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#6322 From: dolaberi <dolaberi@...>
Date: Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:03 pm
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Dear friends - I would like to inform you.

Youth web-page is updated, and new projects opportunities are added  (only Scholarships and EVS projects)

 

Visit:  www.youthinfo.net  for additional information.

 

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#6321 From: "Heidi Davis" <Heidi@...>
Date: Tue Oct 6, 2009 5:55 pm
Subject: [NFEC Update] NAIHC Tuition Free Training: Upcoming Alaska Training 		Heidi@...
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November 2-6 — Pathways Home: A Native Guide to Homeownership

Instructors: Cielo Gibson & Doris Winslow

Course Description: Participants will learn how to deliver a comprehensive homebuyer education program designed to help educate prospective Native Homebuyers on how to become successful homeowners. Participants will also learn the most effective methods to help potential homebuyers determine what is best for them—to build a new home or to buy an existing one. Other areas covered in this curriculum include understanding the mortgage loan process, how to prepare a family budget, how to improve credit profiles, how to avoid the pitfalls of predatory lending, and how to maintain a home and finances after purchase.

Who Should Attend: Occupancy/collections housing staff, resident counselors, Tribal Council members, Board of Commissioners members, and homebuyer educators.

 

Hotel Information

Westmark Hotel Anchorage—720 West 5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501
NAIHC room rate $89.00/per night plus taxes.
To make reservations, call 800-544-0970. Group Code – NAIHC.

Pathways: Reservation Cutoff Date - Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009

 

Registration Information

To register for any NAIHC trainings, please call 888-625-7667, or visit www.naihc.net.

 

Scholarship Information

For eligibility or how to apply, please contact Carrie Cuch at 800-284-9165, or ccuch@....

 

 

National American Indian Housing Council · 50 F Street NW, Suite 3300, Washington, DC 20001 · Phone 800-284-9165 · Fax 202-789-1758

www.naihc.net · “A Tradition of Native American Housing”

 

 

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#6320 From: Nur Farid <idoscholar@...>
Date: Fri Oct 2, 2009 12:50 am
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The University of Northern Iowa offers scholarships each year to deserving students, on the basis of merit and/or achievement. The UNIversity Scholarship Application for 2010-2011 scholarships is now available, Read more at http://scholarshipabout.blogspot.com/

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#6319 From: Alyssa Macy <alyssamacy@...>
Date: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:10 pm
Subject: American Indian/Indigenous Film Panels at SW/TX PCA/ACA 		alyssamacy@...
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Call for Papers: American Indian/Indigenous Film Area

 Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 31th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM

February 10-13, 2010

The 2010 WS/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown (see hotel information below)

The American Indian/Indigenous Film Area is looking for panels, papers, screenings of Indigenous films + discussion, and workshops on topics related to American Indian, First Nations, and Indigenous film. We welcome proposals from all disciplines that examine, utilize, promote, or teach Native/Indigenous film and media are welcome.  The American Indian/Indigenous Film Area is particularly interested in bringing together Native filmmakers and Native/non-Native academics to talk about the burgeoning field of Indigenous Film.

Some topics might include, but are not limited to:
·      Native women filmmakers
·      American Indian/Indigenous Film and/or filmmakers
·      New Voices in Native/Indigenous film and media
·      Needs, Access, and Issues in Native/Indigenous film
·      The outcomes/consequences of using Native films across cultural boundaries and in comparison to other cultural approaches.
·      Teaching American Indian or Indigenous films as part of a non‑American Indian Studies course, such as Humanities, American Studies, or English.
·      Disciplinary and cultural politics as they influence how we read Native film
·      American Indians in Hollywood film
·      Approaches to teaching American Indian film
·      Indian and the Western (this could also apply to how Indigenous people globally are positioned as “Indians” in national “Western” genres)
·      Effects/impacts of Native representations in film/media on Native and non-Native culture
·      Showcasing new work (if you would like to facilitate a panel that screens new work, please do so).  We will need to know in advance what film you wish to have screened, its length, etc. so that we can schedule a screening time followed by a discussion period.

If you have specific ideas for topics, workshops, or panels that are not listed here, please submit those as well.

Native filmmakers, scholars, teachers, students, professionals, and others are encouraged to participate.  Graduate students may wish to submit papers for fellowships and awards.
Further information regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc) can be found athttp://swtxpca.org/documents/130.html.  Register early for a discount rate and to reserve space at the conference hotel—rooms fill quickly.

Date and Place: February 24-28, 2009

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
30 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.515.766.6710

Please pass along this call to friends and colleagues.

31st Annual Conference February 10-13, 2010
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association
Deadlines: Priority Submission and Registration: November 1, 2009
Final deadline for Proposals and Panels: December 15, 2008
Final Conference Registration: December 31, 2008 (All participants must be registered by this date).

Please send 100-200 word abstracts to:

M. Elise Marubbio,
Associate Professor & Director Augsburg Native American Film Series
Area Chair, American Indian/Indigenous Film SW/TX PCA/ACA
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Augsburg College
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#6318 From: "Crystal Wabnum" <crystalw@...>
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:29 pm
Subject: National Service Agency Announces Availability of AmeriCorps Planning Grants 		crystalw@...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                             CONTACT:  AmeriCorps Grants Information

August 27, 2009                                                                                    202-606-7508; americorpsnational@...

 

National Service Agency Announces Availability

of AmeriCorps Planning Grants

 

(Washington D.C.) -- The Corporation for National and Community Service announced the availability of $500,000 for planning grants to assist national organizations and Indian tribes in developing new AmeriCorps programs.

 

The purpose of planning grants is to support the development of AmeriCorps programs so applicants are better prepared to compete for a multi-state AmeriCorps grant in the following grant cycle.   Two competitions are being held.  National Planning Grants are available for organizations that are interested in applying for AmeriCorps funding for a program that will operate in two or more states.  Indian Tribes Planning Grants are available to federally recognized Indian Tribes.  Funding is contingent upon appropriations, and is estimated to be $250,000 for each competition. 

 

“As AmeriCorps enters a period of expansion, we want to encourage more organizations to explore how AmeriCorps can help them improve lives and strengthen communities,” said Lois Nembhard, Acting Director of AmeriCorps State and National.  “These planning grants will help organizations develop strong AmeriCorps program models that can compete in future grant cycles.”

 

The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, signed by President Obama in April, authorized a significant expansion of AmeriCorps, setting a goal of increasing AmeriCorps from its current level of 75,000 positions a year to 250,000 positions by 2017.  The first phase of this expansion will occur in fiscal year 2010, which begins on October 1.

 

The national planning grants will be available to public or private nonprofit organizations, including labor organizations; faith-based and other community organizations; institutions of higher education; government entities within states or territories Indian Tribes; or partnerships or consortia operating in more than one state are eligible. Community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations and intermediary organizations operating in more than one state are encouraged to apply for planning grants.  

 

These grants are awarded for 12 months. They may not be used to support AmeriCorps members, and applicants must not have previously received a multi-state or Indian Tribes AmeriCorps grant.  Contingent upon appropriations, the grants will be awarded in late January 2010 so that successful applicants will have a full year to prepare for their competitive application which will be due in January of 2011, again contingent upon appropriations.

 

Applications are due 5:00 ET Monday, October 19, 2009.  For further information, applications instructions and FAQs, please visit the New Funding Opportunities page on the Corporation’s website at http://www.nationalservice.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp.  For a printed copy of the notice, or to ask questions about the program, call 202-606-7508, or e-mail americorpsnational@....

 

AmeriCorps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. Each year, the Corporation engages four million Americans of all ages and backgrounds through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs. For more information, visit NationalService.gov.

 

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#6317 From: Alyssa Macy <alyssamacy@...>
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:37 pm
Subject: News from The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) 		alyssamacy@...
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Date: August 20, 2009 1:17:29 PM CDT
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This looks like a fantastic opportunity for Native students to participate in, to help introduce and better understand financial literacy and the stock market. The project uses The Stock Market Game program.  Looks like it could be fun.  I have spoken to Jennifer Downs who is the contact person and she is going to see if Adults could participate if they didnt compete for the prizes.  Stay tuned.  Knowing more about Wall Street is a good thing.
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You are receiving this message because of your expressed interest in the activities in The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), US Department of the Interior. 

Attached is an announcement regarding an initiative sponsored by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and IEED.   

Should you want more information regarding this initiative or other programs in IEED, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Sincerely, 
Mika Leonard 


Mika Leonard
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Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development
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#6316 From: Alyssa Macy <alyssamacy@...>
Date: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:08 pm
Subject: DISCCRS V: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium - Applications open 		alyssamacy@...
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DISCCRS V
Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium
http://disccrs.org/DISCCRSposter.pdf
13-20 March 2010
Saguaro Lake Ranch, AZ

Application Deadline
31 August 2009
Participation limited to thirty-four early career scholars
Airfare and on-site expenses supported by the National Science Foundation
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The Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse), connects natural andsocial scientists engaged in research related to climate change, impacts and solutions. The goal is to broaden perspectives and establish a collegial peer network to address climate challenges at the interface of science and society. A report and list of participants fromthe most recent symposium is available athttp://disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_IV_Symposium_Report.pdf

During the week-long symposium -- held in the Tonto National Forest near Phoenix, Arizona -- participants will present and discuss their research, hone interdisciplinary communication and team skills, and discuss emerging research, societal and professional issues with each other and with established researchers invited to serve as mentors. Confirmed mentors include Julia E. Cole (University of Arizona), Jonathan T. Overpeck (University of Arizona), Billie L. Turner (Arizona State University), and David A. Randall (Colorado State University). 

Participation will be limited to thirty-four early career scholars identified by an interdisciplinary committee of research scientists based on review of submitted applications. 

Eligibility: PhD requirements completed April 1, 2007 - July 31, 2009. Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change, its impacts and solutions. We encourage applicants from the natural and social sciences, economics, mathematics, engineering, or any other field so long as the research focus relates to climate change, its impacts or solutions. While the emphasis is on the U.S. research system, we welcome applicants from all countries who are interested in learning about the U.S. research system and connecting with U.S. researchers.

Symposium Application instructions:
http://disccrs.org/symphelp.html

Register your PhD dissertation and search for other recent climate change dissertations:
(over 900 PhDs have added their dissertation abstract on climate change to this database). 
http://disccrs.org/register.html

Electronic newsletter: with jobs and other time-sensitive announcements is available to those who register dissertations.

Public webpage: includes the dissertation registry, numerous early career resources, and symposium application instructions.
http://disccrs.org/ 

Society Sponsors: AAG, AERE, AGU, AMS, ASLO, ESA, ESS-ISA, STEP-APSA, TOS and USSEE.

Organizers: Ronald B. Mitchell, University of Oregon; Paul H. Yancey, Whitman College; Jennifer R. Marlon, University of Oregon; and Ruth A. Ladderud, Whitman College.

Funding: This Symposium is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation through grants to the University of Oregon and Whitman College.

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#6315 From: NIEA@...
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:53 pm
Subject: Information Share: NIEA Joins the Tribal Exchange, White House Internship, and Workshop Proposals are due this Friday. 		NIEA@...
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We are pleased to announce that NIEA is participating in the Tribal Exchange, a Native American Stock Market Game competition, will be FREE for Native students nationwide this fall! The Tribal Exchange project is facilitated by the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) to help promote financial literacy for Native American youth. By learning economic, math and financial literacy skills, students who participate in the Tribal Exchange will be better prepared to lead their communities and Indian Country toward a bright and prosperous future.

The Tribal Exchange will run for 10 weeks (Sept 28-Dec 4) and is open to American Indian students in grades 4 through 12. Teams may be formed in classes or in school clubs and programs. Each team is given a hypothetical $100,000 to invest. The team that increases the value of the investment the most during the game wins, but all participants learn valuable financial and team-building life skills. The project uses The Stock Market Game(tm) program.

First, second, and third place teams will be awarded prizes! This is an incredible opportunity for students and teachers to participate at no cost. Teachers should register as early as possible to review the teaching materials available online and to begin training for the program.

Teachers and other adults may act as advisors to the students either in the classroom or after school. No prior experience in the stock market is necessary. Webinar trainings will be offered to prepare advisors. Additionally, support is available via the Help Desk link or by emailing the SMG Coordinator directly.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER


The White House Internship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable professional experience and build leadership skills. This hands-on program is designed to mentor and cultivate todays young leaders, strengthen their understanding of the Executive Office and prepare them for future public service opportunities.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER


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#6314 From: BHIC Web Log <health_gaps@...>
Date: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:05 pm
Subject: [BHIC Web Log] August 24 		health_gaps@...
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·         Flu Resources

o    Public Library of Science (PLoS) Launching Website for Rapid Communication of Research

o    FREE CDC Flu materials

·         Technology used in rural medicine

o    Hospital’s Telemedicine Helps Save Woman’s Life

o    Practicing Excellence: A Small-town, Rural Doctor Embraces Technology

·         Grants

o    Open Society Institute Seeks Entries for Moving Walls 17 Documentary Photography Exhibition

o    Applications Invited for State Farm’s Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program

o    Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program Accepting Applications From Public Schools and Libraries

o    Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Invites Students and Teachers to Address Environmental Issues

o    Anna Lalor Burdick Program Offers Support for Human Reproduction Education

·         Chinese Anti-Malaria Poster Online Exhibit Mounted

Flu Resources

Public Library of Science (PLoS) Launching Website for Rapid Communication of Research
PLoS is launching PLoS Currents (Beta) - a new and experimental website for the rapid communication of research results and ideas. In response to the recent worldwide H1N1 influenza outbreak, the first PLoS Currents research theme is influenza. The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a public resource.  For more information: http://www.plos.org/cms/node/480 [posted on Disastr-outreach-lib listserv]

FREE CDC Flu materials. It includes Posters, stickers,buttons, podcasts, radio PSA. Info specific for National Vaccimation week as well as H1N1 info for certain medical conditions.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/flugallery/index.htm [posted on MRCLeaders listserv]

Technology used in rural medicine

Hospital’s Telemedicine Helps Save Woman’s Life
http://tinyurl.com/nnmjhb
Aug 19, 2009 — Sequoyah County Times, (OK) reports that Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw is the first hospital in eastern Oklahoma to use telemedicine for stroke treatment in the emergency room, and one patient is happy to be alive because of the service.

Practicing Excellence: A Small-town, Rural Doctor Embraces Technology
http://tinyurl.com/mrn344
Aug 19, 2009 — Modern Medicine article tells of Jim Selenke, MD, the lone physician in Hudson, Iowa, who keeps up a prodigious pace with help from his electronic health record system, an investment he made five years ago when he first opened his own practice.

[posted on Rural Assistance Center Health Update]

Grants

Open Society Institute Seeks Entries for Moving Walls 17 Documentary Photography Exhibition
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=262900004
Emerging and veteran photographers who have completed work on a human rights or social justice issue will have their work displayed in the exhibit and will receive a $2,000 royalty plus travel expenses to attend the opening

Applications Invited for State Farm’s Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Grants Program
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=263200002
Grants of up to $100,000 will be awarded to nonprofits, educational institutions, and government agencies in the U.S. and Canada sponsoring student-led service learning projects on environmental, societal, or financial issues in higher education.

Ezra Jack Keats Mini-Grant Program Accepting Applications From Public Schools and Libraries
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=263300022
Grants of $500 will be awarded to public schools and libraries across the United States and its protectorates for a wide range of creative projects

Siemens We Can Change the World Challenge Invites Students and Teachers to Address Environmental Issues
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=263200014
Students and teachers in grades K-8 will be awarded grants and publicity for their solutions to classroom environmental issues

Anna Lalor Burdick Program Offers Support for Human Reproduction Education
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=262500028
Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to nonprofits working to provide education about reproductive health to young women who have inadequate access to such information
[posted on PND RFP Bulletin (August 21, 2009)]

Chinese Anti-Malaria Poster Online Exhibit Mounted

The National Library of Medicine online exhibit of modern Chinese Anti-malaria Posters is available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/chineseantimalaria/index.html
The anti-malaria posters in this online exhibit present both modern and traditional methods of prevention and treatment of malaria that China used from the 1950s through the 1970s. In disseminating health information, the posters also captured the social and political lives of China in those decades. For instance, Mao Zedong’s writing on people’s health became the trademark of the posters produced in the Cultural Revolution era. Posters produced in the peaceful early 1960s portrayed a harmonious happy society.

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#6313 From: "Mark H. Deschinny" <deschinny@...>
Date: Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:35 pm
Subject: ARTICLE CNN John King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation 		Deschinny
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King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation

 

 

By John King
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Editor's note: On CNN's "State of the Union," host and Chief National Correspondent John King goes outside the Beltway to report on the issues affecting communities across the country.

Herbert Hale lives on a check of a little less than $17 a week and whatever he can pick up from odd jobs.

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CHERRY CREEK, South Dakota (CNN) -- The tiny one-room house rests on a hill; no electricity and no running water. A creaky metal cot and a rusting wood-burning stove is all the comfort Herbert Hale says he needs.

"All it is is logs, glue -- dirt and water put together -- then cement and the chicken string," Hale says of his home. "Long as the windows don't break, it's nice and warm in here."

The roof leaks a bit, and the floorboards are rotted in one corner, but Hale isn't one to complain.

"It's home," he says, almost under his breath, as he invites a visitor to have a look.

Firewood is stacked in one corner inside, and more outside as Hale uses the summer months to stockpile for prairie winters, where 20 below zero is not all that uncommon.

He also pulls bunches of long weeds in the prairie grass, to dry for use as a firestarter.

"I have to be careful," Hale says matter-of-factly as he pulls a few fistfuls. "Sometimes there are some snakes. Rattlesnakes. Nothing to mess around with."

He is 54 years old, a veteran of two Army combat tours in Vietnam, a member of the Lakota tribe and part of two stunning statistics, even as communities across America deal with the pain and challenges of recession:

  The unemployment rate on his reservation runs higher than 80 percent;

  Ziebach County, where he lives, is the nation's poorest, with just shy of 56 percent of its residents below the poverty line. Poverty among children in the county eclipses a staggering 70 percent.

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After the Army, Hale worked 16 years as a firefighter. But he began having some back problems in the early 1980s and then, "cancer caught up with me. I have a brain tumor."

He says he gets a check for just shy of $17 every week from a tribal welfare fund, and tries to find odd jobs to pay for his food and to help out a diabetic sister.

But there's a catch: Tiny Cherry Creek has no such jobs. There are one or two one-room homes like Hale's, but it is mostly a collection of a couple dozen simple modular homes provided by a federal and tribal housing program. It doesn't even have a gas station or general store.

So Hale heads out most days toward Eagle Butte -- 17 miles up one road and then 21 miles more up the next. A few more twists and, "It's about 42 to 43 miles, someplace around there."

Herbert Hale can't afford a car.

"Well, I take off, go to my sister's, then get some water and take off. Somebody along the way will pick me up."

Often, that somebody is Bryce In The Woods, a member of the tribal council whose district includes Cherry Creek.

"It is bad," he says of the area's economic plight, walking a visitor through the gravel streets where many residents, idle because of the lack of jobs, are sitting out front or shout out a greeting from inside their small homes.

