Community Health Priorities: A Resource for Oregon in Action

Health Equity Open Forum Series

Global Distress in Health Care: Health Equity and Doctor-Patient Burnout: What is health?  What influences the relationship with our providers? How can we empower ourselves and our communities to stay healthy? Health is a privilege and it is not granted equally. Social inequalities shape our experiences.  Come and explore this topic with us at a facilitated community forum, as we discuss the various factors that influence our health and the relationship with our providers. This is the third forum of a series that was sponsored by Community Health Priorities. Health care providers are encouraged to attend. Peter Spencer and Valerie Palmer from the Global Health Center at OHSU will be helping lead this conversation.
When: December 10th, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: OHSU School of Nursing, 3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd, Portland, OR
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Pierre Morin at 503-231-7480, Ext 662 or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Consuming Kids Film and Discussion (Eugene)

What’s the role of “commercialization” on our health and the health of our children?

We often talk about how we need to help make the healthy choice the easy choice, but why is it such an uphill battle?

The makers of the film “Consuming Kids: The commercialization of Childhood” offer one suggestion, and it is a multi-billion dollar one.

Drawing on the insights of health care professionals, children’s advocates, and industry insiders, the film focuses on the explosive growth of child marketing in the wake of deregulation, showing how youth marketers have used the latest advances in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience to transform American children into one of the most powerful and profitable consumer demographics in the world. Consuming Kids pushes back against the wholesale commercialization of childhood, raising urgent questions about the ethics of children’s marketing and its impact on the health and well-being of kids.

Community Health Priorities has provided a small grant to make this film, and a discussion session, available for free in Eugene Oregon on Wednesday, December 9.

WHEN:
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
University of Oregon HEDCO Building, Room 220. 1655 Alder Street, Eugene, Oregon.

From Alder Street, go east 1/2 block on 17th. Free parking is available. 
We’ve invited four local media experts to join the conversation- UO professors Carl Bybee and Debra Merskin; public relations and marketing professional Jenny Ulum; and Beth Gerot, Vice Chair of Eugene School District 4j board. Marilyn Klug will serve as panel moderator. 

Community Issues Breakfast and Forum

Northwest Health Foundation is pleased to present, along with United Way of the Columbia Willamette, the Community Issues Breakfast and Forum:

October 8, 2009
Hilton Portland
921 6th Avenue

Join us for one or all three:

Breakfast 7:30 to 9:15 - Featuring Keynote Address by Dr. Adewale Troutman, Director of Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville School of Public Health.

Forum 9:30 to noon - Working session to find out what’s happening in the region.

Networking lunch - noon to 1:00 p.m. - Networking lunch including Q&A with presenters.

RSVP by October 1: Call 503-226-9360.

Building Livable Communities 2009: A Vision for Oregon’s Future

You’re invited to join Oregon AARP and Oregon Association of Area Agencies on Aging & Disabilities for a day of learning, listening and sharing as we envision and plan for livable communities for people of all ages. As part of the Oregon Civic Engagement Conference, attendees will collectively explore the concepts of livable communities with state and national experts—issues like affordable housing, public safety and accessible transportation.

Thursday, October 1, 2009
8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Salem Conference Center
200 Commercial St. SE, Salem, OR
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Experts will share their knowledge, experiences and challenges, and discuss how to build more livable communities throughout Oregon. Attendees will learn more about becoming catalysts for change in their neighborhoods and communities.
Cost: $80 (scholarships and limited travel stipends are available)

Session topics include:
    * What Makes a Community Livable
    * Shaping our Futures: Creating Livable Communities
    * Working Together: Building a Common Agenda
    * Catalysts for Change: Collective Action for Livable Communities
Special guests include:
    * Nancy Henkin, Temple University’s Center for Intergenerational Learning
    * Margaret Neal, Portland State University’s Institute on Aging
    * John Mullin, Oregon Law Center

Please call AARP Oregon at (503) 513-7350 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to learn more.

Housing Land Advocates Conference: Seeing Beyond Green

Registration now open for the Third Annual Housing Land Advocates Conference this September!

SEEING BEYOND GREEN:
Building Sustainable, Affordable and Diverse Communities
2009 Housing Land Advocates Conference

·  What is sustainability?

·  How does affordable housing fit into planning sustainable communities?

·  How do social and economic issues relate to sustainability?

·  How doesOregon’s land use planning system address these concerns?

·  What have we learned from mixed-income planned neighborhoods in the region?

These are questions that this conference will address as we navigate the interdependent frontiers of sustainability, affordable housing and land use planning inOregon. 

Friday, September 25, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Gresham City Hall Conference Center
1333 NW Eastman Parkway / MAX Blue Line Gresham City Hall Station

Registration closes September 14; limited scholarships available & due Sept 8; visit the Housing Land Advocates website to register.

