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February 3, 2022 | Weekly Digest

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 19:12:37 GMT

Last chance! A $25 gift card awaits!

There’s still a chance to participate in the Equity Assessment and receive one of the 25 gift card to Fiddleheads worth $25.

All you need to do is click here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HIC_Equity

Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars for the next meeting of the Health Improvement Collaborative: February 17, 11am – 12:30pm.

Important Reads

A strong recommendation to spend some time on the newly refreshed website crafted by Tema Okun and collaborators exploring White Supremacy Culture. The site weaves together powerful writing and learning, artwork and wisdom. Take a look!

WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE - HOME

Some new laws took effect on January 1 which have an impact on Access to Care and may affect you. Information from the Universal Health Care Foundation of CT is here: State Action on Equity Honors Martin Luther King’s Legacy :: Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut (universalhealthct.org)

From Mother Jones, When Air Pollution is Overlooked, People Get Hurt – Typically People of Color
When Air Pollution Is Overlooked, People Get Hurt—Typically People of Color – Mother Jones

ICYMI – Slides from the January HIC meeting are attached !

Things To Do

1. The Health Education team is searching for a new President. For information about The Health Education Center and a link to the position posting, go to Health Education Center (healtheducenter.org)

2. Help us to meet the urgent need for food in our community. Every week on Wednesdays at the New London Senior Center, the HIC coordinates a one-day food pantry. Each week we distribute more than 10,000 pounds of food to nearly 200 families. And, we need your help! Please consider signing up to volunteer and/or organizing a team to spend part of the day in a great team-building activity. Click here to sign up: FRESH New London: Help with Pop Up Food Pantry (signupgenius.com)

3. Did you know?: A community health worker is a member of a community who is chosen by community members and organizations to provide basic health and medical care within their community, and is capable of providing preventive, promotional and rehabilitation care to that community. Other terms for this type of health care provider include lay health worker, village health worker, community health aide, community health promoter, and health advisor. As a CHW your career will grow as the search for successful CHW's is up and running across the state and nation! To become a certified community health worker, register now for trainings at Health Education Center Classes (coursestorm.com)

Health Improvement Collaborative Coordinating Team

Isabelle Barbour, Megan Brown, Stephanye Clarke, Laurel Holmes, Alicia McAvay, Fawatih Mohamed-Abouh, and Jen Muggeo

January 14, 2022 | Weekly Digest

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:00:43 GMT

Upcoming Events

Our next HIC meeting will be Thursday January 20 from 11am to 12:30pm. Note the change of day and time!

Look for login information and more details from Stephanye.

HIC Member Spotlight

Eastern CT Organization for Racial Equity (leadership pictured above), is committed to anti-racist educational policies and practices the region. Recently they met with Isabelle Barbour to record a podcast about their important work in our area.

SCORE is one of the HIC Partnership Grantees and we have been honored to be able to support their work. Have a listen! https://www.truthtellerconsulting.com/podcasts/

Important Reads

Purpose and Processes Document was created to express the values, norms, and operating principles of the Health Improvement Collaborative of Southeastern Connecticut. In December we asked you to consider this document, ask questions, request edits, and provide feedback to the Coordinating Team. We heard your feedback and the changes are being reflected in the new document. Attached is the latest version with the comments we have received incorporated. Next month we will be taking up its adoption.

Things To Do

Health Improvement Collaborative Coordinating Team

Isabelle Barbour, Megan Brown, Stephanye Clarke, Laurel Holmes, Alicia McAvay, Fawatih Mohamed-Abouh, and Jen Muggeo

September 23, 2021 | Weekly Digest

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:20:16 GMT

Upcoming Events

1. Don’t miss this opportunity! An introduction to the much-acclaimed Undoing Racism workshop. Hosted by Step Up New London. October 2, 10 – 4 and offered by the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, a national, multiracial, anti-racist collective of veteran organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social change. For more information: Workshops Contact Us! (stepupnewlondon.com)

2. From the Tamarack Institute, a free international event that is all about Asset Based Community Development around the world. 48 hours, 36 workshops and lots of learning! Starts Tuesday September 21 at 5pm. It’s on New Zealand time but if you register, you will likely have access to recordings.

ABCD UnConference - Active Hope: connecting wisdom and strengths across our lands, Hosted online, 22nd of September | Humanitix

3. SAVE THE DATE! Our next Health Improvement Collaborative of SE CT meeting will be October 20 at 8:30am.

March 19, 2021 | Weekly Digest

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:17:57 GMT

Upcoming Events

Join us for the second in our educational series – this month focused on Education Equity. Flyer attached!

Here is the registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItduyqqj4jGNNYr1XiPDQG17sJdOO48MaS

A webinar from Aligning Systems for Health that reflects the kind of work our HIC is seeking to do:

Community Voices Panel: Shifting Power

WHAT: In an engaging panel conversation, learn how three communities—Lake County, Colo.; Gastonia, N.C.; and Proviso Township, Ill.—are empowering and elevating the voices of community members as they work to align sectors and address racial inequities.

WHEN: Thursday, April 1, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET

PANELISTS:

Katie Baldassar, Executive Director, Lake County Build a Generation
Vanessa DeLira, Community Connector, Lake County Build a Generation
Lena Hatchett, PhD, Co-Founder and Executive Lead, Proviso Partners for Health
Christopher Epps, Garden Manager, Proviso Partners for Health
Donyel Barber, Community Health Coordinator, Kintegra Health; Councilwoman, City of Gastonia
Vincent Wong, Director of Community Services, City of Gastonia
Moderator: Tiffany Manuel, PhD, President and CEO, The CaseMade

Register to receive the livestream link prior to the event . Please forward to colleagues or partners who may be interested.

