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Spring/Summer Newsletter
Because Community is at the Heart of Public Health
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Message from the Chair
 Welcome to our Summer Newsletter!
I know all of us are busy improving community health, creating partnerships, advocating for our communities through grass roots organizing, prevention programs, research, and policy change while at the same time trying to juggle everything in order to still enjoy the summer. The Community-Based Public Health Caucu
s (CBPHC) commends you for your tireless efforts.
Recently, CBPHC had a table at the Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) Conference entitled "Journey to Justice: Creating Change Through Partne
rships." CCPH, with Al Richmond's leadership, has partnered with the CBPH Caucus as our fiduciary and colleague in community-based public heal
th as they seek to promote, support, and encourag
e partnerships designed to improve health by addressing social and racial justice issues.
CBPHC members and leaders, Dr. Kent Key, Ella Greene, and E. Hill De Loney, provided closing remarks on the Flint Water Crisis.
The CBPH Caucus is celebrating the life of Tom Bruce, oft
en called the
"Father of CBPH."
He
passed away on March 4, 2016, and the Caucus annually celebrates his efforts with
the Tom Bruce Award, established in 2006. It is presented annually
to an individual who exemplifies leadership in CBPH and has made a significant contribution to the CBPH Caucus and the CBPH Movement.
Plans are underway for a special session at APHA celebrating 25 years of CBPH and honoring Tom Bruce in partnership with APHA's Equal Opportunity Health Committee. Watch for our Fall Newsletter and other updates about APHA 2016 happenings.
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Translational Research in Action:
Research Scholars Share Their Research with the Local Community
By Norma Mtume, MA, MFT, MHS &
Aziza Lucas-Wright, MEd
Have you ever heard of community people mentoring medical professionals? Well, that is exactly what is happening in South Los Angeles, California, at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science through the
Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) training grant (
R25),
funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
The principal investigator is Dr. Mohsen Bazargan and the co-investigator is Dr. Thomas Yoshikowa. The goal of the program is to provide training and mentoring in health disparities and community-partnered research (CPPR) to minority scholars and junior faculty at CDU, who have shown great academic promise b
ut who
still need advanced skills, close mentorship, and other support to become successful, independent scientists. Scholars are provided with a cadre of mentors, including one community faculty mentor each, to support their efforts.
Click here to read this "Success Story" from the Field!
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Congrats to Award Winners
The CBPH Caucus makes three awards in honor of leaders and founding members of the CBPH movement. Awardees are honored at the Annual Meeting in November of each year. Here's a recap of the Caucus members who were recognized at APHA in Chicago last year:
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 The 2015 Tom Bruce Award was presented to Alexandra Lightfoot, Research Assistant Professor of Health Behavior and Director of Community Engagement, Partnerships and Technical Assistance (formerly CBPR) Core, Gillings School of Global Public Health and UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. The Tom Bruce Award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies leadership in CBPH and who has made a significant contribution to the CBPH Caucus and the CBPH Movement. Dr. Lightfoot has extensive experience using a CBPR approach in collaboration with communities across North Carolina. She co-instructs graduate seminars on CBPR research methods, and her research explores the intersection of race, adolescent health disparities and educational inequities. Dr. Lightfoot is Director of the Community Engagement, Partnerships, Technical Assistance and Training Cores at the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at UNC, and through this work provides technical assistance and consultation to build capacity in CBPR, leveraging community expertise to strengthen research partnerships. We thank and congratulate Dr. Lightfoot for her contributions.
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 The 2015 E. Hill De Loney Award was awarded to
Tricia Piechowski, Community Engagement Coordinator, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research at the University of Michigan and Chair of the Community Based Public Health Caucus. This award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies community leadership in Community-Based Public Health (CBPH) with a focus on youth development and preservation.
Ms. Piechowski has been a rising leader in the CBPH Caucus for several years, including serving as co-chair of the Policy Work Group, then chair-elect, and now the chair of the Caucus. She has consistently made youth a priority in the Caucus and this year helped to orchestrate a youth-led workshop entitled "Voices of Youth: Leaders in Collaborative Research." Tricia is a compassionate and dedicated leader and mentor, and we congratulate her on receiving this award.
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 The 2015 Lucille Webb Award was presented to Sherida V. Morrison, Founder and CEO, Demoiselle 2 Femme, Chicago IL. This award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies community leadership in Community-Based Public Health. Sherida V. Morrison is a motivator, public speaker, and visionary for communities. She is a native of Chicago (South Side), and for almost 20 years has dedicated her time and resources to teach and model leadership, integrity and service in her community. She is author of the 3-D P.R.I.D.E. (Power Respect Intelligence Desirable Endurance) curriculum, a comprehensive training for adolescent females approved by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She sits on several community boards and provides consulting services to state and federal entities. We extend our enthusiastic congratulations and thanks for her contributions to the field of community-based public health.
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NCBON Reception Highlights
Many thanks to both community and academic partners who attended the
NCBON reception, "A Celebration of Community and Culture" in Chicago last November held at Chicago State University to recognize and celebrate the incredible, yet often unheralded, public health work of community leaders everywhere, paying special attention to Chicago-area community-based organizations and agencies. In addition to recognizing Sherida V. Morrison, Founder and CEO of Demoiselle 2 Femme for being awarded the 2015 Lucille Webb Award (see above), attendees celebrated together all the wonderful work happening in Chicago.
Youth Council Update 
From DeQuandre' Rankins, President of the Youth Council
At APHA Chicago, the
Youth Council celebrated its fifth anniversary. The Youth Council was granted new members from North Carolina! Not only have they been granted new members but new E-board positions as well: Cruz Núñez (Treasurer), Rubén Suárez (Historian), DeQuandra' Rankins (President), Maria Jose (Vice President), and Alejandra Mendez (Secretary).
More than $600 was raised at the CBPHC Annual Business Meeting. These funds will help to make a world of difference toward helping youth to learn more about CBPR and to have a voice in healthcare policy in their communities.
The Youth Council has been accepted to go back to APHA 2016 to present at the Youth Roundtable. Also, even more exciting news, is that APHA 2016 will be held in Denver, CO, which is where the Youth Council was established. The Youth Council would like to thank everyone for your support!
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Help Our Youth Attend APHA in Denver!
Speaking of supporting the Youth Council, if you'd like to help our youth get to APHA in Denver, t
hen please consider making a contribution to the CBPH Caucus Youth Council today. Every dollar helps to empower community development and shape our future community leaders. Your generous donation will help support travel scholarships for Youth Council members to attend APHA.
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Work Group Updates
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COMMUNICATIONS:
This Work Group is now being co-chaired by Julia Weinert & Lisa Pappas, both of the Detroit Urban Research Center. We've been trying to make steady improvements to the CBPHC Caucus e-newsletter, helping to make sure it's a readable and resourceful quick read for staying abreast of our Caucus happenings. We also were able to capture and share multiple photos from APHA 2015, including those above. We encourage you to send "stories from the field" ideas to us at
cbph-caucus@umich.edu.
- POLICY: While the Policy Work Group (PWG) has not been meeting formally since APHA, they have been busy. PWG has reviewed policies submitted to APHA's Joint Policy Committee. Additionally, PWG is planning health equity webinars for 2016-2017 around the following topics: 1) Collective Impact for Community Health for Well-being, 2) Bright Spots in Community Partnerships, 3) Partnering with People with Lived Experience to Address Equity, 4) Knowing and Doing Equity in Community Partnerships.
- PROGRAM PLANNING: The team has been busy getting the CBPHC program ready for the upcoming APHA in Denver from October 29 to November 2, 2016. So far, we have 160 abstracts submitted, 82 accepted, and 13 wait-listed. All sessions have been created and scheduled (including business meetings). The CBPHC will have 8 oral sessions, 2 poster sessions, and 3 round tables. Click here a schedule of CBPH Sessions scheduled.
On a related note, for both academic and community moderators for oral and round-table sessions at this year's upcoming APHA. If you're interested in being a moderator, and you meet the
Moderator Guidelines
, then please fill out the online
Moderator Submission Form
by
August 19, 2016!
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