GISS Center / Learning Hub
Learn with purpose.
Put knowledge into practice.
Professional education, books, and practical tools that help transform infant safe sleep conversations and strengthen the conditions families need for safer nights.
01 / Your Learning Path
Where would you like to begin?
Choose the learning experience or resource that meets your needs. Each pathway has a dedicated page with more details.
Build your professional skills
Explore interactive workshops, webinars, continuing education opportunities, and upcoming events for healthcare and community professionals.
Read, reflect, and challenge assumptions
Explore Dreaming Safe Sleep Futures, its companion guide, and publications connecting evidence, equity, and professional practice.
Find tools you can apply
Access publicly available materials and explore family-centered approaches, practice resources, and the Afrofuturist SUID Equity Cycle.
02 / Featured Professional Learning
Dreaming Safe Sleep Futures™
Registration & CE status to be confirmed
Transforming Infant Sleep Interventions for Black Families
An interactive learning experience for healthcare and community professionals who want to connect established safe sleep recommendations with compassionate conversations and realistic support for families.
180-minute session
Virtual or in person
Nursing CE pathway under review
Participants explore risk behaviors versus risk conditions, the role of trust and practical support, family-centered planning, and ways to translate training into everyday practice.
Who this is for
- Nurses and clinical teams
- Public health practitioners
- Doulas and community health workers
- Home visiting and family-serving organizations
- Leaders interested in practice transformation
Contact hours and registration requirements will be listed on the training page once formally confirmed.
03 / Books & Learning Materials
Read the ideas. Explore the application.
Dreaming Safe Sleep Futures and the accompanying guide connect evidence, lived experience, structural conditions, and practical reflection. They can support individual learning and facilitated group conversations.
Purchase information, format options, and direct book and companion links are available on the dedicated Publications page.
04 / Learn Together
Bring learning into your organization.
GISS Center’s learning experiences can support interdisciplinary teams, healthcare institutions, community organizations, and public health partners exploring practical change.
Interactive workshops
Build a shared understanding of evidence, respectful communication, and real-life barriers.
Book-based learning
Use facilitated discussions and the companion guide to connect ideas with local practice.
Practice transformation
Explore the steps from a learning experience to a measurable improvement in routine work.
Keep Learning · Keep Improving
Safer futures are built through what we learn—and what we change.
Discover practical learning that respects families’ experiences and helps organizations respond with evidence, compassion, and shared responsibility.