To spend a day crossing the reservation is to see a place stunningly beautiful and seemingly forgotten all at once, small, poor communities tucked into the hollows of western South Dakota's Cheyenne River Reservation. The poverty is all the more striking because of the richness of the setting: green and golden rolling hills, roaming horses and cattle, and tall corn and golden sunflowers sprouting from the fertile soil.

"Ziebach County is the No. 1 county statistically with child poverty," he said. "Now that alone is generational, with the trauma of poverty and the broken family."

Breaking that cycle is Bryce In The Woods' obsession. He highlights a bright spot: A building in the community converted to a makeshift classroom and library where residents can get tutoring help and then take the GED --- the high school equivalency exam.

"It is so difficult," he says of the challenge facing younger reservation residents. "Some of our young people join the services, the armed services, some of them go to college or apply to college," Bryce In The Woods told us. "The majority, if they are staying here, end up moving to Rapid City or some of the bigger cities to try to find employment."

In Eagle Butte, the largest community on the reservation, a bustling construction site is a new source of pride.

A medical center is under construction, thanks to funding from the Obama administration's stimulus plan, and Bryce In The Woods says about 65 construction-related jobs so far have gone to tribal members.

"At this point I am very appreciative of what we have received," Joseph Brings Plenty, the elected tribal chairman, says when we ask if the stimulus funding is enough. "But as far as expectation, I can say no. There would be a lot more need to be fulfilled by the U.S. government for our tribe before I can say yes."

Outside, Brings Plenty's office is a "First Americans for Obama" sign -- a reminder the tribe was an early backer of Barack Obama. Brings Plenty says he hopes the president remembers.

"I can sympathize, empathize, with the demands, with the pressures that are on his shoulders, on his plate and put in front of him," Brings Plenty said during a break from a Tribal Council meeting.

The biggest help Obama and Congress could give, the chairman and others told us, is greater water rights. The tribe has money for more housing, but can't build because the water pressure is too low and its treatment systems too outdated to handle increased demand.

"I feel that we are forgotten because we don't have that voice out there," Chairman Brings Plenty said. "It's demoralizing in a way for some of our members that go out and receive an education and come back and are unable to get a job here."

To be clear, Chairman Brings Plenty and Bryce In the Woods say not all of the tribe's problems rest with the federal government.

Both mentioned obstacles and disagreements born of factional tribal politics and rivalries, which were in full evidence during just a few minutes of the Tribal Council's debate.

In The Woods is also a strong advocate for land reforms he says would get the tribe a better deal for grazing rights on its property.

Still, they would welcome more economic development help, from the state and from Washington, but say their voices don't always get heard, even in the best of times.

"When it comes down to a vote, a lot of the urban representatives, I don't think they really know the plight on the reservation," Bryce In the Woods said. "I think there is a stereotype out there that all tribes have casinos and that's not true."

Herbert Hale shrugs when asked if Washington has a responsibility to help his struggling community.

"I can't really say," he said quietly. "I'm not into politics to tell you the truth. I was when I was younger, back in the '80s."

Now, he lives the simplest of lives.

A few hours of work if he is lucky, and perhaps an hour or two collecting wood, even in the scorching August sun. The temperature neared 100 degrees on the day of our visit, yet Hale's wood stove was warm to the touch. Prairie mornings can still be chilly.

More important, memories of winter's past remind Hale of the value of his growing stockpile.

"Sometimes it's a long walk," he says. "Especially in February. Twenty below and I have to walk. Often no cars ... A few times I felt like falling asleep on the road. I told myself, 'Fall asleep, you're froze and you're gone.' I pushed myself to keep walking."

Once home, he has a battery-powered radio and uses a small kerosene lamp to pass time at night reading. He's extra careful because he recently broke its glass chimney, so the flame burns without protection from the winds that can pick up suddenly.

Herbert's worries are more immediate than whether the president or any other politician understands his plight. "They never stopped up here," he says."If they did, I wasn't home."

On the odd jobs in town, $1 here and $5 there adds up -- not too much, but his goals are modest.

"You know, take the trash out. I sweep the front. A few dollars a day wouldn't hurt. That's as good as you need. That's all I care about. One day at a time."

 




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#6312 From: "Mark H. Deschinny" <deschinny@...>
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:17 am
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Hi Mark,
     I thought you might be interested in entering or know of someone who may be.
Sincerely,
Roberta John

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From: Kathie Curley <kathiecurley@...>
Subject: Photo Contest
To: "Roberta John" <bbiejpress@...>
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 9:30 AM

I've attached a copy of the flyer, rules & regs and a copy of the model release form which is necessary to have signed by anyone who is recognizable in the photo.  Please forward all the forms to everyone out there with a digital camera.  We are especially looking for photos with Navajo people as opposed to just "scenery" shots.  If they don't have a computer or the know-how to upload the photos, we can assist or accept the photos on a CD, which can be created at Wal-Mart, directly from the card in their digital camera.

Thanks,

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#6311 From: Alyssa Macy <alyssamacy@...>
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:04 pm
Subject: American Indian/Indigenous Film Panels at SW/TX PCA/ACA 		alyssamacy@...
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Hello Everyone:

It is that time again when I send out call for panels, workshops, and screenings with discussion for the American Indian/Indigenous Film Area panels at 2010 Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association meetings in February.  I hope to see all our old friends again this year and to meet new ones so please do pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.  We have the chance this year to include screenings of films with a follow-up discussion period so keep that in mind.  FIlmmakers who want to show their work as part of this academic conference will need to send me an abstract and will also need to pay for conference fee, travel, room, food etc. The conference does not cover this.

Thank you,
Elise
Call for Papers: American Indian/Indigenous Film Area

 Southwest/Texas Popular & American Culture Associations 31th Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM

February 10-13, 2010

The 2010 WS/TX PCA/ACA Conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Hyatt Regency downtown (see hotel information below)

The American Indian/Indigenous Film Area is looking for panels, papers, screenings of Indigenous films + discussion, and workshops on topics related to American Indian, First Nations, and Indigenous film. We welcome proposals from all disciplines that examine, utilize, promote, or teach Native/Indigenous film and media are welcome.  The American Indian/Indigenous Film Area is particularly interested in bringing together Native filmmakers and Native/non-Native academics to talk about the burgeoning field of Indigenous Film.

Some topics might include, but are not limited to:
·      Native women filmmakers
·      American Indian/Indigenous Film and/or filmmakers
·      New Voices in Native/Indigenous film and media
·      Needs, Access, and Issues in Native/Indigenous film
·      The outcomes/consequences of using Native films across cultural boundaries and in comparison to other cultural approaches.
·      Teaching American Indian or Indigenous films as part of a non‑American Indian Studies course, such as Humanities, American Studies, or English.
·      Disciplinary and cultural politics as they influence how we read Native film
·      American Indians in Hollywood film
·      Approaches to teaching American Indian film
·      Indian and the Western (this could also apply to how Indigenous people globally are positioned as “Indians” in national “Western” genres)
·      Effects/impacts of Native representations in film/media on Native and non-Native culture
·      Showcasing new work (if you would like to facilitate a panel that screens new work, please do so).  We will need to know in advance what film you wish to have screened, its length, etc. so that we can schedule a screening time followed by a discussion period.

If you have specific ideas for topics, workshops, or panels that are not listed here, please submit those as well.

Native filmmakers, scholars, teachers, students, professionals, and others are encouraged to participate.  Graduate students may wish to submit papers for fellowships and awards.
Further information regarding the conference (listing of all areas, hotel, registration, tours, etc) can be found athttp://swtxpca.org/documents/130.html.  Register early for a discount rate and to reserve space at the conference hotel—rooms fill quickly.

Date and Place: February 24-28, 2009

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
30 Tijeras
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 1.505.842.1234
Fax: 1.515.766.6710

Please pass along this call to friends and colleagues.

31st Annual Conference February 10-13, 2010
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Association
Deadlines: Priority Submission and Registration: November 1, 2009
Final deadline for Proposals and Panels: December 15, 2008
Final Conference Registration: December 31, 2008 (All participants must be registered by this date).

Please send 100-200 word abstracts to:

M. Elise Marubbio,
Associate Professor & Director Augsburg Native American Film Series
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·         The Joint Commission and Cultural Competence in Healthcare Webinar

·         National Preparedness Month

·         Grants

o    UnitedHealth Group Offering Grants to Help Combat Childhood Obesity

o    Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to Honor Works for Addressing Racism and Diversity

o    Applications Available for 2010 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

·         NIH Clear Communication Resources: Talking To Your Doctor

The Joint Commission and Cultural Competence in Healthcare Webinar

Quality Interactions is hosting a free webinar presentation by Dr. Alexander Green titled The Joint Commission and Other Regulations on Cultural Competence in Healthcare - Is Your Organization Prepared? Dr. Alex Green is Associate Director at the Disparities Solutions Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor and Chair of the Cross-Cultural Care Committee at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Green will review the draft standards recently published by the Joint Commission, as well as additional regulations requiring healthcare organizations to provide cultural competency training for accreditation. He will also review training solutions that hospitals and health plans have implemented around the country.

The webinar will be held on the following two dates:
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National Preparedness Month

National Preparedness Month http://www.ready.gov/america/npm09/index.html is sponsored by two federal programs, the Ready campaign http://www.ready.gov/ and Citizen Corps http://www.citizencorps.gov, both part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).   The Ready campaign’s Spanish-language web site is http://www.listo.gov.

Register your organization at http://ready.adcouncil.org/
The free registration gives you access to a 51-page how-to manual on promoting disaster preparedness, posters, logos, a PowerPoint presentation, and web banners. More than 3,200 organizations registered last year, including schools, government agencies, faith-based organizations, non-profits, military and others.

You can also download many ready.gov publications at http://www.ready.gov/america/publications/allpubs.htm, with no registration required.

