<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Alissa Leavitt, MPH, MCHES</span><div><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">OPHA Health Education & Promotion Section Chair<br><a href="mailto:green.alissa@gmail.com">aleavitt.opha@gmail.com</a><br><a href="tel:503-358-2331" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3/1">503-358-2331</a></span><div><br></div><div>Sent via iPhone. Please excuse any grammatical errors. </div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Alissa Leavitt <<a href="mailto:alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu">alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 26, 2014 at 4:13:44 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Alissa Leavitt <<a href="mailto:aleavitt.opha@gmail.com">aleavitt.opha@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: SAVE THE DATE: Community Health Workers: Diverse and Talented Health Professionals for the 21st Century</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Noelle WIGGINS</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noelle.wiggins@multco.us">noelle.wiggins@multco.us</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:37 PM<br>Subject: SAVE THE DATE: Community Health Workers: Diverse and Talented Health Professionals for the 21st Century<br>To: Peter HATCHER <<a href="mailto:peter.w.hatcher@multco.us">peter.w.hatcher@multco.us</a>>, Shirley Lillian <<a href="mailto:lillian.shirley@state.or.us">lillian.shirley@state.or.us</a>>, Paul LEWIS <<a href="mailto:paul.f.lewis@multco.us">paul.f.lewis@multco.us</a>>, Rujuta GAONKAR <<a href="mailto:rujuta.gaonkar@multco.us">rujuta.gaonkar@multco.us</a>>, Julie E MAHER <<a href="mailto:julie.e.maher@state.or.us">julie.e.maher@state.or.us</a>>, <a href="mailto:ORCHWA@googlegroups.com">ORCHWA@googlegroups.com</a>, Zeenia Junkeer <<a href="mailto:ZJunkeer@ulpdx.org">ZJunkeer@ulpdx.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:lizzie@orchwa.org">lizzie@orchwa.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lizzie@orchwa.org">lizzie@orchwa.org</a>>, Jessica Rodriguez-Montegna <<a href="mailto:Montegna@pdx.edu">Montegna@pdx.edu</a>>, "Maes, Kenneth" <<a href="mailto:Kenneth.Maes@oregonstate.edu">Kenneth.Maes@oregonstate.edu</a>>, Bill Wright <<a href="mailto:Bill.Wright@providence.org">Bill.Wright@providence.org</a>>, Lawrence Wallack <<a href="mailto:wallackl@pdx.edu">wallackl@pdx.edu</a>>, Ty Schwoeffermann <<a href="mailto:ty.r.schwoeffermann@state.or.us">ty.r.schwoeffermann@state.or.us</a>>, Benjamin DUNCAN <<a href="mailto:benjamin.e.duncan@multco.us">benjamin.e.duncan@multco.us</a>>, Sonali BALAJEE <<a href="mailto:sonali.s.balajee@multco.us">sonali.s.balajee@multco.us</a>>, CCC All Staff <<a href="mailto:ccc-all-staff@multco.us">ccc-all-staff@multco.us</a>>, Raffaele TIMARCHI <<a href="mailto:raffaele.timarchi@multco.us">raffaele.timarchi@multco.us</a>>, Roberta PHILLIP <<a href="mailto:roberta.phillip@multco.us">roberta.phillip@multco.us</a>>, Kali Thorne <<a href="mailto:kali@kairospdx.org">kali@kairospdx.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:alberto@orlhc.org">alberto@orlhc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:alberto@orlhc.org">alberto@orlhc.org</a>>, Carmen Rubio <<a href="mailto:carmen@latnet.org">carmen@latnet.org</a>>, Kayse Jama <<a href="mailto:kayse@interculturalorganizing.org">kayse@interculturalorganizing.org</a>>, Consuelo SARAGOZA <<a href="mailto:consuelo.c.saragoza@multco.us">consuelo.c.saragoza@multco.us</a>>, Dana Fuller <<a href="mailto:dana.fuller@pcc.edu">dana.fuller@pcc.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu">alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu">alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu</a>>, "Ufford, Lori" <<a href="mailto:LUfford@cgcc.edu">LUfford@cgcc.edu</a>>, Lori Kenney <<a href="mailto:lori@svpportland.org">lori@svpportland.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:april.ellerbe@newcenturyplanning.net">april.ellerbe@newcenturyplanning.net</a>, Carol I CHENEY <<a href="mailto:carol.i.cheney@state.or.us">carol.i.cheney@state.or.us</a>>, "Matthew J. Morton" <<a href="mailto:matthewm@nayapdx.org">matthewm@nayapdx.org</a>>, Ashley Thirstrup <<a href="mailto:ashleyt@nayapdx.org">ashleyt@nayapdx.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:corim@nayapdx.org">corim@nayapdx.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:corim@nayapdx.org">corim@nayapdx.org</a>>, PURCELL Midge <<a href="mailto:mpurcell@ulpdx.org">mpurcell@ulpdx.org</a>>, Patricia Rojas <<a href="mailto:PRojas@catholiccharitiesoregon.org">PRojas@catholiccharitiesoregon.org</a>>, Lorena Sprager <<a href="mailto:lsprager@gorge.net">lsprager@gorge.net</a>>, Tina Castanares <<a href="mailto:tina.castanares@gorge.net">tina.castanares@gorge.net</a>>, Luis Manriquez <<a href="mailto:manriqul@ohsu.edu">manriqul@ohsu.edu</a>>, Brian Park <<a href="mailto:parbr@ohsu.edu">parbr@ohsu.edu</a>><br>
Cc: Meredith Roberts Tomasi <<a href="mailto:m.roberts.tomasi@gmail.com">m.roberts.tomasi@gmail.com</a>>, Bob Lowe <<a href="mailto:lowero@ohsu.edu">lowero@ohsu.edu</a>>, Asma Ahmad <<a href="mailto:asma.ahmad503@gmail.com">asma.ahmad503@gmail.com</a>>, Abdullah HAFEEDH <<a href="mailto:abdullah.hafeedh@multco.us">abdullah.hafeedh@multco.us</a>>, Rosa Klein <<a href="mailto:rosa.klein@post.harvard.edu">rosa.klein@post.harvard.edu</a>>, Elizur Bello <<a href="mailto:elizurb@nextdoorinc.org">elizurb@nextdoorinc.org</a>>, "Turnbull, Nancy" <<a href="mailto:nturnbul@hsph.harvard.edu">nturnbul@hsph.harvard.edu</a>><br>
<br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">SAVE THE DATE! </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 5-7 P.M.</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">The Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School of
Government </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Portland Area Alumni Associations Cordially Invite You to Attend:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Community Health
Workers: </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Diverse and
Talented Health Professionals </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">for the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century*</span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Community Health Workers (CHWs)
