May 21, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 5/21/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Job Opportunities
Resources
Community News
Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) will hold its annual meeting on May 28 from 6-8 at Somerville High School. Light dinner will be served from 6:00-6:30 in the Highlander Café in the high school and a program celebrating SCAP’s achievements over the years will begin at 6:30. For more in formation and to RSVP, please contact cmashburn@somervillema.gov.
REACH (Refuge, Education, Advocacy and CHange) Beyond Domestic Violence will hold its annual meeting on June 1, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods, 860 Winter Street in Waltham. For more information and to RSVP, visit http://www.reachma.org/annual_meeting.html.
Common Pathways/CHNA 8 will host a talk with Meghan Patterson of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Health Equity and Social Justice division on Racism and the Social Determinants of Health Equity on June 4 from 1:30-3:30, at 25 Meade St, Room 109 in Worcester.
The Men’s Health Team invites all men of color in Cambridge to a Men’s Health Breakfast on June 6 from 10:30-1:00 at the Massasoit Elks Lodge, 55 Bishop Allen Dr in Cambridge. For more information and to register, contact rharding@challiance.org or call 617-665-3769.
The Joint Committee on Public Health will be hearing access to care and health disparities bills on June 9 starting at 10:00 AM in room A-1 of the State House.
Groundwork Somerville will hold a silent auction and dinner benefit on June 6th from 6-10 PM at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave in Somerville. Door prizes, too! For more information, contact Jennifer Lawrence at 617-628-9988.
This year’s Taste of Cambridge event to benefit Youth on Fire and Club Passim’s Culture for Kids Music Speaks Program will be held on June 18 from 5:30-8:00 at the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square. For more information, visit www.tasteofcambridge.com.
Conferences/Trainings
The Homelessness Resource Center will offer a free webcast on The First Step Is an Open Mind: Best Practices for Working With LGBTQ Youth on May 27, 2009 from 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. For more information and to register, visit http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource/View.aspx?id=37943.
The Massachusetts Asthma Advocacy Partnership is holding a conference on The Burden of Asthma: Confronting Asthma through Community Engagement on May 29 from 9:30AM-12:30PM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Square in Worcester. For more information and to register, contact Charlie Patton at (617)357-5772, ext. 16 or cpatton@reginavilla.com.
The Partnership for Heart Health Stroke Free Massachusetts will hold their annual meeting on June 5 from 8:00-2:30 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough. For more information and to register, visit http://partnershiphearthealthystrokefreema.org/aboutus.aspx.
The Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health will focus on Breaking the Cycle: Investigating the Intersection of Educational Inequities and Health Disparities on June 9 from 1:30-4:00. For more information and to register for the internet broadcast, visit www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2009/.
The Metrowest Community Health Care Foundation will hold a health disparities forum on Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Across Cultures on June 11 from 6-8 PM in MacPherson Hall at Metrowest Medical Center, 85 Lincoln St in Framingham. For more information and to RSVP contact Cathy Glover at 508-879-7625 or cglover@mchcf.org.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health requests proposals for workshops from organizations and individuals for its 2009 Ounce of Prevention Conference - Facing the Future: Healthy People, Places and Policies to be held on October 6 in Marlborough, MA. The deadline for proposal submissions is June 15. For more information, visit http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2modulechunk&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Departments+and+Divisions&L3=Department+of+Public+Health&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_healthy_comm_g_conf_oz&csid=Eeohhs2.
The Associated Grant Makers is sponsoring an all day symposium on Strategic Alliances: a primer for nonprofit agencies on June 15 UMass Boston Campus Center in Dorchester. For more information and to register for the free event, visit http://agmconnect.org/events/detail.aspx?EventID=634.
The Massachusetts Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program is offering a free training called from Triage to Discharge: Caring for Sexual Assault Patients Across the Lifespan for medical providers who treat victims of sexual assault on June 29 from 8:00-4:30 at North Shore Medical Center in Salem. For more information and to register, contact Ginhee Sohn at ginhee.sohn@state.ma.us.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold their National Conference on Health Communication, Media and Marketing August 11-13 at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta, GA. For more information and to register, visit http://www.cdc.gov/HealthMarketing/NCHCMM2009/index.htm.
The New England Regional Minority Health Conference on From Disparities to Equity: The Power to Make Change will be held October 14-16, 2009 at the Westin Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. For more information and to register, visit www.nermhc.com.
Job Opportunities
Cambridge Cares About AIDS is hiring a Needle Exchange Program Manager. For more information, visit http://www.ccaa.org/working.html.
Brigham and Women's Hospital is hiring a Youth Programs Intern to support their Summer Science Academy for rising ninth graders. Interviews for this position will take place within the next week. For the job description and to apply on-line, visit https://careers.partners.org/psc/EA/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&SiteId=1&HRS_JOB_OPENING_ID=2189553.
Teen Empowerment Somerville is hiring youth ages 14-21 for summer jobs. Please contact Amanda Holm at 617-328-0710 for more information.
Community Catalyst is seeking a Director for its Health Equity Campaign to lead its health advocacy campaign dealing with the unique health care and access issues facing low-income minority and immigrant populations, particularly during the current debate on national health reform. For more information, see the attached description called <Director Health Equity Campaign>.
Resources
A new calculator from the Marin Institute allows you to estimate increased revenue due to increasing state sales taxes on alcohol. Visit http://www.marininstitute.org/site/ to view it.