Archive for May, 2008
Next HEAT Meeting is June 10
The next HEAT meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 10, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the Leroy Collins Public Library (200 W. Call Street), Program Room B, in downtown Tallahassee. We will present a draft vision statement and core principles and discuss plans for a community forum on health equity. We hope to have you at the table.
Unnatural Causes
The companion website to the PBS documentary, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, has many wonderful resources for promoting health equity at a community level.
HUD funding for community development
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced FY08 Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for six HUD Office of University Partnership Programs. Three of the programs target support for graduate students and for HBCUs to incorporate community assistance and development into their work. The purpose of the HBCU program, for example, is: [...]
Next HEAT Meeting
The next HEAT meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 13, 5:30 – 7:30, at the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library (200 West Park Avenue, at corner of Call and Bronough Streets). The meeting is open to the public. We hope to hear from many different voices as we work to develop a shared [...]
Merck Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes
Merck Company Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Pharmaceuticals, has announced a new initiative to reduce disparities in diabetes care. According to the Merck website, the initiative will commit $15 million over the next five years for evidence-based diabetes programs that will: Apply program models that address health care disparities related to type 2 diabetes [...]
HEAT at the Mayor’s Summit
Last month, Miaisha Mitchell, Qasimah Boston, and I spoke about HEAT at the Mayor’s Summit on Race, Culture, and Human Relations in Tallahassee. The theme of this year’s summit was “Moving Forward with Positive Change.” Our panel, which also included Dr. José Rodríguez (FSU College of Medicine) and Dr. Makeba Earst (Sunshine State Dental Association), [...]
