June 25, 2010
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 6/25/10
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Job Opportunities
Resources
Community News
Healthy Waltham is again sponsoring Walk & Talk with elected officials on July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 23 from 6:00-7:15 at Leary Field on Bacon St. Healthy Waltham is also co-sponsoring a free community walk at Stonehurst on July 17 from noon-4 PM. For more information, visit www.healthy-waltham.org
Somerville Cares About Prevention is accepting registrations for tables at its National Night Out against drugs and crime on August 3 from 5-8 PM. For more information, contact SomervilleNNO2010@gmail.com.
Conferences/Trainings
Sport in Society is holding its Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) training which uses a bystander approach to prevent gender violence on July 13-15 from 9-5 at Northeastern University. For more information and to register, contact Jarrod Chin at j.chin@neu.edu or 617-373-8420.
The Association of Recovery Schools will hold their annual conference July 21-23 at Northeastern University in Boston. For more information and to register, visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=39415b23-713a-4a6f-89ad-8b11a0d155fc.
The CDC will hold its National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media on August 17-19 in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, visit http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/NCHCMM2010/about_conference/about_nchcmmcon.htm.
Critical MASS is hosting an Eliminating Health Disparity: Who’s doing What Where? forum on Wednesday, June 30th from 10:30am to 2:30pm at the UMass Medical School, 333 South St in Shrewsbury.
Job Opportunities
Suffolk University is searching for an instructor on its course on Women’s Health Education, part of its Women’s Healthy and Human Rights master’s program. For more information, see the attached description called <Women’s Health Ed>.
The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy is seeking a part-time Director of Development. For more information, visit http://www.massteenpregnancy.org/about/jobs.
The Avon Coalition for Every Student (ACES) is hiring a part-time youth coordinator to assist with their alcohol and other drug prevention activities. For more information, see the attached description called <youth activities coord>.
The Disability Policy Consortium is hiring a coordinator for its Employment Now Coalition. For more information and to apply, visit http://www.dpcma.org/JobOpportunities/tabid/823/Default.aspx.
Resources
The Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse Services has released a fact sheet on alcohol pricing attached called <Alcohol Pricing Fact Sheet>.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an online training for educators to understand and prevent teen dating violence. For more information, visit http://www.vetoviolence.org/datingmatters/.
The National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health has released a report on A Public Health Approach to Children’s Mental Health available at http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/public_health.html.
MapWalk is a tool that allows users to create and share walking maps to promote healthy living. For more information, visit http://www.mapwalk.com/toolkit.
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