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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2026 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>30th Annual Meeting of the RI Public Health Association (18 Nov 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The 30th Annual Meeting of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(111, 47, 159);"&gt;Rhode Island Public Health Association&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday, November 18, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rhodes on the Pawtuxet,&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;60 Rhodes Pl, Cranston, RI 02905&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;4:00 - 5:00pm: Registration &amp;amp; Hors D'oeuvres&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;5:00 - 6:00pm: Opening Remarks &amp;amp; RIPHA Business&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;6:00 - 6:30pm: Dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;6:30 - 8:00pm: Awards, Fireside Chat, &amp;amp; Closing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 13px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;"&gt;This year's theme:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F"&gt;“&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F"&gt;RIPHA 30th Annual Meeting:&lt;br&gt;
Honoring Our Past, Advancing Our Future&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F"&gt;”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;This year’s meeting topic is&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;“RIPHA 30th Annual Meeting: Honoring Our Past, Advancing Our Future”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;in which we will mark RIPHA's 30th anniversary by recognizing the foundation built over three decades and identifying priorities that will guide Rhode Island's public health efforts into the future.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;We are honored to welcome incoming APHA President,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.apha.org/about-apha/executive-board-and-staff/apha-executive-board/moose"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="none"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"&gt;Dr. Moose Alperin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;, as a featured speaker. Additionally, the event will include a fireside chat w&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;ith &lt;strong style=""&gt;Ana P. Novais&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Assistant Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and &lt;strong style=""&gt;Nadine Tavares&lt;/strong&gt;, Lead Project Officer for the Health Equity Zones Initiative, Rhode Island Department of Health&lt;/font&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span data-contrast="auto" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;The program will also include networking opportunities, awards, a business meeting, and an evening dinner, creating meaningful opportunities for sponsors to connect with key decision-makers, demonstrate your commitment to public health, and support the advancement of healthier communities across Rhode Island.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#6F2F9F"&gt;Registration is due Friday, November 6, 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Register today so you don't miss out!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please note: Should the cost of this event cause an undue burden, please email &lt;a href="mailto:annualmeeting@ripha.org" target="_blank"&gt;annualmeeting@ripha.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Questions? Contact: &lt;a href="mailto:annualmeeting@ripha.org" target="_blank"&gt;annualmeeting@ripha.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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