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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
Massachusetts Partnership for Healthy Communities held its Fourth
Annual Healthy Communities and
Healthy People 2020 Conference at the
Hoagland Pincus Conference Center
in Shrewsbury, MA, on June 7, 2010. Keynote speakers included Shani
Dowd, Director of Culture InSight for the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Foundation, and Tyler Norris, Senior
Advisor to Kaiser Permanente. The
Forum brought
teams from Acton,
Avon, Chelmsford, Lincoln, New
Bedford & Fall River, Taunton
and Uxbridge for graduation ceremony and to receive
their certificates at the end of the event.
The
Fall
River Mass In Motion project was
also
selected
to receive a 2010 Healthy Communities Principles
Award for "Focusing
on Systems Change".
A
Healthy Community Market Place also featured exhibits from healthy
community efforts from across the state who shared their best practices,
stories and accomplishments from the previous year. Click
here for Part I of two
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(Top row, left) Mass Partnership director Peter Lee welcomes over 160 participants to the day-long conference. (Top row, center) Mass Forum participants Pat Bebo, Marcia Picard, Donna Querim, Amanda Szot, Kerry Mello and Jim Rattray get together at the start of the conference. (Top row, right) A display of Healthy City Fall River activities was one of two dozen displays at the Healthy Community Market Place. (Middle row, left) Peter Lee leads a discussion on building sustainable partnerships with Al Bashevkin of the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, David Weed of Healthy City Fall River, and Kitty Bowman of the Revere CARES project. (Middle row, center) Shani Dowd, Director of Culture InSight for the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine talks about cultural factors in understanding the determinants of health and health equity. (Middle row, right) Southeast Center for Healthy Communities Community Health Specialist Allyson Scherb and New Bedford Mass In Motion Project Coordinator Pauline Hamel talk about strategies and tools for engaging community members for the Healthy People 2020 Project. (Bottom row, left) Keynote speaker Tyler Norris describes the healthy communities movement that is taking place across America. (Bottom row, center) Healthy City Fall River Coordinator David Weed accepts the Healthy Communities Principles Award on behalf of Julie Kelly, Coordinator of the Fall River Mass In Motion project. (Bottom row, right) Mass Forum participants Pat Bebo, Judith Coykendall, Nancy Bonell, Jim Rattray, Marcia Picard, Amanda Szot, Kerry Mello, Donna Querim, and Pauline Hamel pose after receiving their certificates for participating in the 2009-2010 Forum. |
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