Presenters share stories from the 2020 – 2021 GEAR Groups: Not Racist is Not Enough: Journey towards Anti-Racism and Supporting Communities in Building Resilience During Times of Crisis. The NACDD GEAR (Generate, Educate, Activate, Respond) Groups bring together a highly engaged cross-section of new and seasoned chronic disease practitioners from across the country for peer networking and leadership development on a variety of timely, upstream factors that affect health. Learn more about how GEAR groups help propel state thinking on upstream factors that impact health and hear about future opportunities to get involved.