Videos for general audiences and on preparedness for older Americans, pets, and people with disabilities and special needs are available at http://www.ready.gov/america/about/instructional.html.    [posted on Disastr-outreach-lib listserv]

Grants

UnitedHealth Group Offering Grants to Help Combat Childhood Obesity
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Grants of up to $1,000 will be awarded to young people working with educators and other youth leaders to create local hands-on programs that address the issue of childhood obesity in their communities.

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to Honor Works for Addressing Racism and Diversity
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One award will be given for a work of fiction or poetry and another for nonfiction, biography, or scholarly research that contributes to the understanding of racism and/or the appreciation of cultural diversity.

Applications Available for 2010 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
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Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to resident aliens, naturalized U.S. citizens, and children of naturalized citizens undertaking graduate study in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

[PND RFP Bulletin (August 14, 2009)]

NIH Clear Communication Resources: Talking To Your Doctor

Clear communication with your doctor can make a difference
Learn how to play an active role in your health care
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers several publications that can also help promote meaningful interactions between patients and doctors. See a list of publications at
http://www.nih.gov/clearcommunication/talktoyourdoctor.htm
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The 2009 Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute for women-of-color faculty and administrators will take place on December 2-6, 2009, at Coastline Community College in Costa Mesa, California. Please see the attached documents or visit  www.coastline.edu/divisions/president/kaleidoscope/ for more information.
 
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Kaleidoscope was formed to give women of color an opportunity to examine themselves and discover their wondrous reflections. As women from various ethnic backgrounds began to fill more leadership positions within higher education, it became clear that, despite their best intentions, training organizations often could not address the specific issues faced by these women.
 
Recognizing this void, the late Dr. Carolyn Desjardins wrote a proposal and received a grant from the Ford Foundation to address these needs. From that financial resource Kaleidoscope was born. The first Kaleidoscope was offered in Minnesota in October 1991. Dr. Jacquelyn M. Belcher, then President of Minneapolis Community College, subsequently President of Georgia Perimeter College and now President/CEO of OptionsUnlimited, an organization development company in Conyers, Georgia, served as the host. Twenty-six women attended that first workshop. More than 500 African-American, Asian-American, Latina/Hispanic-American, and Native-American women have attended the successful workshops that followed.
 
Kaleidoscope offers primarily women of color a program that honors and celebrates their differences, develops connections to other cultural groups, strengthens their individual leadership skills, assesses their personal goals, addresses issues of leadership and ethnicity, and empowers them to circumvent and dismantle cultural barriers. The Institute faculty are successful women-of-color Presidents/CEOs from institutions of higher education around the United States.
 
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#6308 From: "Mark H. Deschinny" <deschinny@...>
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:15 am
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Go to fullsize image Navajo School Clothing Program

Text Box: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Phoenix Indian Center, Inc. 4520 N. Central Ave, Suite #250 Phoenix, AZ 85012 (602) 264-6768

 

 

 

Navajo student is eligible to receive a clothing package if he/she meets the following eligibility criteria:

 

A.     Must be an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, with a valid Navajo Census Number on record at the Office of Vital Records at the time of application; If a child does not have a Navajo Census Number at the time of application, that student will not be eligible.  Since our program is a first come, first serve basis, we cannot wait on a student to register for their Census Number. Please have that student enroll at their nearest enrollment office as soon as possible, so that they may be eligible next school year. A student shall not use a Navajo parent’s/guardian’s Census Number.

 

B.     Must be between the ages of 4 and 13 years of age; This is determined by the date the NSCP receives the batch of clothing order forms from the participating school/agency in our office;

 

C.     Must attend a school within the Navajo Nation Boundaries; or attend a Border-town school; or a participating off-reservation school;

 

D.     Must be enrolled in one (1)  of the following educational institutions:

1. B.I.A. Day/Boarding School;                  4. Public Schools;

2. Community Controlled School;               5. Special Education School ; and

3. Head Start or Pre-School;                      6. Parochial Schools

NOTE:  Students who are home schooled, enrolled in head start home-based programs or attending private schools or Day Care centers are not eligible for services.

 

E.      Students who satisfy the above requirements are automatically eligible for the Program, and depending on the availability of funds, may or may not be provided a clothing package.

Participants may be requested to provide proof of eligibility.  Any knowingly false information given to the NSCP will result in the child’s eligibility in being suspended.

 

F.      Please provide measurements:

1.       Waist (inches)       2. Height (feet/inches)   3. Weight (lbs.)

 

 

 


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Phoenix, AZ 85012

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#6307 From: BHIC Web Log <health_gaps@...>
Date: Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:07 pm
Subject: [BHIC Web Log] August 26 		health_gaps@...
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·         Importance of Family Health History

·         Fighting Obesity Report Released

·         Grants

o    Healthy Environments

o    Safety-net Enhancement Initiative

o    SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants

o    Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing

o    Presbyterian Hunger Program

o    Hidden Valley Love Your Veggies Grant Program

Importance of Family Health History

Though most Americans are familiar with completing a questionnaire about their family health history when visiting health care providers, an independent panel was convened by the National Institutes of Health this week to critically assess exactly what we know and what we need to learn about how this process relates to improving health. The conference focused on the use of family history in the primary care setting for common diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer, and heart disease. Earlier today, the panel released their findings in a statement that is available at http://consensus.nih.gov

Reporting a positive history of a family disease or condition to a health care provider could prompt a range of next steps, from lifestyle changes including diet and exercise to referral to genetic services or other specialists. The panel perceived a need to approach their assessment from a balanced perspective, appreciating the potential for both benefits and harms of obtaining and acting upon family history information. Their statement recognized the longstanding use and intuitive appeal of this relatively simple and noninvasive tool to try to improve health outcomes for at-risk individuals.

Individuals interested in recording their family’s health history can visit http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory, a tool provided by the Office of the Surgeon General.

Read the complete NIH News Release online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/health/aug2009/od-26.htm

Fighting Obesity Report Released

The HSC Foundation released a new report identifying 10 successful models for combating childhood obesity and recommended the establishment of a Washington regional consortium to initiate a pilot obesity prevention program for low-income children ages zero to five and for pregnant women…“Fighting Obesity: What Works, What’s Promising” is based on a series of interviews with national experts on obesity policies and programs. The 10 models featured in the report, which have produced tangible successes. To read the full report, go to: http://www.hscfoundation.org/aboutus/publications/Fighting%20Obesity%20Report.pdf [posted on CAPHIS listserv]

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Healthy Environments
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Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding to improve the health and well being of vulnerable children from low-income families by making the places they live, learn and play safe and supportive of overall good health.

Safety-net Enhancement Initiative
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Application deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis.
Funding designed to reduce health disparities within vulnerable communities by enhancing collaboration and coordination among agencies and institutions providing health and social supports to these communities.

SAMHSA Knowledge Dissemination Conference Grants
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Application deadline: Sep 30, 2009
Funding for disseminating knowledge about practices within the mental health services and substance abuse prevention and treatment fields and integrating that knowledge into real-world practice as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Rethinking Mental Health: Improving Community Wellbeing
http://www.raconline.org/funding/funding_details.php?funding_id=2219
Application deadline: Oct 14, 2009
Funding to challenge organizations to explore innovations that allow individuals, families, communities and society to move past narrow perceptions of mental health.

Presbyterian Hunger Program
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Application deadline: Oct 31, 2009
The Presbyterian Hunger Program provides grants in the five areas: 1) Direct Food Relief; 2) Development Assistance; 3) Influencing Public Policy; 4) Life-style Integrity; and 5) Education and Interpretation.

Hidden Valley Love Your Veggies Grant Program
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Application deadline: Nov 6, 2009
Grants to support programs that increase student access to, and consumption of, fresh vegetables and fruits during school meals.

 

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#6306 From: Notah Begay III Foundation <communications@...>
Date: Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:18 pm
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Wake Forest University has an opportunity for minority students to
attend its MBA program for FREE, and so far, the response has been very
poor. Please, please pass along this opportunity to your friends,
families, and networks to see if there is an interest. This is a great
school and a tremendous opportunity to attend a top graduate school. See
details below.

The contact person for anyone who is interested is:
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Message from Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D.:
Greetings, I wanted to let you know about a great opportunity here at
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friends, who have agreed to donate a bunch of money to pay tuition and
fees, provide a stipend, and a job, to diverse students. The details are
below. The problem is, response to the program has been dismal! As a
faculty member, I would be embarrassed for him to have to tell his CEO
friends, "thanks so much for your donation, but unfortunately I have to
give it back because we couldn't find Any student who wanted it." So, I
need your help. Please contact me if you, or ANYONE you know is
interested in the program. I want to help out as many young scholars as
I can. Don't worry about whether or not you (or they) have taken the
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About the Program: The Master of Art in Management program is designed
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eligible to apply to Wake Forest as part of the MA/MBA joint degree
Program and get the MBA in one year. The new Dean, Steve Reinemund, has
created a new scholarship for diverse students pursuing the MA degree
called the Corporate Fellowship.

The Corporate Fellowship provides full tuition and a $21,000 stipend to
cover living expenses. Additionally, each Corporate Fellow will
participate in a practicum. The practicum has two components,
educational and professional development. Each student will be assigned
a mentor that is a high level executive with their sponsor corporation.
The mentor will oversee an educational project covering 4 of the
Functional areas of business using their own corporation as the subject.
The student will visit the corporation 3 - 4 times during the program To
present his/her results of their research project. Additionally, the
"professional development" component of the fellowship provides career
coaching and leadership development for the students.

