Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
The Alzheimer’s Association sponsors Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month in June to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
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National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week
The US Food and Drug Administration, Oncology Center of Excellence, Project Community has announced a new community-based initiative, National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week, scheduled for June 17 through June 23, 2021.
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Videos for Change
Videos for Change gives young people the opportunity to make one-minute videos on social issues that they care about. It helps them build social advocacy skills and gives them a global platform to amplify their message.
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National Black Family Cancer Awareness Week: Engaging the Generations
June 17, 2pm ET
National Family Cancer Awareness Week: Engaging the Generations is next in the series of OCE Conversations on Cancer. OCE is engaging NCI-designated Cancer Centers, cancer advocacy groups, patients, social and community organizers, families and friends.
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Adapting Existing Collaboration: The COVID-19 Community Task Force Response
June 18, 12pm ET
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School invites you to the 10th and last session of the Rutgers Project ECHO series. Vivian Gonzalez Cueto, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, California State University, East Bay will be presenting.
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Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in a FREE Community Vaccination Clinic
June 19, 9am - 1pm
Open to New Brunswick residents, 12 years or older.
First dose appointment available for June 19th.
Location: A.C. Redshaw Elementary School, 216 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (please use door #9 on Delavan Street side).
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Vacunese contra el COVID-19 en una Clinica Comunitaria Gratis
June 19, 9am - 1pm
Abierto para residentes de New Brunswick, debe tener 12 años o más.
La cita para la primera dosis de la vacuna están disponibles el 19 de Junio.
Sitio: A.C. Redshaw Elementary School, 216 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (favor de usar la puerta #9 del lado de la calle Delavan).
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Accessing Social Determinants of Health Data through Local Data Intermediaries Initiative
The purpose of this initiative is to demonstrate whether existing local data intermediaries can facilitate community stakeholder access to and utilization of integrated community-level data and increase community stakeholder skill and capacity to use and apply data to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations. Application deadline is July 28th, 2021.
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Morehouse School of Medicine's Satcher Health Leadership Institute has built a Health Equity Tracker - explore, learn, and share the tracker here.
Learn more about the CDC's resources on Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging here.
COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Less Effective in Some People with Cancer.
New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services.
You can find community-based and local COVID-19 testing site locations and hours here.
Middlesex County residents can register for a free COVID-19 test at sites throughout the county. Appointments required. The sites provide saliva-based test kits developed at Rutgers University.
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New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science
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