Apply by Oct 3 for National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Research, Dec 6-7 in Boston

[Announcement from SCRA listserv]

Dear SCRA colleagues,

As members of the planning committee for "Achieving the Promise of
Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research: A National Community
Partner Forum," we invite community partners in the U.S. involved in
community-engaged research to apply to participate in the forum. The forum
will be held Dec 6-7 in Boston. Applications are due Oct 3 and applicants
will be notified by Nov 1.  Registration for all invitees is free of
charge, supported by a grant from the National Institute on Minority
Health and Health Disparities.

We also invite our allies in academic institutions, government and
philanthropy to join with us in supporting the forum by encouraging their
community partners to apply and subsidizing their travel expenses to the
extent possible. Individuals and organizations that provide travel
support for forum participants will be recognized on the forum website
and in the forum program.

Please see the attached "call for applications" for details.  Our first
announcement about the forum, sent out in July, is posted under "what's
new" at http://ccph.info

If you have any questions, please contact us at programs@ccph.info

Sincerely,

Willie Mae Bennett-Fripp, Executive Director, Committee for Boston Public
Housing, Boston, MA

Grace Damio, Deputy Director, (NIH Export) Center for Eliminating Health
Disparities Among Latinos, Hispanic Health Council, Hartford, CT

Elmer Freeman, Executive Director, Center for Community Health Education
Research and Service, Boston, MA

Susan Gust, Community Activist, Minneapolis, MN

Loretta Jones, Founder & CEO, Healthy African American Families, Los
Angeles, CA

Alma Knows His Gun McCormick, Executive Director, Messengers for Health,
Hardin, MT

Ann-Gel Palermo, Chair, Harlem Community & Academic Partnership, New York,
NY

Fernando Pineda-Reyes, Executive Director, Community, Research, Education
& Awareness (CREA) Results, Denver, CO

Alex Pirie, Coordinator, Immigrant Service Providers Group/Health, c/o
Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville, MA

Jean Schensul, Senior Scientist & Founding Director, Institute for
Community Research, Hartford, CT

Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE-ACT for Environmental Justice, New
York, NY

Eric Wat, Director, Research and Evaluation Unit, Special Service for
Groups, Los Angeles, CA

Funding for this conference is being made possible in part by
1R13MD006705-01 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, awarded to Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and the
Center for Community Health Education Research and Service. The views
expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers
and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the
Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names,
commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S.
Government.

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