March 30, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 3/30/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Community News
The Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest) will hold the first of its two Open Houses on April 3 from 12-3 PM at our offices in Central Square (the next Open House will be held April 30 from 3-6 PM). For more information, visit our website www.healthier-communities.org.
The Cambridge Health Department will celebrate National Public Health Week beginning April 6 with a kick-off of the Public Health Poster Gallery at 4:30 and a special reception by Mayor E. Denise Simmons’ at 5PM at City Hall.
The annual School-Based Health Centers Awareness Day will be held April 9 from 9:30-11AM in the Great Hall at the State House. For more information, contact Antonia Blinn at ablinn@mcsbhc.org.
The Watertown Youth Coalition Peer Leaders and their supporters will present a public forum with diversity trainer Paula Parnagian called “I can’t believe you just said that..,” Responding to Hurtful Speech on Thursday, April 16 at 6:30PM at the Watertown Free Public Library, 123 Main Street.
Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) will hold its first general membership meeting for youth, parents, and Somerville residents to discuss are there enough activities for youth to do after school or on the weekends? on April 23 from 6-8 PM in the 3rd floor conference room of the Visiting Nurses Association, 259 Lowell St in Somerville.
The Lawrence Mayor's Health Task Force (MHTF) Health Summit for 2009 focusing on A Sound Mind for a Sound Body: Unlocking the Power to Heal will be held at the Lawrence High School Campus Auditorium on April 24th, 2009 from 8:00-3:00. For more information, visit http://www.lawrencemhtf.org/.
Project Bread will hold its annual Walk for Hunger on May 3, 2009. For more information and to register, visit www.projectbread.org/walk.
The Massachusetts Public Health Association will hold its awards breakfast on May 15 from 7:30-9:30 AM in the State Room, 60 State Street, 33rd floor in Boston. For more information, contact Kara Keenan at (617) 524-6696, Ext. 113 or kkeenan@mphaweb.org.
Conferences/Trainings
Parents Helping Parents will hold its biennial state conference on Change for the Better: Finding the Courage to Make a Difference on April 4 from 8:00-4:35 at the Tufts Health Plan Conference Center, 705 Mount Auburn St in Watertown. The deadline to register is April 1. For more information, visit http://www.parentshelpingparents.org/.
The DelValle Institute and the Community Health Education Center (CHEC) will offer three sessions of Ready, Set, Act! Emergency Preparedness for Outreach Educators on Friday, April 3rd in Lawrence; Thursday, April 9th in Worcester; and Tuesday, May 19th in New Bedford. For more information and to register, visit www.masslocalinstitute.org.
The Harvard Nutrition and Global Health Program will hold a symposium on The Unfinished Agenda of Nutrition & Global Health: Challenges and Opportunities on April 15 from 2:00-6:30 PM in the Kresge building, Room G-1 at the Harvard School of Public Health. For more information, see the attached flyer called <Harvard Nutrition Symposium>.
The Radcliffe Science Symposium will focus on Improving Decision Making: Interdisciplinary Lessons from the Natural and Social Sciences on April 17 from 9-5 in the Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St in Cambridge. For more information or to register, visit www.radcliffe.edu or call 617-495-8600.
Boston Area Health Education Center (BAHEC) and the DelValle Institute will conduct two sessions of Awareness Level Emergency Preparedness Training for Medical Interpreters on Saturday, April 18th in Holyoke and Saturday, May 9th in Worcester. For more information and to register, visit www.masslocalinstitute.org.
AdCare Educational Institute is offering two trainings on trauma and substance abuse on April 23: Trauma-Informed Treatment for Substance Abuse Disorders from 8:30-12:30 and Implementing Seeking Safety: Integrating Trauma Recovery Skills into Treatment from 1:30-4:30 at the Holiday Inn in Boxborough. For more information, visit www.adcare-educational.org.
The Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health is holding a conference on Ethical Issues in the Prioritization of Health Resources on April 23 and 24 from 8:30-6 at the Inn at Longwood Medical in Boston. For more information and to register, visit http://peh.harvard.edu/events/2009/priority_resources/index.html.
Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley is offering a four-day training for group leaders to be able to run chronic disease self-management workshops on April 27 & 29 and May 5 & 8 from 9-5 in Norwell. For more information, see the attached flyer called <Group Leader Training>.
The Bureau of Substance Abuse Services is offering a training to use the curriculum Parent Time: Supporting Yourself and Your Child to enhance parents' knowledge and understanding of the issues and dynamics involved in parenting children with issues of alcohol and drug use on April 29 from 8:00-4:30 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough. For more information and to register visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=c6443c2e-f472-4552-9719-4ce314c62d56.
The Bureau of Substance Abuse Services and AdCare Educational Institute are sponsoring a conference on Innovations in Addictions: Research to Recovery on May 4 from 8:00-4:30 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. For more information and to register, visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=28e36f4b-ad20-4b33-8a4e-02b6576dc7a5.
Funding Opportunities
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services is seeking proposals for elder services focusing on transportation, isolation, Alzheimer’s, depression, and medication management. Please contact SCES at 617-628-2601 ext. 3201 for more information.
Project Bread is offering funding for Summer Food Service Program Sites for Summer 2009. The funds can be used to start new sites, improve nutritional content and other operation of existing sites, and a number of other options. Please contact Elizabeth Taing at Elizabeth_Taing@projectbread.org or 617-239-2575.
Job Opportunities
The Cambridge Health Alliance is seeking a bilingual Health Educator for its Care Coordination Program focusing on cardiovascular risk reduction education and support services. For a complete description, search for “health educator” under Careers at www.challiance.org.
Health Awareness Services is looking to hire a certified HIV Counseling and Testing health educator. For more information, see the attached description called <HIV Health Educator Job Posting>.