CONTINUING EDUCATION

Vital Village Networks in joint providership with Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education, is providing credit hours for the 2025 National Community Leadership Summit. Accredited hours, including units and type, for the activity are listed below.

Attendees interested in earning credit hours must register for continuing education in their ticket selection. The fee for continuing education credits is $50. Instructions for credit certification will be provided to registered continuing education attendees at the summit.

Certificates of Participation for any attendees are available at no additional cost, and instructions for requesting certificates will be provided to interested attendees at the summit.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Vital Villages Networks. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 11.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

Contact Hours: 11.50, of which 0 are pharmacology credit worthy

Social Work

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 11.50 general continuing education credits.

NEW YORK STATE:

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Barry M. Manual Continuing Medical Education Office is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0589.

Social Workers must attend all sessions for credit. Partial credit is not allowed.

National Board for Certified Counselors

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Barry M. Manuel Center for Continuing Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7205. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Barry M. Manuel Center for Continuing Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. 11.50 NBCC hours

Goal Statement

The goal of the Summit is to strengthen the capacity of professionals to drive community-led systems change through equity-centered leadership, participatory research, and policy advocacy. Participants will gain knowledge and skills to implement anti-racist, culturally affirming practices; foster interdisciplinary collaboration; utilize community-driven data for impact; and advance food, education, and health justice. The Summit emphasizes applied learning and provides tools for attendees to integrate community leadership frameworks into their professional practice, with measurable improvements in competence, strategy, and performance.

Target Audience

The National Community Leadership Summit is designed for interdisciplinary professionals and community leaders across the fields of health, public health, early childhood education, K–12 education, social work, housing, and food justice. This includes healthcare providers, early educators, public school teachers, birth workers, community organizers, researchers, policy advocates, artists, and data storytellers who are advancing equity-centered, community-led solutions.