Community Health Priorities: A Resource for Oregon in Action

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Northwest Health Foundation is a major partner for the eleventh annual conference for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health taking place from May 12-15, 2010 in Portland and we invite you to share your knowledge, wisdom and experience! You are encouraged to submit a proposal for a session or poster presentation at the conference.

The conference, “Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships” promises to be CCPH’s best yet as hundreds of community and campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! Whether you are new to community-based participatory research (CBPR), service-learning or community-campus partnerships and looking for basics to get started, or have been involved for years and seeking more advanced knowledge and connections, this is one conference you will not want to miss!

With its focus on Creating the Future We Want to Be, the conference seeks to empower individuals and partnerships to create a just and sustainable future, so that we need not be passive participants in the status quo or mere witnesses to the change determined by others. With its focus on Transformation through Partnerships, the conference seeks to highlight the power of partnerships to lead and inspire transformation at all levels.

The CCPH conference draws diverse participants who share a commitment to social justice and a passion for the power of partnerships to transform communities and academe.  All CCPH conference participants, whether they are community activists, students, faculty, CEOs, foundation program officers, community health workers, or public health researchers, are embraced for the knowledge, wisdom and experience they bring to the table.

For more information on the conference, visit the CCPH website: http://www.ccph.info/. Download the flyer.

Oregon DHS Community Forums: Eugene

You are invited to this important discussion about the priorities in your community.

The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority are hosting a series of statewide public forums this spring. You are invited to come share your ideas about local needs and priorities for the 2011-2013 budget and beyond.

Eugene
Wednesday, May 12, 1-4 p.m.
Lane Community College
Center for Meeting and Learning
4000 E 30th Ave

To see the full schedule of dates and locations: http://www.dhs.state.or.us/communityforum/

Oregon DHS Community Forums: Portland

You are invited to this important discussion about the priorities in your community.

The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority are hosting a series of statewide public forums this spring. You are invited to come share your ideas about local needs and priorities for the 2011-2013 budget and beyond.

Attend any or all of these events!
Portland

Wednesday, April 21, 1-4 p.m.
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd.

To see the full schedule of dates and locations: http://www.dhs.state.or.us/communityforum/

Oregon DHS Community Forums: Salem

You are invited to this important discussion about the priorities in your community.

The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority are hosting a series of statewide public forums this spring. You are invited to come share your ideas about local needs and priorities for the 2011-2013 budget and beyond.

Attend any or all of these events!
Salem

Monday, April 19, 1-4 p.m.
Cascade Hall,
Oregon State Fairgrounds
2330 17th St. NE

Oregon DHS Community Forums: Pendleton

You are invited to this important discussion about the priorities in your community.

The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority are hosting a series of statewide public forums this spring. You are invited to come share your ideas about local needs and priorities for the 2011-2013 budget and beyond.

Attend any or all of these events!

Pendleton

Thursday, April 15, 1 p.m.,
DHS Office
1555 Southgate Place

Teleconference on this date from Baker City, Burns, Hermiston, John Day, La Grande or Ontario. Please watch this page for more information on how to join the teleconference.

To see the full schedule of dates and locations: http://www.dhs.state.or.us/communityforum/

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)