Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference Update: Proposals Due Fri Oct 16, Opening Keynote Speaker Confirmed

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Dear migrant health research colleagues,

This Friday Oct 16 is the deadline for proposals for Community-Campus

Partnerships for Health (CCPH) conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon!

The conference, " Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through

Partnerships " promises to be CCPH's best yet as hundreds of community and

campus partners convene for 4 days of skill-building, networking and

agenda-setting! Whether you are new to community-based participatory research,

service-learning or community-campus partnerships and looking for basics to get

started, or you've been involved for years and seeking more advanced knowledge

and connections, this is one conference you will not want to miss!

We invite you to share your knowledge, wisdom and experience by submitting one

or more proposals to present at the conference. Proposals for skill-building

workshops, arts-based discussion sessions and posters are being sought for

these conference sub-themes:

*Journeys of transformation

*Sustaining partnerships and the outcomes they achieve

*Building capacity

*Innovative and promising partnership practices

*Community-based participatory research as a tool for social justice

*Advancing health equity

*Interprofessional, interdisciplinary and/or intersectoral collaborations

*Youth and student leadership

Download the call for proposals at

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf10-cfp.html

We're also thrilled to announce our opening keynote speaker, a community health

leader who truly embodies the theme of the conference. Elder Atum Azzahir is

Executive Director of the Powderhorn Cultural Wellness Center in

Minneapolis, which works to " unleash the power of citizens to heal themselves

and build community. " Visit these websites to learn about her work and

partnerships: http://www.ppcwc.org,

http://www.rwjf.org/reports/npreports/chlpAzzahir.htm and

http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Faculty_Staff_Comm/Office_for_Public_Engagement/Enga\

gement_party.html.

We look forward to reviewing your proposal and seeing you at the CCPH

conference in Portland next May!

Bobby Gottlieb, Chair, CCPH Board of Directors

Sarena Seifer, Founding Executive Director, CCPH

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)

through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions.

Become a member today at www.ccph.info

Join us for CCPH's 11th Conference, " Creating the Future We Want to Be:

Transformation through Partnerships, " May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon!

Proposals are due October 16, 2009 - visit www.ccph.info for details

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