Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference in Minneapolis May 31 - June 3, 2006
Today's entry is from the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH). Thanks to Sarena Seifer of CCPH for sending it along.
Registration now open!
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 9th Conference
Walking the Talk: Achieving the Promise of Authentic Partnerships
May 31 - June 3, 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html
We invite you to join hundreds of colleagues who - like you - are passionate about the power of partnerships to transform communities and academe. Gain knowledge and and skills in service-learning, community-based participatory research, community and economic development, partnership sustainability and more!
Featured Keynote Speakers:
- Loretta Jones, Executive Director, Healthy African American Families
- Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#KeynoteSpeakers
Plenary Panel of Funding Agency Representatives:
- Joan Cleary, Associate Director of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
- Sarah Flicker, Chief Research Scientist of the Wellesley Central Health Corporation
- Juli Kaufmann, Director of the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
- Francisco Sy, Chief of the Office of Community-Based Participatory Research and Outreach in the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health
- Terri D. Wright, Program Director at the WK Kellogg Foundation
Register for a Pre-Conference Institute - Space is Limited!
Pre-conference institutes on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 provide participants
with in-depth knowledge and skills. Topics include:
- Engaging Campuses as Authentic Partners: Tips & Strategies for Community Leaders
- Essentials of Service-Learning Partnerships
- Community-Based Participatory Research: Developing & Sustaining Partnerships
- Practical Guidance for Authors Writing About Community-Based Participatory Research
- Making Your Best Case for Promotion and/or Tenure: A Toolkit for Community-Engaged Faculty Members
- Walk in My Shoes: Participatory Learning that Strengthens Partnerships
- Community-Campus Partnerships and Rural Health Workforce Development: A Pre-Conference Institute and Community Site Visit
Preview Conference Sessions - Now Available Online! A brief description of each skill-building workshop, story session, thematic poster session and poster that will be presented at this year's conference is available at
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#Agenda
Financial Support Available for Community-Based Participants from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Montana - Funding is provided through a generous grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation to defray the costs of conference registration and/or lodging. Applications must be received by mail or fax no later than Monday, April 17, 2006 at 5 pm PST. See details at http://www.ccph.info
Academic Credit Option - New This Year! Through a partnership with the Summer 2006 Public Health Institute (PHI) sponsored by the School of
Public Health at the University of Minnesota, participants of CCPH's
9th Conference now have the option of receiving academic credit while
attending the conference. For more information, visit
http://www.sph.umn.edu/publichealthplanet/ or contact PHI at 612-625-2954.
Become a Conference Exhibitor and Co-Sponsor! Exhibitors and co-sponsors
are essential to the success of the conference by directly connecting
attendees to valuable programs, products and services. Meet our current
co-sponsors at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-coexhibit.html. Find
out how your organization can join this esteemed group by visiting
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html.
Save the Date! CCPH 10th Anniversary Conference: April 11 - 14,
2007, in Toronto. The call for conference session and poster proposals
will be released this summer. Stay tuned for details at http://www.ccph.info
Questions? Visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-contacts.html
or contact Anne Moreau, CCPH program assistant at (206) 543-8178 or ccphuw@u.washington.edu.
We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis this Spring!