Weekly Digest 3/14/08
1 view
Skip to first unread message
HDSC Group Manager
Mar 14, 2008, 8:38:18 AM3/14/08
to Health Disparities Student Collaborative
Thank you for joining the Health Disparities Student Collaborative
Weekly Listserv! Please feel free to post your own relevant
announcements in the "discussion" section of our site (http://
groups.google.com/group/HDSC), or by emailing them to
healthdispari...@gmail.com. The listserv moderators will
include these announcements in the next weekly digest sent to the full
HDSC listserv.
This week's topics:
1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
2. CCHERS "Silent Choices" Film Screening
3. Lecture by Harvard Professor David Cutler on his book "Your Money
Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System"
4. Unnatural Causes -- Boston premiere at JFK Library
5. HCFA's 2008 Policy and Organizing Conference, "Building Momentum,
Moving Forward"
6. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
The Disparities Action Network (DAN) in Boston is looking for a
students to contribute a few hours to meeting with legislators in the
House and Senate to help educate them on disparities and DAN's budget
initiative to create an Office of Health Equity at the Executive
Office of Health & Human Services that will greatly enhance the
coordination of state agencies for health disparities elimination.
Interested? Contact Camille Watson (cwa...@hcfama.org)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. CCHERS "Silent Choices" Film Screening (March 19)
The Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service
(CCHERS) will be hosting a screening of the documentary "Silent
Choices" exploring the issue of abortion and birth control from the
perspective of African Americans. The film won Best Documentary at
the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival. The event is free and open to the
public, A panel discussion following the film features:
Byllye Y. Avery, Founder, National Black Women's Health Project and
President, Avery Institute for Social Change
Irvienne Goldson, Manager of Education & Training, Health Services,
Action for Boston Community Development
Dianne Luby, President/CEO, Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts
Faith Pennick, Writer, Director, Producer, "Silent Choices"
The event is this Wednesday, March 19th, from 6:00-8:00pm, at the
Raytheon Amphitheater at Northeastern University. For more
information on the film, please visit www.silentchoices.com, For more
information on the event, please call 617-373-5787 or
k.rus...@neu.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Lecture by Harvard Professor David Cutler on his book "Your Money
Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System" (March
25)
*Good health comes at a price, but how do we put a price on health?*
Who gets left out from accessing this basic human right?
On March 25 at 8pm in Cabot Auditorium at Tufts University , come hear
Professor David Cutler from Harvard University discuss his book "Your
Money Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care
System." Cutler raises important and
relevant issues to the state of American health care and adds a
valuable
perspective to a broader discussion of economic justice in society.
For
anyone interested in these issues and who someday will need to
purchase
health care, this is a talk not to miss. This event is sponsored by
the
Moral Voices Initiative at Tufts Hillel.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Unnatural Causes -- Boston premiere (March 27)
UNNATURAL CAUSES ... is inequality making us sick?
Please join Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the filmmaker, local officials and
community leaders for the Boston premiere of the film and a panel
discussion about creating a unified health equity agenda and how we
can all take action!
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Time: 5:30 - 6:15 pm, Reception
6:30 PM: Program and screening
Place: The John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA
RSVP: Seating is limited. Register on-line at:
www.unnaturalcausesbostonpremiere.eventbrite.com or call 617-534-2622
by March 20, 2008.
Panelists include: Dr. Barbara Ferrer (Executive Director, Boston
Public Health Commission), John Auerbach, DPH (Commissioner,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Llew Smith (California
Newsreel film producer), Dr. Nancy Norman (Medical Director, Boston
Public Health Commission), Dr. Joseph Betancourt (Director, MGH
Disparities Solution Center) and Dr. Nancy Krieger (Harvard School of
Public Health).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. HCFA's 2008 Policy and Organizing Conference, "Building Momentum,
Moving Forward" (March 28)
Health Care For All's annual Policy and Organizing Conference will be
held this year on Friday, March 28th at the Holiday Inn Boxborough,
242 Adams Place, Boxborough MA. This year's theme will be "Building
Momentum, Moving Forward."
This conference is a great chance to meet and hear from the lawmakers,
community leaders, business leaders, and organizers who are working to
make affordable, quality health care for all a reality in
Massachusetts!
This year's conference will feature:
** Addresses from Executive Office of Administration and Finance
Secretary Leslie Kirwan, Connector Authority Member Nancy Turnbull,
and HCFA Executive Director John McDonough.
** Workshops covering the latest healthcare access and affordability
topics
** Display tables from key healthcare providers, advocates, and
community organizations
** Networking Opportunities
To register for the conference, or to reserve a display table, please
visit http://www.hcfama.org/conf08
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far? (April 8)
A forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Health Association's
Health Disparities Section, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
ABCD Boston 178 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor, Cass Room
(click here for map)
Come learn about how health insurance reform affects immigrant
communities and find out how you can get involved!
Featured speakers:
Linda Gabruk, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Lori Abrams Berry, Lynn Community Health Center
A third speaker will discuss the implementation of health reform.
Moderator: Jacob Smith Yang, Massachusetts Asians & Pacific Islanders
for Health (MAP for Health)
Co-sponsored by: ABCD, MIRA Coalition, Health Care for All, and the
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
For more information, please contact Sonia Alam at 617-524-6696 x103;
alam....@gmail.com.