Questions? Email Aligning Systems for Health .

ABOUT ALIGNING SYSTEMS FOR HEALTH

Aligning Systems for Health , with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is identifying, testing, and sharing what works to align health care, public health, and social services to better address the goals and needs of the people and communities they serve.

Actions to Take

Please help the Coordinating Team make HIC meetings work for you! We have a brief (3 min) anonymous survey that will help us with planning for the coming year. Please help us out! Let us know if you need it in a word format.

It’s not too late! We've extended our deadline for our mini grant opportunity! The application is now due on 3/26/21.

We are seeking to give partnership grants to organizations in the region that are doing community engagement and racial equity work. Please share this opportunity with your networks! We are also looking for HIC members who can help the Coordinating Team to score applications. We expect that this will take 3.5 hours. Please let Laurel or Isabelle ( isabelle@isabellebarbour.com ) know if you are interested in helping out.

Health Improvement Collaborative Coordinating Team

Isabelle Barbour, Megan Brown, Stephanye Clarke, Laurel Holmes, Alicia McAvay, Fawatih Mohamed-Abouh, and Jen Muggeo

December 18, 2020 | Weekly Digest

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:23:30 GMT

Upcoming Events

We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful snow and staying warm and healthy.

Thank you to all who joined our meeting on Wednesday for the terrific presentation on Food and Environmental Justice. ICYMI or if you want to see the presentation again, Stephanye has created a link for you. Here's the link: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1zYJLqU3fN3AhAuMsqQFDcuRMsiejACwB2TS147PIWXGmOEtJf08kG_aK1jSI0AH7oO69Ox5IeMpXxyDqEqYslhBAhtCfeZN69dzW1my7G0HDGBOEB0Ek1HSWaE7SavcnuWAIcAUL2tHsxzniAp0P66_WKfcBOBNVQA_MDLCGNw4YchGSzNfLFxpH7EpREdADMtEZuFxpnarrrk8ILTDbkPt_QUkidzl7LP7_G4hhlzU4jX5c7DCySibyCHo8le5kdK46FAwlE09CWlxel0fbF3ZQU-vSYobuGKxaaiDqvrpY3Vkb1fDAAGf6JtHnYyu36dmZNi0Q_qWSn2iIHCg9NqT0FQF-6_tRPY5Qcnd1KpHUpieWhvOBpz-aRaw7CKVhKtf9uDdJWLpcJMB1_PkJl6JFPh7Nu9h3kyCtV_a9Tns/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FSTp26FwlY14

Please consider joining a community conversation on the Covid-19 vaccine and working with communities of color to provide current information about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines that will become available to the public. Featured will be a panel discussion to include:

Patrick Green, President and CEO, L+M Healthcare
Dr. Oliver Mayorga, Chief Medical Officer, L+M Healthcare
Tesheia Johnson, Director Yale Center For Clinical Investigation; Chief Operating Officer
Bishop Benjamin Watts, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, New London
State Representative Anthony Nolan, (D) House District 39, New London
Yale Center for Clinical Investigation Cultural Ambassadors
Rev. Dr. Leroy O. Perry, Jr, Pastor, St. Stephens AME Zion Church
Rev. Elvin Clayton, Pastor, Walter’s Memorial Church
Cheila Serrano, Junta 360 Director
Sandra Trevino-Ranalli, Former Executive Director of Junta for Progressive Action
https://ynhh.zoom.us/j/96729861862?pwd=ZnlGNDhRV3gyaS9rS3NtRVdYNFptQT09
Passcode: 936978

Background on inequities exacerbated during this pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/health/coronavirus-black-hispanic.html?referringSource=articleShare

Ledge Light Health District is hiring a Community Health Worker! Click here for more information:

https://llhd.org/about-us/be-a-part-of-our-promise/

Passing along a link to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine this week on structural racism and its connection to racial health inequities. Required reading… https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2025396

June 5, 2020 | Weekly Digest

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:19:15 GMT

Upcoming Events

Hello to all

In the reeling from the trauma of the last week and before then, we offer some resources to advance our learning. Thanks to Isabelle Barbour for the research.

1. Othering and Belonging Institute newsletter and linked to podcast (below). The podcast is really good. The acoustics are a little rough in the beginning but they even out.

2. Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence- with President Obama-- I watched this live on ABC last night and it made me feel hopeful. Some amazing panelists including President Obama. https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

3.On ending police violence https://humanimpact.org/about-us/key-initiatives/health-instead-of-punishment/

4. Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue-- https://apha.org/policies-and-advocacy/public-health-policy-statements/policy-database/2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence

This policy was passed by the American Public Health Association in 2018. It's a reminder that violence has been understood by public health professionals as a solvable problem for many years. (It's actually how I started my career in public health!). The fact that police violence claims so many lives is a testament to a lack of political will.

5. Some reading suggestions: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2020/jun/03/do-the-work-an-anti-racist-reading-list-layla-f-saad?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

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February 3, 2022 | Weekly Digest

Last chance! A $25 gift card awaits!

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January 14, 2022 | Weekly Digest

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HIC Member Spotlight

Important Reads

Things To Do

September 23, 2021 | Weekly Digest

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Recommended Reading

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