BRINGING COMMUNITY LEADERS TOGETHER
To help achieve the main aims of the community core, a number of workshops have been planned and developed with our Community Partners - The American Heart Association & Healthy House. These workshops aim to bring together community leaders, public health officials from the counties of the San joaquin Valley region, legislators, health experts and scientists with the express view of learning from each others experiences and successes, while also reviewing ways to develop more effective policies at the local and State level.
- Workshop 1 – NCPC community partners (AHA, HH & California Health Collaborative): Held 11.30.2018
- Workshop 2 – A workshop for CBOs, community partners, public health depts and legislative leaders: Held 05.17.2019
- Workshop 3 - The second of our workshops aimed specifically at CBOs, community partners, public health depts and legislative leaders, was led by Dr. Denise Payan of UC Merced and co-hosted with the American Heart Association: Held 12.06.2019
- Workshop 4 - Our summit, Connecting Communities Around Tobacco Policies, was co-hosted by the NCPC and the American Heart Association: Held 01.26.2023
- Workshop 5 - Our most recent summit, Dale Luz a La Salud, No Al Cigarro, was led in Spanish and co-hosted by the NCPC and Cultiva La Salud: Held 06.24.2023
MEETING REPORTS
Detailed reports are available from each workshop conducted, and accessible by clicking the links below.
WORKSHOP 1 (11.30.2018) - MEETING REPORT (DOWNLOAD REPORT)
WORKSHOP 2 (05.17.2019) - MEETING REPORT (DOWNLOAD REPORT)
WORKSHOP 3 (12.06.2019) - MEETING REPORT (DOWNLOAD REPORT)
WORKSHOP 4 (01.26.2023) - MEETING REPORT (DOWNLOAD REPORT)
WORKSHOP 5 (06.24.2023) - MEETING REPORT (DOWNLOAD REPORT
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WORKSHOP 3 PRESENTATIONS
The presentations given at our third workshop "FROM PRACTICE TO POLICY: STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE LOCAL AND STATE POLICY" by the Jamie Morgan & Liz Faris of the American Heart Association team, Jano Dekermenjian (Office of Senator Jerry Hill) and Daisy Lopez of the California Health Collaborative are below. Click each presentation image to download the file.
WORKSHOP 5 PRESENTATIONS (ESPAÑOL; ENGLISH)
The Spanish-led presentation given at our fifth workshop "DALE LUZ A LA SALUD, NO AL CIGARRO" by Dr. Arturo Durazo of the Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center is below, which was adapted from the UC Merced NCPC General Presentation. From the California Health Collaborative, Celeste Ramos, Project Coordinator of Unidos Por Salud Program and Sauci Xiong, Project Coordinator of API PACT Program, presented on the tobacco industries’ marketing strategies that motivate youth to become their new tobacco and nicotine products consumers. Click each presentation image to download the file.