Weekly Listserv! Please feel free to post your own relevant
announcements in the "discussion" section of our site (http://
groups.google.com/group/HDSC), or by emailing them to
healthdispari...@gmail.com. The listserv moderators will
include these announcements in the next weekly digest sent to the full
HDSC listserv.
This week's topics:
1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
2. CCHERS "Silent Choices" Film Screening
3. Lecture by Harvard Professor David Cutler on his book "Your Money
Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System"
4. Unnatural Causes -- Boston premiere at JFK Library
5. HCFA's 2008 Policy and Organizing Conference, "Building Momentum,
Moving Forward"
6. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Help the Disparities Action Network educate policymakers about
health disparities
The Disparities Action Network (DAN) in Boston is looking for a
students to contribute a few hours to meeting with legislators in the
House and Senate to help educate them on disparities and DAN's budget
initiative to create an Office of Health Equity at the Executive
Office of Health & Human Services that will greatly enhance the
coordination of state agencies for health disparities elimination.
Interested? Contact Camille Watson (cwa...@hcfama.org)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. CCHERS "Silent Choices" Film Screening (March 19)
The Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service
(CCHERS) will be hosting a screening of the documentary "Silent
Choices" exploring the issue of abortion and birth control from the
perspective of African Americans. The film won Best Documentary at
the 2007 Roxbury Film Festival. The event is free and open to the
public, A panel discussion following the film features:
Byllye Y. Avery, Founder, National Black Women's Health Project and
President, Avery Institute for Social Change
Irvienne Goldson, Manager of Education & Training, Health Services,
Action for Boston Community Development
Dianne Luby, President/CEO, Planned Parenthood League of
Massachusetts
Faith Pennick, Writer, Director, Producer, "Silent Choices"
The event is this Wednesday, March 19th, from 6:00-8:00pm, at the
Raytheon Amphitheater at Northeastern University. For more
information on the film, please visit www.silentchoices.com, For more
information on the event, please call 617-373-5787 or
k.rus...@neu.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Lecture by Harvard Professor David Cutler on his book "Your Money
Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care System" (March
25)
*Good health comes at a price, but how do we put a price on health?*
Who gets left out from accessing this basic human right?
On March 25 at 8pm in Cabot Auditorium at Tufts University , come hear
Professor David Cutler from Harvard University discuss his book "Your
Money Or Your Life: Strong Medicine for America's Health Care
System." Cutler raises important and
relevant issues to the state of American health care and adds a
valuable
perspective to a broader discussion of economic justice in society.
For
anyone interested in these issues and who someday will need to
purchase
health care, this is a talk not to miss. This event is sponsored by
the
Moral Voices Initiative at Tufts Hillel.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. Unnatural Causes -- Boston premiere (March 27)
UNNATURAL CAUSES ... is inequality making us sick?
Please join Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the filmmaker, local officials and
community leaders for the Boston premiere of the film and a panel
discussion about creating a unified health equity agenda and how we
can all take action!
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Time: 5:30 - 6:15 pm, Reception
6:30 PM: Program and screening
Place: The John F. Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA
RSVP: Seating is limited. Register on-line at:
www.unnaturalcausesbostonpremiere.eventbrite.com or call 617-534-2622
by March 20, 2008.
Panelists include: Dr. Barbara Ferrer (Executive Director, Boston
Public Health Commission), John Auerbach, DPH (Commissioner,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health), Llew Smith (California
Newsreel film producer), Dr. Nancy Norman (Medical Director, Boston
Public Health Commission), Dr. Joseph Betancourt (Director, MGH
Disparities Solution Center) and Dr. Nancy Krieger (Harvard School of
Public Health).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. HCFA's 2008 Policy and Organizing Conference, "Building Momentum,
Moving Forward" (March 28)
Health Care For All's annual Policy and Organizing Conference will be
held this year on Friday, March 28th at the Holiday Inn Boxborough,
242 Adams Place, Boxborough MA. This year's theme will be "Building
Momentum, Moving Forward."
This conference is a great chance to meet and hear from the lawmakers,
community leaders, business leaders, and organizers who are working to
make affordable, quality health care for all a reality in
Massachusetts!
This year's conference will feature:
** Addresses from Executive Office of Administration and Finance
Secretary Leslie Kirwan, Connector Authority Member Nancy Turnbull,
and HCFA Executive Director John McDonough.
** Workshops covering the latest healthcare access and affordability
topics
** Display tables from key healthcare providers, advocates, and
community organizations
** Networking Opportunities
To register for the conference, or to reserve a display table, please
visit http://www.hcfama.org/conf08
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Immigrants and Health Reform: What Do We Know So Far? (April 8)
A forum sponsored by the Massachusetts Public Health Association's
Health Disparities Section, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
ABCD Boston 178 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor, Cass Room
(click here for map)
Come learn about how health insurance reform affects immigrant
communities and find out how you can get involved!
Featured speakers:
Linda Gabruk, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
Lori Abrams Berry, Lynn Community Health Center
A third speaker will discuss the implementation of health reform.
Moderator: Jacob Smith Yang, Massachusetts Asians & Pacific Islanders
for Health (MAP for Health)
Co-sponsored by: ABCD, MIRA Coalition, Health Care for All, and the
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
For more information, please contact Sonia Alam at 617-524-6696 x103;
alam....@gmail.com.
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages