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SUMMARY:Grants Administration - Basics
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nGrant administration encompasses the duties of designing and managing the grant from pre-award through post-award closeout. These duties begin as the grant proposal is written since the fiscal responsibilities and reporting requirements need to be taken into consideration before the grant is awarded. In this introductory level workshop\, interested community agencies will learn the basics of successfully searching\, applying\, and managing grants. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nIdentify funding opportunities\nIdentify key elements of a funding notice\nIdentify key elements of a grant application\nDevelop a budget and associated budget justification\nDefine post award elements\n\nFeatured Speakers\nMora Kim\nGrants Administrator\nUniversity of Nevada\, Las Vegas \nMora graduated from UNLV with an BA in Psychology and an MPH in Biostatistics & Epidemiology. After spending 10+ years in clinical research support and management\, she moved back to Las Vegas in late 2020 to be near her family. She has an extensive background in research and is responsible for pre and post-award grant activities for the School of Public Health. \nAndré Wade\nState Director\nSilver State Equality \nAndré C. Wade is the state director for Silver State Equality. In this role he leads legislative\, fundraising and political efforts in the state of Nevada. With a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a Master’s in Public Administration\, André has worked in human services for nearly 25 years in a variety of public and nonprofit contexts working on issues such as developmental disabilities\, child welfare\, youth experiencing homelessness national policy advocacy\, diversity\, equity and inclusion\, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. André has served on several boards and committees focused on LGBTQ+ equality and inclusion such as the Human Rights Campaign’s Advisory Council for the All Children’s All Families program. Andre is a two-time appointee to Governor Sisolak’s Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Modernization for the State of Nevada.  A native of Las Vegas\, Nevada\, André is a certified yoga instructor who loves spending time with his partner\, Jorge\, traveling to new places and having interesting experiences attending concerts\, and sneaking in time reading\, writing and spending time with loved ones. \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/grants-administration-basics/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Equity Through Interconnection: Exploring a Systems Approach to Community Health and Social Change
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nSystems thinking is a holistic approach that examines the relationships or connections between various factors in a system\, which can help reveal the underlying causes of a problem. This interactive workshop will offer valuable perspectives\, tools\, and strategies to create better solutions for health equity by enabling a deeper understanding of organizational or community challenges. Prior systems thinking experience is not required. Participants can expect to gain a foundational understanding of systems theory\, be able to create system maps\, and access tools to create a framework that can help anticipate possible reactions to change. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nDefine systems thinking and other key concepts like equity and social change\nIdentify core elements and habits of systems thinking\nUnderstand how systems thinking can help advance health equity\nExplore tools to integrate systems thinking into existing frameworks for equity\n\nFeatured Speaker\nWill Rucker\, MA\nCo-Leader\nCompassionate Las Vegas \nWill Rucker is gifted to communicate with clarity\, compassion\, and creativity. He gives voice to what is possible while influencing the culture and developing the systems required to achieve it practically. Will brings a unique perspective of the world\, and our places within it\, to his mission of cultivating a global culture centered on compassion. \nWill is engaged in local\, statewide\, and national platforms advancing socio-spiritual transformation efforts in restorative justice\, health equity\, and humanity first initiatives. Nearly twenty years of experience in leading individuals\, teams\, and organizations to extraordinary success informs his unique approach to change. Will’s educational background includes certifications in Cultural Transformation\, Leadership\, Interpersonal Skills\, and Compassion. Will also holds a master’s degree in Executive Leadership. \nCurrently\, Will is honored to serve his community by leading the development and expansion of health promotion programs for a national non-profit organization. He also serves as the co-leader of Compassionate Las Vegas\, a grassroots organization whose mission is to make Las Vegas a more compassionate place to live\, learn\, work\, and play. In addition\, Will is a current board member of several non-profits\, including the Interfaith Council of South Nevada\, Community Partners for Better Health\, Compassionate Las Vegas\, and the Nevada Minority Health & Equity Coalition. \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/exploring-a-systems-approach-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221019T110000
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SUMMARY:Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us every third Wednesday of the month at 11AM PST for the Nevada Vaccine Equity Collaborative meeting! \nThe NVEC is a partnership comprised of diverse and interdisciplinary members of the public\, as well as private\, state\, and community partners\, co-led by Immunize Nevada and the Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition. \nMembers of the NVEC include state legislators\, community members representing different ethnicities and demographics\, healthcare providers\, faith-based leaders\, public and private representatives. \nRegister
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/nevada-vaccine-equity-collaborative-monthly-meeting/2022-10-19/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221020T130000
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SUMMARY:Building Community Power to Impact Change: Foundations of Community Organizing
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nCommunity Organizing is the methodology by which people come together to build collective power to solve social problems.  Non-violent community organizing has and continues to shape much of our daily lives. In this workshop we will review introductory concepts of community organizing through short case studies and explore tools to apply organizing methodologies to your daily practice.  This workshop is designed for people unfamiliar with the basics of community organizing\, but open to all. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nAdvance a shared understanding of community organizing as a social change methodology.\nExplore the principles that guide effective community organizing.\nStudy brief examples of effective organizing.\nReflect on the application of community organizing principles in your community-based work.\n\nFeatured Speaker\nBliss Requa-Trautz \nExecutive Director\nArriba Las Vegas Worker Center \nBliss Requa-Trautz is the Executive Director of Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center. She brings more than a decade of experience in community organizing around issues of economic justice\, immigrant justice\, and education access. She holds Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and a Labor Studies Certificate from the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Labor Studies and Worker Education at City University of New York. \nThe Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center unites day laborers\, domestic workers\, immigrant workers and low wage workers to defend their rights\, fight for dignity and win justice for all. Our mission is to inform\, empower\, and organize immigrant led efforts towards equality\, economic justice and social and political inclusion. \nJorge Torres \nRegional Organizer\nNational Day Laborer Organizing Network \nJorge Torres was born in Quito\, Ecuador\, where he had his first experience seeing inequality\, particularly in the way indigenous people were treated. He began organizing with indigenous people since he was 12 years old. He came to the United States at the age of 16 with his parents\, and has lived here for 17 years. He lived undocumented for 9 years of his life\, during which he learned about the frustration of lacking access to school\, work\, and travel. Also a constant fear for ICE and police. He began to organize with Unidad Latina en Acción in New Haven CT\, a community organization that works against wage-theft\, provides educational and leadership opportunities\, and community empowerment. He was able to regularize his immigration status nine years ago\, but continues to organize with immigrant communities. He founded Unidad Latina en Acción\, in New Jersey an organization that empower the community against the deportation machine. For over 10 years Torres has worked hand in hand with families in deportation proceeding. In 2012\, he was part of the Undocubus\, a ride for justice\, which was a bus traveling from Arizona to North Carolina with over 30 undocumented families that risked deportation and were unafraid to seek justice. Torres also has done community radio\, and makes films and documentaries related to migrants and social justice. He also has provided strategic direction for opening El Centro’s Community Job Center in July 2014 by organizing and doing advocacy work at the local and national level. Jorge has organized and planned the first Staten Island Workers’ Assembly that brought together about 500 workers from different industries. He founded a transnational project with members of the Staten Island community and Puebla\, Mexico to reunite families separated by forced migration through cultural and social economic projects. Torres has led and strategized with the ICEFREENJ Statewide Campaign that focuses on responding to Raids\, Detentions and Deportations cases to engage families on anti-deportation and anti-detention advocacy projects. Jorge Torres has developed a migrant protection project for the Embassy of Ecuador in the United States\, which was implemented nation-wide as a permanent program. He has managed the tri-state area by implementing a supervised system of the staff\, coordinating professional trainings for the team with clear strategies for undocumented migrant protection. Jorge has implemented community outreach and engagement strategies to advocate for cases of families risking deportation proceedings. Torres has developed and implemented a rapid response system for more than 350 cases that were in detention centers. he worked for 4 years with Faith in New Jersey a multi-faith and multi-racial network of faith leaders and faith communities working together to advance an immigration\, racial\, economic and human justice agenda at the local\, state and federal level. Currently Torres works with the National Day Laborer Organizing network as the national campaign strategist with the mission of improve the lives of day laborers\, migrants and low-wages workers to basically build power and leadership among those facing injustice\, so they can challenge inequality and expand labor\, political and human rights.  \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/community-organizing/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Survey Development Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Registration (Space is Limited)Workshop Description:\nSurveys are a great tool to gather information about a community or a specific topic of interest. Good surveys that deliver credible and meaningful results take time and careful planning to design because the questions need to be asked in a way that will accurately measure the opinions\, experiences\, and behaviors of the community. In this workshop\, participants can expect to learn the basics of how to design an effective survey that is clear\, engaging\, and asks useful questions that avoid unintentional bias. \nLearning Objectives:\n\nIdentify the applications of surveys in community work\nApply the steps entailed in survey development\nDevelop valid\, reliable\, relevant\, and readable items for a survey\nDemonstrate how to employ a survey in community work\nIdentify common sources of error in survey administration and how to overcome them\n\nFeatured Speaker\nManoj Sharma\, Ph.D.\, MCHES® \nProfessor and Chair\, Department of Social and Behavioral Health \nSchool of Public Health at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas  \nManoj Sharma\, MBBS\, Ph.D.\, MCHES® is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. He has taught over 6\,000 students in his career and has worked at local\, state\, national\, and international levels in public health for over 35 years. He is ranked in the top one percentile of scientists globally by Elsevier. His research interests are in developing evidence-based health promotion interventions\, survey research\, integrative health\, and community-based participatory research (CBPR). \nJamie Ross \nExecutive Director\nPACT Coalition \nJamie Ross has been the Executive Director of the PACT Coalition since 2011. She has been involved with substance misuse prevention from a young age and has turned her lifelong passion for bettering the community into a career\, helping to create system-wide change geared toward reducing substance misuse. \nThe PACT Coalition is the largest substance misuse prevention coalition in Las Vegas with diverse funding focused on the full spectrum of prevention\, including mental health\, primary and tertiary substance misuse prevention\, and the intersection of prevention into all aspects of community building. \nAs the Executive Director\, Jamie oversees all programs and funding\, writes grants\, and manages staff. Since its inception\, she has helped the PACT Coalition grow to ten times its original funding and capacity. Jamie believes in the power of the community to change itself for the better. When a community comes together to solve its own problems\, the results are powerful and transformative. As Sam Quinones says\, the solution to the opioid crisis isn’t naloxone\, it’s the community. \nWhen Jamie isn’t working\, she can be found hiking and climbing or watching the latest superhero movie with her husband. \nElizabeth Moore \nProject Coordinator\nPACT Coalition \nElizabeth Moore is a Project Coordinator at the PACT Coalition\, where she is responsible for coordinating primary prevention efforts for Southern Nevada specifically through the revision and presentation of timely prevention data. This role allows Elizabeth to support the Clark Regional Behavioral Health Policy Board by connecting the substance misuse and behavioral health community. Elizabeth especially enjoys the community outreach aspect of her work\, as she is always excited to have the opportunity to connect with locals. \nElizabeth also has experience working as a Research Assistant at the Nevada Institute of Children’s Research and Policy and as a Student Intern at the Southern Nevada Health District. She completed her Master’s degree in Public Health with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Health from the University of Nevada\, Reno in 2020. In 2022\, she became a Certified Prevention Specialist. \nChelsi Cheatom \nProgram Manager\nPACT Coalition \nChelsi Cheatom has been working with Trac-B Exchange since 2016 as the Program Manager. She has helped to support Trac-B Exchange opening the first storefront syringe exchange in Clark County\, NV as well as supporting the roll-out of the Impact Exchange vending machine project which now has 5 public health/ syringe vending machines placed in the Las Vegas community. Prior to working at Trac-B Exchange\, Chelsi oversaw the STD and Adult Viral Hepatitis grant programs for the State of Nevada’s Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology and was a Disease Investigation and Intervention Specialist with the Southern Nevada Health District. Chelsi earned a Master’s degree in Health Promotion from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas in 2010. \nFunding Disclosure: *This project is supported by the Nevada State Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Division nor the CDC. Any activities performed under this sub-award shall acknowledge the funding was provided through the Division by Grant Number 1 NH75OT000092-01-00 from the CDC.
URL:https://nmhec.org/event/survey-development-workshop/
LOCATION:Zoom
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