The goal for the corporation is to be able to groom and hopefully, hire
a top candidate from a diverse background for their organization. Of
course, there is no obligation that the students accept any offer of
employment. Still, the student benefits, even if they are not ultimately
hired by their sponsor corporation in that they have the MA degree and
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Date: Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:38 am
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Guatemalan Mayan Enabled A Bilingual Education Portal In Internet


Leaders of indigenous ki'che', one of 22 Mayan peoples of Guatemala,
activated an educational portal on the Internet, with content in Spanish and
the language of that ethnic group, with support from a U.S. company and
government.

"The portal Skoool ('www.skoool.edu.gt
<http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/www.skoool.edu.gt> ') offer lessons on
line, as well as digital learning resources in both Spanish and ki? Che?,
Said in a statement the general manager and vice president of portal and
sales' marketing 'of the U.S. company Intel, Steve Dallman, on Wednesday.

He explained that the website is intended for students between 9 and 14
years and was developed within the framework of the Ministry of Education of
the Central American country.

Dallman said the portal will serve to strengthen the intercultural bilingual
education and was created through a cooperative agreement with Intel and the
Agency for International Development (USAID).

The aim is to "integrate technology and provide access to digital resources
to the educational community of Guatemala," he said.

The Education Minister, Ana Ordonez, said that with the launch of the portal
is to "promote access to technology and sustainable educational guidelines.

The ki'che' constitute 42% of the 13 million inhabitants of Guatemala.

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Title : Postdoctoral Fellow in Algorithms at Department of Informatics
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Title : Announcement of selection for Doctoral positions in University of Trento
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Title : POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWS in University of Greenwich
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Title : Postdoc in Experimental Mouse Genetics at Helmholtz Center for Infection Research
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·         Projects with Youth

o    Wellness Education Search Project

o    How I See It — My Place

·         How Health Insurance Premiums Are Eating Up Middle-Class Incomes

·         Public Health Emergency Resources

o    A Nation Prepared: Education and Training Needs for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

o    Public health leaders using social media to convey emergencies: New tools a boon

o    New CDC Guidance for Higher Education Institutions is now available from the Schools and Childcare Providers page

·         $1.2 Billion Available to Help Hospitals and Doctors Use Electronic Health Records

Projects with Youth

Wellness Education Search Project
The WE (Wellness Education) Search project which is funded by IMLS. Hispanic and Native American graduate students (Knowledge River Scholars) enrolled in the School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ learn about health disparities, cultural competence, and health information resources in classes taught by librarians from the Arizona Health Sciences Library.  During the last week of July a two-track Institute is held to prepare the graduate students to serve as mentors to Native American and Hispanic students from Sunnyside High School and teach high school students about health information resources, evaluating web sites, health literacy, etc. Following the Institute, graduate library students serve as teachers/mentors in a high school class to further develop the skills of the students.  Digital storytelling was a new component to the program in the fall of 2008.  The following links are stories created by one graduate student and one high school student during this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6PU7eNrJnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4JoXwyYZno

How I See It — My Place
For  10 weeks more than 200 teens in 21 California communities armed with digital cameras  and notebooks documented the little noticed and often overlooked in their  cities and towns as part of a statewide humanities projectcreated by the  California Council for the Humanities and loosely based on the work of a  Harvard University landscape professor.  Now you can see the results of the teens’ explorations in an online exhibit at http://www.calhum.org/myplace. The exhibit is the  culmination of “How I See It — My Place,” a statewide Council project  involving 21 California libraries. The goal was to get young people to know the  places where they live; to give them new skills in photography, writing and  critical thinking; and to spark their interest in the humanities. The  exhibit features over 300 photographs as well descriptive material about the  photos written by the teens themselves. Also available is a downloadable  program handbook, scholar essays and other resources to enable youth  organizations or other libraries to conduct the program on their own from start  to finish.

How Health Insurance Premiums Are Eating Up Middle-Class Incomes

And How National Reform Can Help
Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and they could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if the current pace of cost growth continues, according to new Commonwealth Fund analysis. The data brief finds that national reforms that slow health care cost increases by 1 to 1.5 percent per year would yield substantial savings for families and businesses across the country. In a new Commonwealth Fund Blog post, Fund President Karen Davis underscores the need for health reform legislation to lower premiums for employers and families by including a public plan or another effective option for controlling both medical outlays and insurance administrative overhead. http://tinyurl.com/mjcj47 [The Commonwealth Fund Connection]

Public Health Emergency Resources

A Nation Prepared: Education and Training Needs for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
http://www.usuhs.mil/ncdmph/savethedate.html
September 24-25, 2009, Washington DC. Convened by the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to inform the Federal Education and Training Interagency Group for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, FETIG, and support the National Strategy for Public Health and Medical Preparedness, HSPD-21. [posted on PHPartners  - New Links for the week of Aug 21, 2009]

Public health leaders using social media to convey emergencies: New tools a boon
http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/current/August2009/Nation/socialmediaNation.htm
Social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook are allowing public health officials to reach out fast and directly to the public on everything from salmonella-related food recalls to disease outbreaks and weather emergencies. [posted on PHPartners  - New Links for the week of Aug 21, 2009]

New CDC Guidance for Higher Education Institutions is now available from the Schools and Childcare Providers page
http://www.dhhs.ne.gov/H1N1flu/schools.htm [Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services H1N1 Flu Information Update]

$1.2 Billion Available to Help Hospitals and Doctors Use Electronic Health Records

http://tinyurl.com/m6p6qu
Vice President Joe Biden  announced the availability of grants worth nearly $1.2 billion to help hospitals and health care providers implement and use electronic health records. The grants will be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and will help providers qualify for new incentives available in 2010 to doctors and hospitals that meaningfully use electronic health records. [OMHRC E*NEWS FLASH!]

 

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OCTOBER 2009

 

HEARD MUSEUM PHOENIX

The Heard Museum features 10 exhibition galleries, the original Heard Museum Shop, the Berlin Gallery of the Heard Museum Shop featuring outstanding fine art, lush outdoor courtyards and walkways, multiple gardens and the Caf at the Heard. Enjoy daily public guided tours at noon, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

 

EXHIBITIONS AT HEARD MUSEUM PHOENIX

 

         Mothers & Daughters: Stories in Clay (ongoing until January 24, 2010)

         Harry Fonseca: An Artists Journey (ongoing through April 4, 2010)

         Life in a Cold Place: Arctic Art from the Albrecht Collection (through January 3, 2010)

         New Traditions in Old Pots: Silver Seed Pots from the Norman L. Sandfield Collection (ongoing)

         HOME: Native People in the Southwest (ongoing)

         Around the World: The Heard Museum Collection (ongoing)

         History & Collections of the Heard Museum (ongoing)

         Every Picture Tells a Story (ongoing)

         Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience (ongoing)

         We Are! Arizonas First People (ongoing)

 

EVENTS AT HEARD MUSEUM PHOENIX

All programs included with museum admission unless otherwise noted.

 

6th Annual Spirit of the Heard Award

Friday, October 2, 9 a.m.

Ted Vaughn, Yavapai, an elder of the Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe and a Prescott resident, has been chosen as the recipient of the 6th Annual Spirit of the Heard Award, to be presented by the Heard Museums Board of Trustees American Indian Advisory Committee. For more than 16 years, Vaughn has been a grassroots leader in the effort of retaining and growing Yavapai language fluency and has become known as one of the leading indigenous language teachers in the United States. Admission is free for all.

 

Movie Mondays

Monday, October 5, 1:30 p.m.

The Doe Boy (2002, 87 min). This coming-of-age films tells the story of Hunter, a half-blood Cherokee with hemophilia (a "white man's disease"), whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. With an overprotective mother and a distant father, Hunter learns from his grandfather the courage to find the love he desperately seeks. 

 

An Evening With Leslie Marmon Silko

Thursday, October 8, 7 p.m.

Internationally acclaimed author Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo, will deliver the fall Simon Ortiz and Labriola Center Lecture on Indigenous Land, Culture and Community on Thursday, October 8 at 7 p.m. at Phoenixs Heard Museum. Silko is best known for her universally praised novel Ceremony, which was first published in 1977 to rave reviews. The evening will begin with a reading by the author from her forthcoming memoir, Turquoise Ledge, followed by an informal discussion with the audience. The lecture series is sponsored by the Heard Museum and Arizona State Universitys American Indian Studies Program, Department of English, Department of History, Labriola Center and Women and Gender Studies Program. Admission is free for all.

 

Heard Museum Shops Annual Fall Shop Sale

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 9, 10 & 11, hours vary

Get a jump on holiday shopping and check out the bargains at the Heard Museum Shops Annual Fall Sale, October 9 to 11. This twice-yearly shopping event offers discounts on the finest authentic American Indian artwork almost everything from katsina dolls and jewelry to baskets, textiles, pottery and fine art will be 20 % off for Heard Museum members. Non-members save 10%. (Berlin Gallery, consignment purchases and sale items are ineligible for additional discounts.)

 

Community Second Sunday

Sunday, October 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is free for all Arizona residents at Heard Museum Phoenix. Visit the exhibit galleries, stop for lunch at the Caf and search for a special treasure at the Heard Museum Shops. Also, bring a household item such as paper plates, cups and utensils for donation to Ronald McDonald House to the Heard on Community Second Sunday and receive $1 off your next visit! Visit heard.org for a complete list of needs.

 

Heard Guild Presents Gregory McNamee

Monday, October 12, 10:30 a.m.

Gregory McNamee, author and writing instructor at the University of Arizona will present a lecture entitled River of History: A Gila Journey. Admission is free for all.

 

Movie Mondays

Monday, October 12, 1:30 p.m.

The 1920 Classic Myth:  The Last of the Mohicans (2003, 73 min). This film is the black and white silent movie that has been re-scored by Mohican composer Brent Michael Davids. James Fenimore Cooper's adventure novel of 1726 is brought to the silent screen in this early (and probably its most faithful) adaptation.