Co‐sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association (OAPA)

Aging Artfully: Learning From Women Over 85

    * Meet Award-Winning Author Amy Gorman
    * Join In her first public appearance in Portland, featuring presentation & conversation on Aging and Creativity
    * Enjoy a screening of the short film Still Kicking, featuring profiles of visual & performing women artists aged 85–105

WHEN: Friday, September 11th, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

WHERE: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
White Stag Block
70 NW Couch Street
Portland, OR 97209-4038
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Suggested Donation:  $5.00: Your generous donation makes it possible to bring special programs like this to Portland!
Pre-Registration Required here.

For More Information call (503) 731-6650 or visit www.lifebydesignnw.org

Amy Gorman, the founder of Project Arts and Longevity in the SF area, has thoughtfully been exploring the creative lives of women over the age
of 85. She has captured their lives both in music and through narrative history.

Her book “Aging Artfully: 12 Profiles of Visual and Performing Women Artists 85-105” won a Bronze Medal from the 2007 Independent Publishing Book Awards (IPPYS).

Her work has also resulted in a film, Still Kicking, which profiles the stories of some of the several women she interviewed.

Oregon Healthy Corner Stores Discussion

In response to recent informal conversations about Healthy Corner Stores, the Oregon Nutrition Policy Alliance (ONPA) and Community Health Partnership will convene a two-hour discussion, “Oregon Healthy Corner Stores: Exploring Possibilities,” on September 2nd 2:00-4:00pm. The goal of this discussion will be to provide a basic overview of Healthy Corner Store initiatives, learn about any efforts already underway in Oregon , and brainstorm how partners in the room may contribute to or benefit from local initiatives.

WHEN: September 2, 2009, 2:00-4:00
WHERE: Northwest Health Foundation
221 SW 2nd Ave, Suite 300
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Please RSVP if you plan to attend:
Noelle Dobson
503-227-5502, x224
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The discussion will address a diversity of questions:

• How can the new WIC packages being implemented this fall open opportunities to increase fruit and vegetable sales at corner stores?

• What lessons can we learn from the farm to school initiatives that would translate to corner stores?

• How can local urban planning and food system policy promote healthy corner stores in all neighborhoods?

• What data do we need in our region to move forward with a corner store initiative?

Sunday Parkways - SE Portland

Opening streets to walking, bicycling, rolling, and roller blading - without having to watch out for cars!

Sunday Parkways are 7-8 mile “temporary parks” along city streets connecting neighborhoods and residents in North, Northeast and Southeast Portland.

A relaxed, non-competitive, FREE event featuring a variety of activities in several parks and along the routes.

Intersections are staffed by volunteers allowing residents to get to and from their driveways, with larger streets supervised by Portland Police Bureau staff and certified flaggers.

Sunday Parkways gives Portlanders a chance to get out and be active right in their own neighborhood. Participants walked, biked, rolled, ran, strolled, and roller bladed along the route to activities in the parks as well as to nearby shops and businesses in the vicinity.

Sunday Parkways highlights Portland as a walkable and bikeable city.  Sunday Parkways is ideal for connecting neighborhoods by bringing people together with healthy activities.  Health, transportation, recreation, community, environmental, and safety interests all benefit by partnering to implement Sunday Parkways.

Visit the City of Portland Sunday Parkways Website for more information

Native American Youth and Family Center Housing to Homeowner’s Fair

4th Annual Housing to Homeowner’s Fair at the Native American Youth and Family Center

For Metro area American Indian/Alaska Native community members (individuals and families) interested in housing stability and homeownership information and resources.
Free
Come for info, food, and entertainment
Open to the public
July 25, 2009 at 10:00AM - 3:00PM
Location: NAYA Gymnasium, 5135 NE Columbia Blvd, Portland, OR 97218 map

Contact Sara Libby for more information 503-288-8177 ext. 232.

Sunday Parkways NE Portland

Opening streets to walking, bicycling, rolling, and roller blading - without having to watch out for cars!

Sunday Parkways are 7-8 mile “temporary parks” along city streets connecting neighborhoods and residents in North, Northeast and Southeast Portland.

A relaxed, non-competitive, FREE event featuring a variety of activities in several parks and along the routes.

Intersections are staffed by volunteers allowing residents to get to and from their driveways, with larger streets supervised by Portland Police Bureau staff and certified flaggers.

Sunday Parkways gives Portlanders a chance to get out and be active right in their own neighborhood. Participants walked, biked, rolled, ran, strolled, and roller bladed along the route to activities in the parks as well as to nearby shops and businesses in the vicinity.

Sunday Parkways highlights Portland as a walkable and bikeable city.  Sunday Parkways is ideal for connecting neighborhoods by bringing people together with healthy activities.  Health, transportation, recreation, community, environmental, and safety interests all benefit by partnering to implement Sunday Parkways.

Visit the City of Portland Sunday Parkways Website for more information