Natasha Harper Levy, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at ASTHO, tells us the importance of racial healing as we get ready to celebrate the National Day of Racial Healing; an ASTHO blog article dives into how you can integrate race and ethnicity data into public health; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, tells us what the new administration might aim to do early on; and on January 22nd an ASTHO webinar will help you learn how the Building Capacity to Advance Health program can elevate your leadership skills in governmental public health.