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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Newsletter for October 29, 2010<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Greetings Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">Thank you for the important role you play in promoting health and well being in Oregon's diverse</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">communities. The Office of Multicultural Health and Services often receives </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">information from across the</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">country and the state of Oregon which we are pleased to compile </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">and share with you once a week. In turn,</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">we hope you will share this information with your community and professional networks</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 4pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">September is <SPAN style="COLOR: #ef5bff">National Breast Cancer Awareness Month</SPAN> </SPAN></STRONG><A href="http://www.nbcam.org/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">http://www.nbcam.org/</SPAN></A><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 4pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">These topics may be of interest to you:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">1.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Department of Human services and Other Contract and Funding Opportunities (pg 1)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in; BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">2.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>State and Other Employment Opportunities (pg 2-12)<SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.75pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></H1>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TTBC04C348t00">3.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Student Fellowships and Conferences</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (pg 12-19)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in"><SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">4.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Community Events (19-22)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">6.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Health Resource Updates and Other Information (pg 34-46)</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; MARGIN: 4pt 0in 4pt 0.45in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">7.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Call for Submissions, Presentations, Abstracts, Collaboration and Participation</SPAN> (pg 46-51) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 4pt 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Follow this link to the Newsletter: </SPAN><A href="http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/omh/newsletter/index.shtml"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/omh/newsletter/index.shtml</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 6pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">If you wish to submit information to include in our newsletter, please provide the original announcement, a</SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Vladimir Script'; COLOR: purple; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alexis<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Alexis M. Asihene</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #0033cc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 12pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Community Engagement Coordinator<BR>Office of Multicultural Health & Services<BR>Department of Human Service/ Oregon Health Authority<BR>800 NE Oregon St., Ste 550<BR>Portland, OR 97232<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Ph: 971.673.1283<BR>Fax: 971.673.1128</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Email: <A href="mailto:Alexis.M.Asihene@state.or.us"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Alexis.M.Asihene@state.or.us</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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