NOVEMBER Updates, News, and Resources
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Greetings!
We can't believe November is just around the corner, but we are so excited to be starting up our training year! If you missed last month's newsletter, we encourage you to check out our training line up for this year. Up next is a training on community engagement that addresses tricks for both in-person and online engagement. Keep reading for more info!
If you missed our CHTI overview video, you can click here or below to watch. We also just released our Fall 2020 Reading List, and we hope you'll check out some of our awesome book recs.
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CHECK OUT WHAT'S NEW!
Stay up to date on our latest blog posts, newsletters, and announcements by bookmarking this page!
And check out our Fall 2020 Reading List, chock-full of great reads that will keep you entertained inside as the weather cools outside.
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WATCH: AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WORK
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Click on the image to the right or click here to watch our 2020 overview of the Community Health Training Institute! You'll get to know us a bit better and learn all about our trainings for the year. Be sure to check out our list of trainings for 2020-2021!
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH FROM 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
ONLINE TRAINING VIA THE ZOOM PLATFORM
Topics: Online and offline community engagement, using social media as a tool for engagement.
Description: In the face of this pandemic, communities are dealing with many challenges, including how to connect with each other while also keeping the community safe. How can we engage our members, stakeholders, and partners in creative ways that allow them to still feel connected to one another and the work? How can we shift our strategies so that we’re meeting the community where they’re at and continuing to put its needs at the forefront? This training will explore community engagement strategies in both online and offline spaces, from meeting platforms to phone trees and flyering. Moreover, the training will touch upon the types of engagement that are accessible for hard-to-reach communities, such as aging adults with limited technology and people whose first language is not English. Participants will also learn how to further their impact and coalition message by utilizing wide-reaching online spaces like Twitter and LinkedIn.
Audience: Coalition members and leaders looking for strategies to engage their communities and stakeholders.
Trainers: Jamiah Tappin and Kelly Danckert, Health Resources in Action
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Name online and offline engagement strategies.
- Identify how to use social media as a tool for engagement.
- Name ways in which they can re-frame their current engagement strategies to better meet the needs of the community in accessible ways.
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THE COVID-19 COMMUNITY IMPACT SURVEY (CCIS) DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/30!
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UPDATE: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 30th, AND THERE ARE NOW MATERIALS IN FOUR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES (SEE LINK BELOW).
PLEASE DISSEMINATE TO YOUR NETWORKS, ESPECIALLY THE FOLLOWING PRIORITY POPULATIONS:
- Young people ages 14 and older
- People of color (of all ages)
- Individuals with primary language other than English
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- Young parents
- Pregnant or post-partum women
- People living in: Boston, Lawrence, Randolph, Brockton, Lowell, Revere, Chelsea, Lynn, Springfield, Everett, Malden, Worcester, and Holyoke
QUICK LINKS (please see rest of message for details):
BACKGROUND:
What is CCIS? The COVID-19 Community Impact Survey (CCIS) is an online survey aimed at collecting data to better understand and identify the social, economic, and health needs and inequities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from this survey will be used to improve DPH’s ability to act - helping address the most critical needs, partnering with communities to support local efforts, and informing state policy with accurate information on what people need now and in the long term. Results will be available to community-based organizations for their own planning and action purposes.
Please click here to read more about the purpose of this survey and who should take it.
HELP SHARE THIS SURVEY:
We are asking organizations to disseminate the survey link and/or administer the survey directly to people who face too many barriers to completing it on their own. Example activities include:
- Providing link to all Massachusetts staff, consumers, family and friends
- Emailing link to organizational mailing lists
- Posting about survey on social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram
- Posting flyers about the survey in places where people gather or go regularly such as beauty/barber shops, food pantries, grocery stores
- Using staff or volunteers to contact individuals and administer the survey
What support is available for my organization to disseminate this survey? To support organizations, we have included a link to the following materials in seven languages:
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Sample email language (click here to view)
- Sample social media language
- Flyers with QR codes
- Resource list
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Passive consent form (if needed, see FAQ: http://bit.ly/CCIS-FAQ)
A limited number of volunteer and grant supports will be available. To learn more about these, please complete this brief questionnaire: www.bit.ly/CCIS-webinar
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURED RESOURCE
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This resource from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation looks at how to equitably include demography in data collection. It is meant to be used by organizations that want to employ equity in their data collection, but is not meant for "formal demography" (e.g. national data collection). Click here to read in full!
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PARTNER EVENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Click on the calendar to see more great partner offerings for the month!
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Click to see this month's grant and funding opportunities!
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That's all for this month! Contact us for more information about opportunities to grow through training and resources, or if you'd like to submit a resource or event for inclusion in the next update.
Sincerely,
Daisy Ortega, Gina Rodriguez, Kelly Danckert, and Tonayo Crow
Community Health Training Institute
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