February 24, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 2/24/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
The Regional Center is pleased to announce that Bill Holden has joined our staff as Office Supervisor and Librarian. Bill comes to the Regional Center from Emory University in Atlanta where he was the LGBT Studies Librarian and Rare Book Cataloger. In addition to his library duties, he was involved in various outreach programs centered on campus diversity. Prior to becoming a librarian, he spent many years working in the corporate arena in accounting and office management. We are so pleased to have him as part of our staff.
Community News
The Medical Foundation is accepting nominations for “YOUTHIES” awards given to Youth Workers and given at the Youth Workers’ Intensive at UMass Boston March 19 and 20. Visit http://youthworkcentral.org/YWI.HTML to nominate a youth worker and for workshop descriptions registration.
Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) will hold a community forum with Howard Zehr, PhD, the "grandfather" of restorative justice, at Trinitarian Congregational Church in Concord, MA on Friday March 27th, 2009 from 7.15-9.00 p.m. Zehr is also an avid photographer; his portraits of victims, offenders, and children of prisoners will also be on display. To learn more about this event (RSVP is requested), visit www.C4RJ.com or call 978.318.3447.
The Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS) will hold its Annual Awards Gala on May 9, 2009 at 6 PM at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport Hotel. For more information, visit www.maps-inc.org.
Conferences/Trainings
The University of North Carolina Minority Health Conference keynote address on “Our World, Our Community: Building Bridges for Healthy Equality” by Barbara Wallace, Ph.D. will be broadcasted on the web on Friday February 27 at 2:00PM. To register for the webcast, visit http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2009/broadcast/webcast.cfm.
Massachusetts SADD is offering Youth In Action (YIA) Academy trainings around the state including a training on Media Outreach April 1st in Cambridge. Registration for this training is due by February 27. For more information, contact esocha@sadd.org.
The Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest) and the Interaction Institute for Social Change are offering a training on social networks and how we connect with each other on March 17 from 9:30-12:30 at the Regional Center office in Central Square, 552 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.healthier-communities.org/info/networks-101.
The Regional Center is offering a panel discussion on working with parents on March 19 from 9:30-11:30 AM with child development expert Joani Geltman and Learn to Cope founder Joanne Peterson at the Regional Center office in Central Square, 552 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.healthier-communities.org/info/panel-discussion-working-parents.
The Department of Public Health and partners are sponsoring a conference on Accessible Health Care: It Takes More Than Ramps on April 3 from 9:00-4:00 at The Log Cabin Inn, 500 Easthampton Rd in Holyoke, MA. For more information and to register, see the attached document called <Accessible Health Care Conference>
The Mulligan Center for Health Education is offering a training on “Why Scare Tactics Don’t Work: Understanding Evidence-Based Strategies in Addressing Youth Risk Behaviors” on May 6 from 1-4PM at the Mulligan Center 462 West Chestnut St in Brockton. For more information and to register, visit http://www.hcsm.org/ahec/pdf/AHEC_calendar.pdf.
The Essex County Community Foundation will hold its annual Youth At Risk Conference on June 10, 2009 from 7:30-4:00 at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. For more information, visit www.essexcountyyouth.org.
The SADD National Conference will be held July 12-15 in Washington, DC. For more information on the conference, visit www.sadd.org. SADD MA is organizing a bus from MA for interested groups. Contact Emily Socha at esocha@sadd.org for more information.
The Tobacco Cessation Leadership Network is offering free online continuing education credit for its course on “Meeting the Challenge of Tobacco Cessation for Persons with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders”. For more information, visit www.tcln.org.
Funding Opportunities
The Tufts Health Plan Foundation is offering grants focusing on healthy aging including healthy lifestyles, intergenerational collaboration, and safety. A letter of intent is due by February 26. For more information, visit http://www.tuftshealthplan.com/foundation/foundation.php.
The deadline to submit proposals for the Regional Center’s Effective Peer Leadership for Youth training is March 2. For the complete RFP, please see the attached document called <Effective Peer Leadership RFP>.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a funding opportunity to support translation of health protection research into public health practice with an emphasis on achieving health equity. For more details, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/CD09-001.htm.
MA SADD is offering mini-grants of $600 to support Belt It Out! safety belt contests for youth groups in the state (mini-grants can also be used for other prevention outreach). For more information and to apply for both programs, visit http://www.sadd.org/sresources.htm.
Coca-Cola and the National Recycling Coalition are offering funding for recycling bin placement in community settings. For more information, visit http://www.nrc-recycle.org/coca-colanrcbingrantprogram.aspx.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering funding to support conferences on public health, health promotion and disease prevention. For more information, visit http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/HM09-901.htm.
Job Opportunities
Vida Health Communications is looking for a Research Associate. For more information, see the attached description called <VIDA Research Assoc>.
The Network/La Red is hiring a Technical Assistance Coordinator to provide training and resources on domestic violence in lesbian, bisexual women’s, and transgender communities. For more information, visit http://www.thenetworklared.org/eindex.htm.
The City of Somerville is hiring a Director for its successful Shape-Up Somerville healthy eating and physical activity community program. For more information, visit http://www.somervillema.gov/jobs.cfm.
The Somerville Arts Council is looking for a Program Coordinator for its ArtsUnion. For more information, please contact us (lcody@healthier-communities.org).
Resources
Youth Communication has a website dedicated to talking about teen issues for and by teens at www.youthcomm.org. The current issue addresses preventing STDs.
Project Bread’s Food Source hotline provides referrals emergency food pantries and information and screening for public assistance such as SNAP (food stamps). The number is 800-645-8333.