January 12, 2010
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 1/12/10
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Bill Holden will be taking over e-News for the next few months while Laura Cody is on maternity leave. Please expect to receive e-News from bholden@healthier-communities.org. As always, you can send items to be included in e-News to enews@healthier-communities.org.
Community News
The Disparities Action Network will host an event on Investing in Healthy Equity: Taking action to reduce the cost of health disparities on January 26 at 10 AM in the Members Lounge of the Massachusetts State House. For more information and to RSVP, contact cwatson@hcfama.org or 617-275-2936.
The Office of Somerville Commissions will hold a workshop to discuss how you can be involved in the Commissions on Saturday, January 30 from 1:30-2:30 PM at the Central Library. For more information, contact sdarai@somervillema.gov.
Conferences/Trainings
South Shore Hospital is sponsoring an education program on Effects of Family Literacy Practices on Children’s Readiness to Read on January 13 from 4:30-5:30 PM in the OB Classroom B at South Shore Hospital. For more information and to register, email Jean_Fahey@sshosp.org or leave at message at 781-340-4331.
SMOC is offering its Healthy Habits at Home program, a 6-week series on healthy weight for Metrowest parents. Groups meet one evening per week for six weeks from 6-7 PM in Framingham and are offered in Spanish and English (free childcare is available). The English series will start on January 25 and a Spanish series starts January 28. For more information and to register, please contact Muzna Khimani at 508-620-2376 or muznak@smoc.org.
Nonprofit Net is offering a free seminar for nonprofits on writing successful letters to prospective donors on January 19 from 1:30-3:30 in the Meeting Room of Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington. For more information and to register, visit www.nonprofitnet.us.
The Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force will offer a satellite/webcast focusing on working with the faith community in drug prevention on January 28 from 1-2PM. For more information and to register, visit http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/upcoming_telecourses.shtml.
The Partnership, Inc is offering a series of trainings on nonprofit effectiveness and board development this spring. For more information, see the attached document called <Nonprofit Effectiveness>.
MIAA’s Partners in Prevention will offer a workshop on School/Community Initiatives and Collaborations to Support Today’s Youth on February 3 beginning at 8:30 AM at the MIAA offices in Franklin, MA. For more information and to register, visit http://www.miaa.net/Community-Initiatives-Workshop-Flier.pdf or contact Karen Nardone at 508-541-7997.
Cambridge Cares About AIDS will offer its HIV Today information series the first Wednesday of every month starting February 3 from 1-3 PM at the YWCA located at 7 Temple St in Cambridge. For more information and to register, contact Christine Bachman at cbachman@ccaa.org or 617-661-3040 x244.
CHNA 18 will sponsor a workshop with David Ropeik on The Psychology of Risk Perception: Why Our Fears Don’t Match The Facts on February 19 from 8:30-11:30 AM at the Needham Library, 1139 Highland Ave in Needham. For more information and to RSVP, please see the Regional Center calendar at http://www.healthier-communities.org/calendar.
The Physicians for Human Rights National Conference will be held February 20, 2010 at the Boston University Medical Campus. For more information and to register, visit http://conference.phrblog.org/.
The Children’s Trust Fund is offering free Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention trainings throughout the state including March 12 in Marlborough. For more information and to register, visit http://www.mctf.org/sp.aspx?id=645.
Health Resources in Action and the BEST Initiative will hold its Youth Work Intensive March 15-16, 2010 at UMass Boston. For more information, contact Hye Won Lee at Hlee@hria.org or 617.279.2240 ext. 307.
Harvard Medical School will host a conference on Engaging Communities to Create Sustainable Change for Health on April 6 from 9-5:30 at the Joseph Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur in Boston. For more information and to register, visit http://www.atpm.org/prof_dev/community10_harvard.html.
Harvard University will offer an executive education program called Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations from June 1-4, 2010 at the Kennedy School. For more information and to register, visit http://ksgexecprogram.harvard.edu/Programs/pmno/overview.aspx.
Funding Opportunities
The Men’s Health League of Cambridge has announced mini-grant funding of up to $500 to support health promotion activities targeting men of color in Cambridge. For more information, see the attached document called <MHL Mini Grant RFP>.
The Kresge Foundation has two grants available for community health centers to support underserved populations. For more information, visit http://www.kresge.org/index.php/what/caring_communities/.
The John A. Hartford foundation seeks to fund non-profits improving social services for the elderly. For more information, visit http://www.jhartfound.org/grants.htm.
Youth Service America and the Disney Company have released an RFP for youth-led environmental service projects. For more information, visit http://www.ysa.org/grants/announcements/friendsforchange.
Job Opportunities
The Cambridge Prevention Coalition’s Overdose Prevention and Education Network (OPEN) is seeking a program coordinator. For more information, visit http://www.cambridgema.gov/viewjoblisting.cfm?Job_ID=779.
The Massachusetts Organization for Addition Recovery is seeking a part-time program assistant. For more information, contact Maryanne@MOAR-Recovery.Org.
The Center for Technology and Health at National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) based in Cambridge, MA is looking for a part-time Research Assistant for a two-year study of parent-adolescent communication about drug use. For more information, see the attached description called <NDRI RA job>.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Community Health and Health Equity is seeking a Research Manager. For more information, see the attached description called <Health Equity Research Manager>.
The Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center is seeking a bilingual senior education associate for its Oak Street Youth Center. For more information, visit http://www.bcnc.net/about_us.php?info=jobs.
The South Coastal Workforce Investment Board is seeking a part-time Connecting Activities Coordinator to support Randolph High School students seeking employment. For more information, see the attached description called <Connecting Activities>.
The South Coastal Workforce Investment Board is seeking a Field Coordinator to support the ARRA/Byrne “New Communities” Program Coordinator in the Plymouth region helping youth find employment. For more information, see the attached description called <South Coastal WIB>.
Resources
The Office of Healthy Communities at the MA Department of Public Health has started a Community Corner on their website that will list opportunities similar to those in e-News. Check it out at www.mass.gov/dph/ohc.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has featured information on health and wellness of people with disabilities available at http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Disabilities/.
Tom Wolff & Associates has released a newsletter about the “nitty gritty” of coalition building for healthy communities at http://www.tomwolff.com/collaborative-solutions-newsletter-fall-09.htm#focus.