 

NU (Native + You)

Friday, October 16, 5:30 to 9 p.m.

Acclaimed author Sherman Alexie is the special guest during NU (Native + You) in October! Alexie, Spokane/Coeur d'Alene, will discuss his newest book War Dances and sign books afterward. Tickets for the event, which is presented by Changing Hands Bookstore, are $7 and will come with a $7 voucher toward the purchase of the book. Tickets went on sale August 15. Contact Changing Hands at 480.730.0205 to order. The Caf will be open until 9 p.m. for hungry people, and the Shop and Berlin Gallery will be open until 8 p.m. NU is presented by JP Morgan Chase and is free admission for all.

 

Movie Mondays

Monday, October 19, 1:30 p.m.

Mile Post 398 (2007, 110 min). Award-winning Navajo husband and wife filmmakers Shonie and Andee de la Rosa take the viewer on an inside tour of Navajo contemporary life with a universal resonance. From his earliest memories, Cloyd (Beau Benally) has witnessed the uglier side of life while being surrounded by alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Each time he attempts to turn over a new leaf, his friends Jimmy and Marty (Navajo comedy duo James and Ernie) mastermind a plan to sway Cloyd from his ultimate hope of saving himself and his beloved family. The first full feature film to be produced entirely on the Navajo Nation and utilize an entire Navajo cast and crew.

 

Moondance

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. dinner

Moondance will be a magical evening under the stars at the Heard Museums Phoenix campus! Moondance is one of the Heards biggest fundraising events and this years proceeds will support core education programs. Please consider joining us for this special event and supporting the Heard Museum! Tickets are $500 each, tables of ten start at $5,000. For more information, visit heard.org/moondance or call the development office at 602.251.0213.

 

Movie Mondays

Monday, October 26, 1:30 p.m.

Imprint (2007, 88 min). Shayla Stonefeather (Tonantzin Carmelo), a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial, returns to the reservation to say goodbye to her dying father. After the teen is killed, she hears ghostly voices and sees strange visions that cause her to re-examine beliefs she thought she left behind. Though Shayla initially rejects a spiritual explanation for her experiences, she begins to uncover what she believes is a link between the visions and her brothers disappearance two years earlier. Produced by Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins).

 

 

October 2009

Events Heard Museum Phoenix (cont.)

 

 

* All movies subject to change.

 

 

 

 

Heard Museum Phoenix               

Location:          2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix

Hours:              9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday

Cost:                $10 adults; $9 for seniors (65+); $5 for students with a valid student ID; $3 for children (6-12); Children under 6, Heard Museum members and Americans Indians receive free admission.

Information:      Call 602.252.8848 or visit www.heard.org

 

 

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HEARD MUSEUM NORTH SCOTTSDALE

Heard Museum North Scottsdale at the Summit at Scottsdale features two exhibition galleries, an interpretive garden with sculpture, a Heard Museum Shop and the Caf at Heard Museum North Scottsdale.

 

EXHIBITIONS AT HEARD MUSEUM NORTH SCOTTSDALE

  • Choices and Change: American Indian Artists in the Southwest (ongoing)
  • Beyond Face Value (ongoing through October 11, 2009)

 

EVENTS AT HEARD MUSEUM NORTH SCOTTSDALE

All events free with museum admission unless otherwise noted.

 

In the Garden With Desert Botanical Garden Docents

Wednesday, October 7: 1:30 p.m.

The new series of talks in Heard Museum North Scottsdales garden kicks off with the talk Adaptation and Survival of Desert Plants in the Sonoran Desert with DBG docent Leslie Grady.

 

Community Second Sunday

Sunday, October 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

As a thank you to the community for its support, Heard Museum North Scottsdale offers free admission to Arizona residents on the second Sunday of every month. Check out the exhibit galleries, stop for lunch at the Caf and peruse the outstanding artwork at the Heard Museum North Shop. Also at Heard Museum Phoenix.

 

Beyond Face Value closes

Sunday, October 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Dont miss this last opportunity to view how American Indians portray themselves.

 

Heard Museum Shops Annual Fall Shop Sale

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 9, 10 & 11

Get a jump on holiday shopping and check out the bargains at the Heard Museum Shops Annual Fall Sale, October 9 to 11. This twice-yearly shopping event offers discounts on the finest authentic American Indian artwork almost everything from katsina dolls and jewelry to baskets, textiles, pottery and fine art will be 20% off for Heard Museum members.  Non-members save 10%. (Berlin Gallery, consignment purchases and sale items are ineligible for additional discounts.)

 

Deadline to Enroll in Native Peoples of the Southwest Short Course

Tuesday, October 6, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The Heard Museum Guild is again offering the four-session course Native Peoples of the Southwest at the Heard Museum North Scottsdale. Participants will learn about the Southwest and the first Americans from the prehistoric peoples and their historic descendants to the people today, who continue to blend their ancient traditions with the challenges of the 21st century. The first three sessions on October 13, 20 and 27 will be held in the Education Center at Heard Museum North Scottsdale. The fourth session, on November 3, will meet at Heard Museum Phoenix. All classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $55 for museum members and $45 for Guild members. Advance registration is required. For more information and/or to register, contact Barbara Johnson at 480.502.5193 or email barbara@....

 

Public Opening of Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes

Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This exhibit at Heard Museum North Scottsdale will explore the unique relationship American Indians have with land and how that has been expressed in art. Land/landscape as a subject matter for Native artists is a personal journey in history, culture and identity. The exhibit will explore the connection to and loss of landa universal theme for Native peoples. Paintings and three-dimensional pieces by artists such as Allan Houser, Kay WalkingStick, James Lavadour, George Morrison, Mario Martinez, Peter Jemison, and Marie and Julian Martinez will take viewers and visitors on their personal journeys. The exhibition continues through March 14, 2010.

 

Conversation With the Curator

Saturday, October 24, 11 a.m.

Guest speaker Janet Cantley, curator of community museums will discuss the connection between American Indian people and their lands. Cantley is the curator of Personal Journeys: American Indian Landscapes.

 

Nights at North

Wednesday, October 28, 5:30 p.m. reception, 6 p.m. lecture

Beginning October 28 and continuing each Wednesday until November 18, enjoy appetizers, sparkling conversation with American Indian art, history and cultural experts and libations amidst the gorgeous environs of Heard Museum North Scottsdale during Nights at North. Cost: $5 for Heard Museum members, $10 for non-members. A cash bar features beer for $3 and wine for $5. This week: Heard Museum North Scottsdale Manager Marie Wittwer will speak about Southwestern American Indian jewelry.

 

 

 

Heard Museum North Scottsdale

Address:          32633 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

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Cost:                $5 adults; $4 for seniors (65+); $2 for students with a valid student ID; Children under 6, Heard Museum members and American Indians receive free admission.

Information:      480.488.9817 or visit www.heard.org
 
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·         AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences

·         Diversity RX Community of Practice

·         Publications of Note

o    A Scoping Literature Review of Collaboration between Primary Care and Public Health

o    Does the United States Provide the Best Health Care in the World?

o    Interview with the Chief Information Officer for the Indian Health Service

·         Library News

o    I Love My Librarian Award nominations

o    OCLC Minority Fellowship program expanded

o    Omaha residents rally for branch

o    Information Rx

·         Hospital Emergency Preparedness

AHRQ Grant Program for Large or Recurring Conferences

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-257.html
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), announces its continued interest in supporting conferences through its Large or Recurring Grant Program for Conference Support. AHRQ seeks to support conferences that help to further its mission to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans. The types of conferences eligible for support include: 1) Research development - conferences where issues or challenges in the practice and delivery of health care are defined and a research agenda or strategy for studying them is developed; 2) Research design and methodology - conferences where methodological and technical issues of major importance to the field of health services research are addressed or new designs and methodologies are developed; 3) Dissemination and implementation - conferences where research findings and evidence-based information and tools are summarized, communicated and used by organizations and individuals that have the capability to use the information to improve the outcomes, quality, access to, and cost and utilization of health care services; and/or, 4) Research training, infrastructure and career development -conferences where faculty, trainees and students are brought together with stakeholders to develop, share or disseminate research products, experiences, curricula, syllabi, or training competencies.

Diversity RX Community of Practice

 “Collecting and Using Patient Demographic Data to Create Equitable Health Care Systems”
Grounded in the new Institute of Medicine report, “Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data: Standardization for Health Care Quality Improvement,”
this group will focus on the collection and use of patient demographic data in the context of eliminating health care disparities. Members of the Community of Practice will explore how data on patient characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, language, and literacy can be used to ensure equitable care for all patients. To learn more about how this Community of Practice will work, and to apply to participate, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/m3s3tu

Publications of Note

A Scoping Literature Review of Collaboration between Primary Care and Public Health
A Report to the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Ruth Martin-Misener & Ruta Valaitis
April 21, 2009
http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/nursing/docs/MartinMisener-Valaitis-Review.pdf
“The purpose of this scoping review was to determine what is known from existing primary studies, literature reviews and descriptive accounts about:

  • structures and processes required to build successful collaborations between Primary Care and Public Health
  • outcomes of collaborations between Primary Care and Public Health
  • markers of successful collaboration between Primary Care and Public Health” [PAHO/WHO Equity Listserv]

Does the United States Provide the Best Health Care in the World?
http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=47508
Urban Institute Analyzes the Truth in How the Quality of America’s Health Care Compares Internationally
Faced with the prospect of the first major national health reform initiative in 15 years, America’s airwaves are filled with increasingly raucous debates about the pros and cons of ideas being proposed in Washington and on editorial pages across the country. A common theme is how the U.S. health care system stacks up when compared to the rest of the world and the impact that reform could have on it. Recent surveys show that the majority of American’s believe that despite spotty coverage, high costs and other problems, the U.S. health care system—and the quality of health care delivered—is the best in the world. But is it really?

