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Accessing our Best Inner Resources for Social Change: Meditations of Deep Replenishment and Compassionate Connection

July 10-12

Are you embodying the deepest spirit of your work? Are you looking for ways to revitalize your life of action? Then you might be interested in attending a 2 ½ day-meditation retreat, Accessing our Best Inner Resources for Social Change: Meditations of Deep Replenishment and Compassionate Connection, for social justice and service workers at the Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY, July 10-12. For more information, registration and scholarships please visit www.contemplativemind.org.

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SAVE THE DATE


Exhibit with APHA

November 7-11, 2009

The American Public Health Association's 137th Annual Meeting & Exposition is your vital link to the total public health marketplace....over  13,000 attendees. You have a unique opportunity to get the attention of these public health professionals.

  • APHA provides maximum visibility:

  • Dedicated Exhibit Hall Hours

  • 3 Full Meeting Registrations

  • Visibility for 10 months on the APHA Virtual Expo

  • Exhibitor Theatres

  • And much more!

Join APHA in Philadelphia, PA at the Pennsylvania Convention Center

 

For more info visit their website:

http://www.apha.org/meetings/exposition/

 

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October 6, 2009

Facing the Future: Healthy People, Places and Policies

Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center

Marlborough, MA

Goals:

·        Build new partnerships and strengthen collaborations to protect and promote health at the local and regional level.

·        Promote culturally responsive strategies to address health disparities and the social determinants of health. 

·        Examine opportunities to survive and thrive in the current economic environment.

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS

 The Ounce of Prevention Conference Planning Committee is accepting applications for workshops.

Please visit: http://www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/healthy_comm/ounce_prevention_workshop.pdf

for more information and to complete the application. 

Submissions are due:

June 15, 2009

 Please share this information with your contacts

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September 2009 – June 2010

The Massachusetts Forum for

Creating Healthier Communities

VII

Leading. Learning. Communicating.

An opportunity for learning and positive change

Trainings

Webinars & Online Tutorials

Technical Assistance & Coaching

Mentoring
 

Hone the Skills that Make a Difference
The MassForum training curriculum centers on eight core components. These components which are devoted to exploring ideas, enhancing skills, developing strategies, accessing tools and resources will lead to building safer and healthier communities. Trainings will be tailored to meet the needs of the participants and will be conducted by recognized national and local experts. Trainings will be conducted through face-to-face meetings, webinars, and online web tutorials. The core training components include:

• Understanding the Healthy Communities Approach

• Diversity and Cultural Competency

• Collaborative Leadership

• Working Together for Change: Building a Sustainable Coalition

• Community Visioning, Assessment, Action Planning, and Evaluation

• Developing Effective Approaches to Environmental Strategies and Policy
  Development

• Engaging Youth in Healthy Communities

• Effective Communication Planning

A commitment to attend all training sessions and to complete assignments is required for acceptance. Complete details, including full training course descriptions and updates, are available on the web at: www.masspartnership.org.

For more information: • Commonly asked questions:

www.masspartnership.org

Peter Lee: 617.279.2240 x507

plee@hria.org

TTY: 617.451.0007

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Various Dates

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The NERMHC 2009 conference theme is “From Disparities to Equity – The Power to Make Change”. The conference theme communicates the need to continue to create and maintain a health care and public health system that is fair, just, and impartial regardless of ethnicity, race, disability status, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status or age. Presenters must address the conference theme including (1) the impact and role of racism, bigotry, discrimination, and/or oppression and how these challenges are addressed within the strategy/intervention being presented and (2) how the strategy/intervention will impact future efforts to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health.

See brochure call-for-abstracts. PDF

Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities by 2010

From Disparities to Equity:
The Power to Make Change

October 14, 15 & 16, 2009

for more information visit www.nermhc.com

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HUMAN SERVICE FORUM
Various trainings are offered each year on topics relevant to human service organizations

www.humanserviceforum.org

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Professionalizing the Workforce, Tuition Remission for Community Human Service Providers, Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, 250 Summer Street, Suite 237, Boston, MA 02210.   To find out more about the program  visit http://www.providers.org  or email mailto:mcshp@providers.org for guidelines and information


Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Spring Seminars for Excellence in Nonprofit Management

http://www.berkshiretaconic.org/

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Training Available at the John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition at Framingham State College.  For more information, visit  www.johnstalkerinstitute.org

Various Dates

Tools for Today and Tomorrow Workshop Series,  The workshops strengthen your fundraising skills and enhance the attractiveness of your programs.  The series includes:

  • Finding Funders using Computer Databases and the Internet

  • Program Development

  • Fundamentals of  Proposal Writing

  • Advanced Proposal Writing

  • Budgeting for Program Managers

We also offer workshops on other topic such as raising money from individuals and diversifying funding sources. For more information contact: Western Massachusetts Funding Resource Center, Tel: (413) 452-0697 wmfrc@diospringfield.org

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