are trusted community members who promote health and decrease inequities in
their own communities. The majority of
CHWs come from diverse communities that are currently underrepresented among
the ranks of health, social work and public policy professionals. CHWs represent an existing workforce that can
vastly increase the diversity of the health, social service, and policy
professions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">This event will bring together
CHWs from diverse communities and alumni of graduate programs in health, social
work and public policy. CHWs will raise
awareness about their profession and its actual and potential contribution to
achieving the Quadruple Aim (better quality care, lower cost of care, improved
population health, and increased health equity). Leaders from graduate schools of public
health will provide information about their programs. CHWs and alumni will
network, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">opening the pathway into graduate school for CHWs and better
integrating CHWs into the health workforce</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Featured Speakers: </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Nancy Turnbull,
PhD, Senior Lecturer on Health Policy, Associate Dean for Professional
Education, Harvard School of Public Health</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></p>
<h1 style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Jeff Oxendine, MBA, MPH, </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal">Associate
Dean, Center for Public Health Practice, Project Director, California Pacific
Public Health Training Center, Project Director, Health Careers Opportunity
Program</span></h1>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"> University Club, </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">1225 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, Fireside
Room</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR THIS IMPORTANT EVENT!</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">For information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact:</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Noelle Wiggins, </span><a href="mailto:ninanoelia@msn.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:blue">ninanoelia@msn.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">, HSPH</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Rosa Klein, </span><a href="mailto:rosa.klein@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:blue">rosa.klein@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">, HKS</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Asma Ahmed, </span><a href="mailto:asma.ahmed503@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:blue">asma.ahmed503@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">, HSPH</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Meredith Roberts Tomasi , </span><a href="mailto:m.roberts.tomasi@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">m.roberts.tomasi@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">, HSPH</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">*This event is
made possible in part by a grant from the Cambia Health Foundation.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif">Noelle Wiggins, EdD, MSPH</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif">Director, Community Capacitation Center</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif">Multnomah County Health Department</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif">10317 E Burnside St.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif">Portland, OR 97216</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><a href="tel:503-988-6250%2C%20x26646" value="+15039886250" target="_blank">503-988-6250, x26646</a></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:noelle.wiggins@multco.us" target="_blank">noelle.wiggins@multco.us</a></font><font color="#000000" face="georgia,serif"> </font></div>
<div><a href="http://web.multco.us/health/community-capacitation-center" target="_blank">http://web.multco.us/health/community-capacitation-center</a></div>
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<div><font color="#292526" face="Minion-Regular" size="3"><font color="#292526" face="Minion-Regular" size="3"><font color="#292526" face="georgia,serif">"The real wealth of humankind is, after all, not the aggregate of privately controlled wealth, but the aggregate of realized human potential . . ." </font></font></font><font color="#292526" face="Minion-Regular" size="3"><font color="#292526" face="Minion-Regular" size="3"><font color="#292526" face="georgia,serif">(Gil, D. G. [2006]. Reflections on health and social justice. <i>Contemporary Justice Review, 9</i>, 39-46.)</font></font></font></div>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>Alissa Leavitt, MPH, MCHES<br></font></span><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>Program Director<br>
</font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>Lactation Education and Consultant Program<br></font></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>Portland Community College (PCC)</font></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><a href="mailto:lactation@pcc.edu" target="_blank">lactation@pcc.edu</a><br></font></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font><span style="line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.pcc.edu/programs/lactation" target="_blank">www.pcc.edu/programs/lactation</a></span></font></span><br>
<br></font></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><font>Faculty- Health Studies<br>Portland Community College (PCC)<br>Rock Creek Campus<br>17705 Northwest Springville Road <br>Portland, OR 97229<br>
971-722-7767<br><a href="mailto:alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu" target="_blank">alissa.leavitt@pcc.edu</a></font></span><br><br></div><i>*please note, during the Summer term (6/23-9/22, email and voice mail will be responded to each Thursday</i><br>
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