Interview with the Chief Information Officer for the Indian Health Service
An Interview with Theresa Cullen, M.D.
http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/summer09.php#spotlight
by Beth Blevins
The CIO at the Indian Health Service talks about her life-long interest in Native American health care, IHS health IT, and working (still) as a physician on a reservation…. We track our patients’ Internet accessibility by surveying them when they come in and have found that only 22 percent of them report having Internet access, whether at home or in a library. That’s far lower than any reported statistic on that.
[New Issue of the Rural Monitor]

Library News

I Love My Librarian Award nominations
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/august2009/carnegie2_pio.cfm
Nominations opened August 17 for the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York / New York Times I Love My Librarian Award. The award invites library users to recognize the accomplishments of librarians in public, school, college, community college, and university libraries for their efforts to improve the lives of people in their community. Up to 10 librarians will be selected. Each will receive a $5,000 cash award and a $500 travel stipend to attend an awards ceremony and reception in New York in December. Nominations will run through October 9 : http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm

OCLC Minority Fellowship program expanded
http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/200944.htm
OCLC is expanding and increasing support for its Minority Fellowship program designed to provide opportunities for aspiring library professionals from historically underrepresented groups. The program started this year with one fellow and has been expanded to include two fellows in 2010. The 12-month paid program offers an opportunity to work with OCLC staff in a variety of service areas. The deadline for applications is September 8 http://www.oclc.org/us/en/careers/hub/view/default.htm

Omaha residents rally for branch
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090812/NEWS01/708129942
A group of about 100 protesters rallied at the Florence branch of the Omaha (Nebr.) Public Library August 12 to object to its closing for the duration of 2009. Tammy Kimble, a rally organizer, said government officials should be trying to preserve and promote the historic nature of Florence, founded as a pioneer town in 1854 and annexed by Omaha in 1917. City Councilman Pete Festersen attended the rally and said it seemed unfair to close an east Omaha library while opening one in west Omaha….
Omaha (Nebr.) World-Herald, Aug. 12

Information Rx
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/news/topstories/rx.cfm
Susie McIntyre writes: “National studies indicate that nearly half of all American adults have difficulty understanding and using health information. In January 2007, the Great Falls (Mont.) Public Library received $25,000 to help healthcare patients access quality information. Our project attempted to weave together referrals from healthcare professionals and increase access to information.” Make sure and check out the Information RX website http://www.informationrx.org/
Montana Library Focus 27, no. 2 (Apr.): 6

[American Libraries Direct 8/19/2009]

Hospital Emergency Preparedness

How to Get From Planning to Doing
http://kuahec.kumc.edu/docs/HospitalEmergencyPreparednessFINALFORWEB.pdf
This program is for all hospital emergency response personnel and community health agencies that may need to interact with hospitals during an emergency. Emergency management plans are meant to be living documents — and good emergency management plans make good business sense. Whether a facility is accredited by The Joint Commission or not, many of the standards will likely become national standards. This program is designed to help demystify Joint Commission standards and assist participants in identifying and overcoming barriers to implementation of a successful emergency plan within their facility.

OCTOBER 20, 2009
Overland Park, KS
ITV Sites:

  • Pittsburg, KS
  • Garden City, KS
  • Hays, KS

OCTOBER21, 2009
Wichita, KS

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Call KUMC AHEC Northwest (785) 628-6128
http://kuahec.kumc.edu/conferences.html

 

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Announcing the upcoming 2009 National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Desert Sun Golf Tourney: Supporting the Embassy of Tribal Nations. Golfing in the Desert Sun - Palm Springs!

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Leadership - Title Sponsorship $25,000

  • Your name/logo will appear as the title corporate sponsor for the charity golf tournament and all marketing materials will highlight your organization in the title
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  • 2 invitations to Executive reception
  • 4 tickets to the NCAI conference gala banquet
  • 4 player tournament spot
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Eagle Sponsorship $10,000
  • 4 player tournament spots
  • 2 invitations to Executive reception
  • Recognition on NCAI golf tournament website
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  • Shared by-line on all cart signs
  • $80 gift certificate to the Pro-Shop OR
  • 4 lunch tickets for after the tournament
Birdie Sponsorship $5000
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  • 4 lunch tickets for after the tournament
Hole Sponsorship $1,000
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  • 2 player tournament spots
  • $40 gift certificate to the Pro-Shop OR
  • 2 Lunch tickets for after the tournament
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One Voice from its very beginning has attracted an international audience of
educators at every level from the United States, Canada, and as of July 2009, 47
other countries.It's growing audience and mailing list of approximately 50,000
consists of professors, doctors, instructors, lecturers, instructors, teachers
and others who successfully transfer knowledge and inspire learning in students
at all levels.  Although attendees and presenters represent countless cultures
and experiences, they are more alike than different - particularly in their
quest to take action, to speak up and speak out, to invest their energies and
themselves, fully and intentionally, to make the world a better place through
education. Those who are looking to network with their global peers in education
share their scholarly work and enjoy and explore that of others, who want to
take an active role to improve the industry to which they have dedicated their
lives  those are the people one meets at One Voice events.
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·         Emergency Preparedness Updates

o    CDC Releases Update on Interim Recommendations for K-12 Schools in Response to H1N1

o    National Council on Disability Releases Report to President on Emergency Management

o    APHA Blog - GetReady for the Flu

o    Incorporating Social Media into Disaster Communications

·         Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute Accepting Applications

·         Grants

o    Nike - Back Your Block Grant

o    State Farm Youth Advisory Board – Service-Learning Project Grants

o    Tom’s of Maine – Community Involvement Grants

Emergency Preparedness Updates

CDC Releases Update on Interim Recommendations for K-12 Schools in Response to H1N1
http://tinyurl.com/oefp3z
On August 5, 2009, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released updated interim guidance on ways schools can reduce the spread of the H1N1 virus.  The recommendations are as follows:

•    School closure is not advised for a suspected or confirmed case of H1N1 and, in general, is not advised unless there is a magnitude of faculty or student absenteeism that interferes with the school’s ability to function. [posted in The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools News Alert – August 7, 2009]

National Council on Disability Releases Report to President on Emergency Management
“Effective Emergency Management: Making Improvements for Communities and People with Disabilities”
August 12, 2009.  The 500-page report can be found at:  http://tinyurl.com/medu86 For a wealth of other information on emergency preparedness and response for persons with disabilities, go to DisasterPreparedeness.gov (http://www.disabilitypreparedness.gov/index.htm which is supported by the U.S. Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities. (http://www.dhs.gov/files/committees/editorial_0591.shtm)
[Original post on release of report:  August 12, 2009 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program Notes of the Day]

APHA Blog - GetReady for the Flu
The American Public Health Association (APHA) has initiated a blog geared towards public health workers who are following information related to flu season readiness. (http://getreadyforflu.blogspot.com/)

Incorporating Social Media into Disaster Communications
(HSToday) Emergency management organizations must get ahead of the rising tide of social media and incorporate it into their risk communications strategies, advised a roundtable of experts in a recent report. http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/9638/128/
Download the study at: http://www.boozallen.com/consulting-services/services_article/42420696
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Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute Accepting Applications

From August 15 through October 31, 2009, CDC’s Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute (EPHLI) will accept applications for the class of 2010–2011.

Each year, approximately 30 practicing environmental public health professionals are admitted to the program. EPHLI strengthens the country’s environmental public health system by enhancing the leadership capabilities of state, local, and tribal environmental public health professionals.

Application instructions and program information are posted at http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/EPHLI/application.htm. For more information about EPHLI, please contact Maggie Byrne at MByrne@... or John Sarisky at JSarisky@.... [posted on Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)]

Grants

Nike - Back Your Block Grant
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Back-Your-Block-Grant.aspx
The Nike Back Your Block program is supporting organizations that utilize sports as a tool to bring about a positive change in local communities. Specifically, Nike is looking for organizations whose programming will encourage young people, ages 15-24, to create a better life through sports.

State Farm Youth Advisory Board – Service-Learning Project Grants
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Service-Learning-Project-Grants.aspx
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board grants funds for student-led service-learning projects to address the issues of environmental responsibility, natural and societal disaster preparedness, driver safety, financial education, and accessing higher education/closing the achievement gap.

Tom’s of Maine – Community Involvement Grants
http://www.healthinschools.org/News-Room/Grant-Alerts/Community-Involvement-Grants.aspx
Tom’s of Maine is seeking to support community involvement projects from nonprofit organizations.  The projects must be able to be completed and measured within six months, have a positive impact in the community and engage and involve members of the general community in which the organization operates.

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
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http://www.healthinschools.org/

 

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GREETINGS!

 

The National Museum of the American Indian

Media Initiatives Presents:

 

Answering the Call: Veterans Day Short Film Contest

We are looking for short films (four minutes of less) about Native American Veterans that illustrate what participation in the military means to Native people. We are looking for all types of non-fiction filmsdocumentary, experimental, animation, etc. Films selected will be shown on Veterans Day for a special program in our museum.

 

First Prize $500

 

Second & Third Prizes: NMAI Pendleton Blanket

 

Entries must be received by October 18, 2009.

 

Entries become the property of the National Museum of the American Indian and will not be returned.

 

Thanks and we look forward to seeing your work!

 

Entry form and Contest rules are attached. 

 

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Fall 2009 Special Issue: 6th Annual Native Convening

 

In This Issue
Native CDFI Convening Overview
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Oweesta is pleased to be partnering with Opportunity Finance Network to present you with the 2009 Native CDFI Convening. This annual conference is one of the most important events and networking opportunities for emerging and established Native community development organizations. That’s why we are dedicating the fall issue of our newsletter entirely to the 2009 Native CDFI Convening.

