EVENTS

Our Issues, Our Voices: Communities of Color Advocating for Health

The workshops were held at the following locations:

  • October 17, 2007 - Fresno at UC Center, 550 East Shaw Avenue, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (registration begins at 9:30 am)
  • October 30, 2007 - Oakland at Nile Hall, Preservation Park, 668 13th Street, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (registration begins at 9:30 am)
  • November 01, 2007 - San Diego at Tubman Chavez Multicultural Center, 415 North Euclid Avenue, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (registration begins at 9:30 am)
  • November 07, 2007 - Los Angeles at KCET, 4401 Sunset Blvd., 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (registration begins at 9:30 am)

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Please join CPEHN for an interactive workshop focusing on teaching participants how to effectively frame and communicate messages around key health issues to help you become a more effective health advocate (event flyer)!

  •  Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Chief Humorist and Communication Specialist with Allegory, a training company (www.allegorytraining.com) will provide proven skills and techniques for learning how to Communicate to be Heard and Remembered™

  •  Participants will then move into facilitated breakout sessions, allowing them to discuss public health issues that can be challenging to talk about (see location-specific small groups topics below).

  •  Participants will then apply the information from the small group discussion to practice their new public speaking skills. 

Leave with the confidence and information to make change in your community.

Overall Handout - Meta Messaging: Framing Your Case and Reinforcing Your Allies.

Small group topics at the Oakland convening include:

  1. Linking violence prevention to public health and primary prevention.
  2. Using an opportunity frame to advocate for universal access to health care. (Access Handouts: Health Care Reform Proposals Hold Promise for Diverse Communities & Analyzing a Thematic Article About Health Care Reform)
  3. Reframing the obesity epidemic from an issue of individual responsibility to one of social and environmental conditions. (Obesity Handouts: The Problem with Obesity  & Frameworks/UCB College of Environmental Design ) 

Small group topics at the Los Angeles convening include:

  1. Making the connection between chemical exposure and health disparities.
  2. Talking about the health needs of immigrants, focusing on their contributions and dispelling misinformation. (Immigrant Handout: Immigrants and the US Health Care System )
  3. Breaking through apathy and compassion fatigue in talking about poverty.
  4. Reframing the obesity epidemic from an issue of individual responsibility to one of social and environmental conditions.  (Obesity Handouts: The Problem with Obesity  & Frameworks/UCB College of Environmental Design ) 

Cost:  $25 General Public/$10 for CPEHN Network Members.

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Scholarships for the registration fee are available.  Please fill out the Fee Waiver Form and fax it to (510) 832-1175, and we will get back to you in 2-3 business days.

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When & Where:

October 30, 2007 - Oakland at Nile Hall, Preservation Park, 668 13th Street, 10:00am - 2:00pm

November 7, 2007 - Los Angeles  at KCET, 4401 Sunset Blvd., 10:00am - 2:00pm

 

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