February 5, 2010
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 2/5/10
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Community News
The Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest) will be holding a brown bag video screening of the film, Remote Control: Children, Media Consumption and the Changing American Family. Bring you lunch and join us on Wednesday, February 10th at 12 noon.
Boston’s 3rd Annual Teen Environmental Job Fair is being held on Tuesday February 16th at Maverick Landing Community Services, Inc., 31 Liverpool Street East Boston, MA 02128. For more information contact Barbara Dulin@ 617-569-7600
The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is proud to host the 2010 Unsung Heroines of Massachusetts initiative. Nomination deadline is February 26th. For additional information, contact Ellen Fahey at 617-626-6521 or visit mcsw@state.ma.us.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health & HSPH Division of Public Health Practice will host the lecture, Massachusetts Health Care Reform in Communities of Color: Lessons Learned. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:00- 5:00PM. Visit Harvard Public Health Practice to RSVP.
The Men of Color Task Force is hosting a Civil Rights Forum on ThursdayFebruary 11th from 6-9 p.m at the Christian Life Center at 85 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge. Call 617-665-3769 to RSVP.
Conferences/Trainings
The Burlington Drug and Alcohol Task Force is hosting a training entitled Not in Our House: Strategies to Reduce Underage Drinking Parties on Tuesday February 9th from 7-9 p.m. For more information, contact Marilyn Belmonte at 781-229-2638 or Charlie Franich at 781-270-1964.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Suicide Prevention Program has their Spring Workshop Calendar available online. For information on these programs, please visit their online calendar.
Funding Opportunities
The Praxis Project has announced a Call for Proposals forCommunitiesCreating Healthy Environments. A brief proposal is due by February 25th. For additional information and complete details visit ccheonline.
Funding for the 2010 Drug Free Communities program is now available. The 2010 DFC Request for Applications (RFA) is available online. ONDCP expects to award approximately $18.75 million for 150 new competing grants to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The deadline for applying is Friday, March 19, 2010.
Job Opportunities
The Ecumenical Social Action Committee is looking for a Health Educator/Case Manager for the Boston Asthma Initiative. For additional information visit their website at ESAC Boston
The Ecumenical Social Action Committee is also looking for an Administrative Assistant. For information on this job visit their website at ESAC Boston.
Neighbor to Neighbor MA is currently hiring for three full-time positions: (1) Western Mass Lead Organizer (Holyoke/Springfield area) (2) North Shore Lead Organizer (Lynn/Salem area (3) Campaigns Organizer (Based in Boston, some travel statewide). For more information about the positions, please visit their website.
Resources
The 911 Good Samaritan Bill, will help reduce the number of fatal overdose deaths by creating conditions that encourage people to call 911 for emergency medical assistance during an overdose. If interested in reducing the number of overdose deaths in Massachusetts please contact your legislators and ask them to support sending House Bill 1653 to the floor. <Good Samaritan>
