APANO State of Cultural Competency Forum: June 2, PCC SE Center

[Christel Allen]

Dear HSCO Members,

Please find the following announcement from Joseph Santos-Lyons. For their upcoming State of Cultural Competency Forum, APANO is looking for broad participation from key health institutional stakeholders, foundations and public agency allies to discuss cultural competency and the health issues impacting Asian and Pacific Islanders. Attached is a flyer, and please feel free to forward the following information to any of your health advocacy networks.

Date/Time: Saturday June 2, 2012 10am-2pm
Location: PCC SE Center (2305 SE 82nd, Portland, OR)
Cost: Free if you register on or before May 19,  2012, $10.00 after
Register online: www.apano.org

Christel Allen
Human Services Coalition of Oregon

You’re invited to APANO’s State of Cultural Competency Community Forum Saturday June 2nd!  Please check out and share our flyer with your networks healthequity-flyer2012-finallowres.pdf

Date:/Time: Saturday June 2, 2012 10am-2pm
Location: PCC SE Center (2305 SE 82nd, Portland, OR)
Cost: Free if you register on or before May 19,  2012, $10.00 after.
Register online at www.apano.org

We want to ask our community:

What are times when you are healthy and happy?

What factors lead to good health in your community?

How can we strengthen the API voice in health advocacy?

 We know that our culture shapes our health, and is a strength that supports us being healthy and happy. We also know that many of our API communities face serious health
disparities, including language barriers and lack culturally competent care.  Health care reform is changing how over one million Oregonians will receive care, and impacting some of our most vulnerable community members.
 Join us for an important community forum and opportunity to engage with policy-makers.  We invite community members, health professionals, faith leaders, and individuals who seek to share and learn about how the Asian and Pacific Islander community can engage in health equity.  

Key speakers and facilitators include:

• Representative Alissa Keny-Guyer, House Health Committee
• Dr. Connie Nguyen-Truong, OHSU and key researcher
• Holden Leung, Executive Director Asian Health and Service Center
• Emily Wang, Oregon Heatlh Authority Health Equity Policy Analyst

What to expect?

• Share your health stories
• Dialogue directly with important political decision-makers
• Learn about what is at stake for communities of color in Oregon.  
• Meet and build relationships with other API community members.

Collectively, we can make a difference and change the way healthcare is delivered for communities of color in Oregon.

Date:/Time: Saturday June 2, 2012 10am-2pm
Location: PCC SE Center (2305 SE 82nd, Portland, OR)
Cost: Free if you register on or before May 19,  2012, $10.00 after.
Register online at www.apano.org

For more information contact chia...@apano.org or call 971-340-4861

Morning refreshments and lunch will be provided, free parking in PCC SE Center lot, TriMet #4 and #72.

 The Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon is a statewide, grassroots organization, uniting Asians and Pacific Islanders to achieve social justice.  We use our collective strengths to advance equity through empowering, organizing and advocating with our communities.

Joseph
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Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, Development and Policy Director [calendar]
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
O: 971-340-4861 | M: 503-512-0490 | www.apano.org
Leftbank Building 240 N Broadway Suite 215, Portland, OR 97227

We envision a just and equitable world where Asians and Pacific Islanders are
fully engaged in the social, economic and political issues that affect us.