This year’s conference, held October 27th-30th in Charlotte, North Carolina, will provide you with valuable knowledge in establishing your institution, housing finance, new markets tax credits, entrepreneurship development, and more. In addition, the pre-conference Native Gathering will provide an excellent opportunity for networking with your peers in the CDFI industry.

We hope to see you there!

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Native Convening Overview
October 27-30, 2009 | Charlotte, North Carolina

The Sixth Annual Native CDFI Convening, as part of the 2009 Opportunity Finance Network Conference, comes at a time when CDFIs across the spectrum are facing liquidity, portfolio, and operating challenges while trying to respond to skyrocketing demand. The conference presents a forum where participants will meet to discuss, debate, and respond to a set of external and internal challenges greater than our industry has ever experienced.

The Native CDFI Gathering consists of the Native Gathering Pre-Conference Day combined with the Native Awards ceremony, the Native CDFIS training track of sessions and the Native Funders and Native CDFIs Reception, as well as a few specialized sessions recommended to Native practitioners.

The Native Gathering
Pre-Conference | October 27, 2009

The Gathering on the 27th will kick off a week of learning that will help individual Native CDFIs and the industry as a whole focus on policy issues. We will start the day with a broad view of community development issues and efforts in Native and non-Native areas and hear from experts working at the tribal, regional, state, and federal levels on these policy agendas. We will then focus on the new Native CDFI Network (NCN) and provide a venue for interaction, input, and a membership interest sign-up. Finally, we will end the day in celebration as we present the Circle of Honor Award and the Visionary Leader Award to this year’s winners. This is sure to be an afternoon filled with information, interaction, and inspiration.

Native Gathering Agenda
2:00pm – 2:15pm Welcome
2:15pm – 3:00pm Policy Panel
3:00pm – 3:15pm Break
3:15pm – 4:00pm Native CDFI Network (NCN) Session
4:00pm – 4:15pm Break
4:15pm – 5:00pm Awards


Circle of Honor Award for Outstanding Leadership
This award recognizes a Native CDFI that is successfully increasing access to capital and financial resources in Native communities.

Visionary Leader Award for Outstanding Achievement
This award recognizes a person who has made a long-term contribution to the Native CDFI industry and whose local financing and asset building efforts make them an inspiration for others.

Native CDFIs Track of Sessions

Native CDFIs continue to grow in number, size, and sophistication. This year's Native CDFI track of sessions covers housing and business finance, financial management, and funding and capitalization.

Sessions include:

  • Native Housing Finance: Institutions & Programs that Make it Happen
    Wednesday, October 28th, 2:15pm - 3:45pm
  • Opportunities for Business: The Strategic Link Between Entrepreneurship Systems & Good Lending
    Wednesday, October 28th, 2:15pm - 5:30pm
  • Native CDFI Funders Panel
    Wednesday, October 28th, 4:00pm-5:30pm
  • Native CDFI Finances: Audits, Budgets, and Good Management
    Thursday, October 29th, 9:00am-12:15pm
  • Native Credit Unions: Lessons Learned
    Thursday, October 29th, 5:30pm-6:30pm
  • New Markets Tax Credits in Native Communities
    Friday, October 30th, 7:30am-8:45am
  • Establishing Your Native CDFI
    Friday, October 30th, 9:00am-10:30am
  • The Other Side of Financing: Innovations in Native CDFI Development Services
    Friday, October 30th, 9:00am-10:30am
  • Native Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Development (NEED): A New Model for Native CDFIs and their Partners
    Friday, October 30th, 10:45am-12:15pm


In addition to the Native CDFI sessions, consider:

  • How You and Your CDFI Can Prosper from Private Philanthropy
  • Managing Delinquency (choose the session appropriate to your CDFI’s primary financing sector: Affordable Housing, Commercial Real Estate and Community Facilities, Microenterprise and Small Business)
  • Portfolio Management in The New Normal
  • Sourcing Capital Online: Prosper, Kiva and Microplace
  • Workouts (choose the session appropriate to your CDFI’s primary financing sector: Affordable Housing, Commercial Real Estate and Community Facilities, Microenterprise and Small Business)

Catawba Cultural Center Tour

Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 1:30pm – 5:45pm

Spend the afternoon at the Catawba Cultural Center. The Catawba Indians are one of the tribes indigenous to the Carolinas and the Catawba pottery tradition has survived for over 4,500 years. Learn about the Catawba language and receive a demonstration on pottery making. Preview a drumming and dancing show. There will be an opportunity to explore the trails leading to the Catawba River and the Catawba craft store.

Click here for more information on the Catawba Cultural Center.

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         Joint Commission Developing Proposed Requirements for Hospital Accreditation Program

         Communicating Clearly on the Web Podcast

         Websites of Interest

o    Substance Abuse & Mental Health Serivces Admiminstration Website in Spanish

o    Free Health eCards from the CDC

         Emergency Planning for At-Risk Populations: A Toolkit for Local Health

         StoryBank Spotlights Health Care Experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

Joint Commission Developing Proposed Requirements for Hospital Accreditation Program

Developing Proposed Requirements to Advance Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-Centered Care for the Hospital Accreditation Program
The Joint Commission, with funding from The Commonwealth Fund, is developing proposed accreditation requirements for hospitals to advance effective communication, cultural competence, and patient-centered care.  This 18-month project will explore how diversity, culture, language, and health literacy issues can be better incorporated into current Joint Commission standards or drafted into new requirements.  In conjunction with the proposed requirements, The Joint Commission is developing an implementation guide that will help hospitals meet the proposed requirements and provide best practice information and educational resources and tools.  Additional project information can be accessed at: http://tinyurl.com/5fhryd See the Joint Commission’s Culturally Competent Patient Centered Care for Hospital Accreditation Program Wiki at  http://tinyurl.com/pzn5mw [posted on Health Literacy Listserv]

Communicating Clearly on the Web Podcast

Tune into Helen Osborn’s Health OutLoud Podcast “HLOL #19: Communicating Clearly on the Web” Janice (Ginny) Redish, Ph.D. is president of Redish & Associates, Inc. based in Bethesda, Maryland. In this work, Ginny helps government agencies and private companies create successful web sites through training and consultation on plain language and usability. Among her many accomplishments, Ginny helped develop the federal website http://www.usability.gov/ - a guide for developing usable and useful websites. http://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2009/08/03/hlol-19-communicating-clearly-on-the-web/

Websites of Interest

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Serivces Admiminstration Website in Spanish
La Administracin de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustancias http://samhsa.gov/espanol/

Free Health eCards from the CDC
Are you looking to send fun health related bytes to family and friends? Take a look at the CDC’s Health eCards at http://www2a.cdc.gov/eCards/

Emergency Planning for At-Risk Populations: A Toolkit for Local Health

http://nccphp.sph.unc.edu/at-riskplanning/index.htm
This online toolkit features real stories of successful programs with audio interviews, practical planning tips, in-depth topic spotlights, and resources for providing services to at-risk population’s during public health emergencies such as pandemic influenza. Although developed for North Carolina audiences, this toolkit follows ASTHO’s 5 areas of preparedness for at-risk populations and can be useful for local public health agencies in other jurisdictions. [posted on PAHO/WHO Equity listserv]

StoryBank Spotlights Health Care Experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders

Oakland, CA – August 11, 2009- The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) http://www.aapcho.org, in recognition of National Health Center Week,  introduced its online StoryBank collection that features the perspectives and experiences of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander (AA&NHOPIs) served by AAPCHO member centers. The new AAPCHO StoryBank is now open to the public at http://ourstories.aapcho.org and will be updated regularly with more stories written by patients, physicians, nurses, health educators, interpreters, and other involved community members as they become available for publication. [aapcho listserv]

 

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·         Brief Profiles the Health Coverage and Status of American Indians and Alaska Natives

·         Utah Women’s Health Network Clinic/Library Partnership

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Transforming Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: A Primary Prevention Approach outlines the most promising local prevention strategies and policy changes to prevent child sexual abuse from happening in the first place.  The  recommendations are designed to shift social and cultural norms that increase the likelihood of child sexual abuse and exploitation. http://preventioninstitute.org/vppubs.html [Posted on Prevention Institute email]

Brief Profiles the Health Coverage and Status of American Indians and Alaska Natives

The Kaiser Family Foundation today released a brief examining the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.  Although the U.S. government has an established responsibility through tribal agreements to provide health care services to members of federally recognized Indian tribes, many American Indians and Alaska Natives lack access to health care.  This brief gives an overview of some of the demographic factors that influence the health and insurance coverage of American Indians and Alaska Natives.  It examines the relatively high rates of chronic conditions experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives compared to other racial and ethnic groups.  The brief also provides information about the Indian Health Service and health coverage and access to care for this population. A Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage is available online at http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/7977.cfm [posted on The Kaiser Family Foundation email]

Utah Women’s Health Network Clinic/Library Partnership

The Utah Women’s Health Information Network (UWIN), a program of the University of Utah, Health Sciences Center, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, became a reality in November, 2007 with receipt of a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve health care for Utah women and thus all Utah residents through their families.

One of the primary goals of UWIN is to make more reliable health information available to health-care providers and their patients who share constituencies with neighborhood public library throughout Utah. Through this initiative, public libraries across Utah will form partnerships with their community health clinics. Clinicians will become informed about the consumer health resources and help at their public libraries and in turn patients will become more informed about not only health but all the services and resources at their neighborhood library. A true “UWIN” for health care providers as well as the patients they serve.

See materials used by the group to distribute information about the project at http://womenshealthuwin.utah.edu/uwin_projects_chcpl.php

 

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