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Unidos Contra la Diabetes (UCD) is excited to invite you to our upcoming Mini Symposium: Power in Prevention — a gathering designed to inspire, educate, and unite our community around the goal of preventing the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Rio Grande Valley.

At this engaging event, you’ll hear from leading health experts, community advocates, and partner organizations who are making a difference. Together, we’ll share new strategies, success stories, and resources to help individuals, families, and communities live healthier lives.

Event Details:
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM CST (Breakfast & Registration starts at 8:00 AM)
📍 Location: South Texas College Mid Valley Campus 400 N. Border Ave., Weslaco, TX 78596

**English to Spanish Interpretation Available

What to Expect:
✅ Informative presentations on diabetes prevention, risk factors and diabetes management
✅ Updates on collective impact progress and impact
✅ Networking opportunities with health advocates and organizations
✅ Resources and materials to support healthy living

Who Should Attend:

Community Health Workers, health professionals, community leaders and advocates, nonprofit and organizational partners educators and students, and anyone passionate about building a healthier Rio Grande Valley!

Together, we can make a difference.

By coming together, sharing knowledge, and supporting one another- as a collective impact initiative- we can help ensure that fewer families are affected by type 2 diabetes. Let’s continue the work to make prevention possible — one community, one partnership, one action at a time.

Blackbaud

Community Health Worker Workshop
Knowledge is Power
Friday, April 5, 2024
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Holiday Inn Airport
5549 Leopard St.
Corpus Christi, Texas 78408

7 DSHS-Certified CEUs for CHWs/Promotoras-es
Topics: Chagas Disease, Oral Health, Self-Care, and Networking

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffaS14McbIJuvTki4Rv19BsUgQsQa8Skcj-6NbQxh3K4dmHw/viewform