October 2, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 10/2/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Resources
Community News
The Somerville Recreation Commission and the Somerville Health Agenda are offering Latin Dance for Fitness classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 at the Edgerly School Gym. Classes begin October 7 (no class October 12) and the cost is $20 for 6 classes. For more information and to register, contact the Somerville Recreation Commission at
www.somervillema.gov or call 617-625-6600 x 2980.
The Impact Quincy Coalition is seeking nominations for their community heroes’ award to recognize individuals who have been strong advocates for the prevention of substance abuse, and for their contribution to making the City of Quincy a healthier community. For a nomination form, please contact Arlene Goldstein at agoldstein@baystatecs.org or 617-471-8400 Ext 155.
Conferences/Trainings
The Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County will present a talk with Lisa Goldblatt Grace on preventing the sexual exploitation of girls on October 15 from 9:30-11:00 in the Curry Students Center at Northeastern University. For more information, visit http://www.suffolkcac.org/news/seminar-series/.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of New England will sponsor a series of health workshops in October including flu information for people with asthma or allergies on October 13 in Newton and October 15 in Foxborough. For more information on these trainings and others in the series, visit http://www.asthmaandallergies.org/.
The Massachusetts Relocalization Conference focusing on building resilient, healthy local communities will be held October 18 from 9-6:30 at the Reggie Lewis Center, 1350 Tremont St in Roxbury. For more information, visit http://www.relocalizemassachusetts.org/.
The Regional Center for Healthy Communities, and Cambridge Public Health Department and Council on Aging will host an information session on compulsive hoarding on October 27 from 4-7 PM at the Regional Center Library, 552 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge. For more information please see the attached flyer called <Hoarding Discussion>.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) will hold a one-day conference on How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at Columbia University in New York City. For more information and to register, visit http://members.casacolumbia.org/casa/events/casaconf_drugfreekid2/details.tcl.
The Winchester Substance Abuse Coalition will hold a training on Concept Mapping on December 3 from 9-12 at the Winchester Town Hall. For more information and to reserve a space, contact Liz Silva at esilva@winchester.us.
Funding Opportunities
Harvard Catalyst’s Community Based Participatory Research program has announced the availability of planning grants for partnership development and project development. For more information, please see the attached document called <CBPR Planning RFP>.
The Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism is offering grants for prevention and other work. For more information and to apply, visit http://www.gbcoa.org/.
The National Center for Safe Routes to School is accepting applications to increase walking and biking to school. For more information, visit www.saferoutesinfo.org/minigrants.
Resources
The Marin Institute has published an article on the promotion of alcohol on Facebook. You can access the article from http://www.globaldrugpolicy.org/3/3/1.php.