at: marnitastable.org/bcbsadvise2

Interested in taking part of one of these boards but can’t make the May 4^th date?

We will be publishing all the information at https://marnitastable.org/bcbsmn/ including the dates and times to join the next breakout group session following the conversation.

 Reach out with any questions by emailing sammie@marnitastable.org or leave a voicemail at 612.928.7744.

Thanks for your consideration! We look forward to welcoming you to the Table!

What to Expect?

 In this meeting we are bringing everyone back together to review the highlights of what was shared and decide how to organize each group and when those groups will meet online next.

In the following breakout meetings groups will review and agree on bylaws, a charter and to get to know each other better as they begin the actual advisory role! Since participants live all across Minnesota and are both English and Spanish speakers you will also collectively decide how to best work across difference together moving forward.

What are the intentions behind the different boards and who would be a good fit?

Community Advisory Leadership Board

Candidates may include seasoned or credentialed professionals and community leaders from across Minnesota. This group will serve as a pathway between the community and the BCBSMN Board.  The purpose of this board is to advise leadership on concerns of immediate importance. An additional goal is connecting BCBSMN leadership to thought leaders across race, class, and culture to support leadership in building the cross-cultural competency required to achieve equity in health access and health outcomes.

Community Advisory Group

Community members will be called upon to advise BCBSMN on a particular topic of interest to them and may include subgroups that are region oriented. The group will focus on decreasing behavioral and mental health stigma and improving cultural competency in care navigation. Additionally, BCBSMN will work with the Community Advisory Group to identify areas to focus on based on community interest and needs, ensuring representation from all MN regions and BIPOC communities and to helping BCBSMN ideate and envision new solutions and innovations toward health equity.

Member Advisory Group

Candidates will include BCBSMN members or advocates of BCBSMN members.  The recommended focus area will be to report on BCBSMN member/customer specific experiences, needs and desires.  Member Advisory Group goals will be to improve member engagement, receive direct feedback from BCBSMN members, receive care that is responsive to member specific needs. This will be an opportunity for members and member advocates to share Blue Cross experiences.

 

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota’s first health plan with its charter mission: to provide equitable, economical and timely availability of health services for all Minnesotans. A nonprofit, taxable organization, Blue Cross covers 2.9 million members in Minnesota and nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated companies.

Minnesota continues to have some of the widest health inequities in between BIPOC and the white population in the nation, preventing many Minnesotans from having the ability to be healthy. Blue Cross is committed to reducing health inequities and systemic racism, as it is essential to fulfilling our mission of transforming care, inspiring change and improving health.

Blue Cross(R) and Blue Shield(R) of Minnesota and Blue Plus(R) are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

About Marnita’s Table

At Marnita’s Table, we seek to close gaps across difference through making Intentional Social Interaction the new pattern for society where Indigenous, people of color, the disenfranchised, the poor, the unheard, the fragile, the LGBTQ+ and anyone who is normally left out of community decision making are automatically included and valued at the policy-making and resource-sharing table. Experts at social capital building, we’ve welcomed almost 100,000 people from around the world and the around the way to find common ground while breaking bread – in person or online, we bring people together to create meaningful change and more equitable systems. Find out more at www.marnitastable.org.