Quarterly Meeting Provides Important Tips for Advocacy; Delineation of Lobbying

Taking its mission seriously to affect upstream policies for the health equity of all, the HLC is ramping up in preparation of the 2017 WA state legislative session. On this front there have been three recent simultaneous efforts.

For one, our SW regional community health workers, supported by HLC staff, have been busy cultivating their infrastructure and processes to grow the Community Health Advocates Peer Support Network (CHAPS) for increased networking and advocacy regionally.
Secondly, as a follow up to the invitation by legislators to build relationships for the purpose of mutually beneficial education on forthcoming issues, several members of the HLC Policy Committee have begun to meet and schedule recurring meetings with legislators, which are going very well.
Thirdly, at the most recent meeting of the HLC, Vic Coleman of Uncommon Solutions presented tips for knowing how far to move freely on the advocacy continuum before it would be considered lobbying. If you were unable to attend, you can view this important information here: Policy Change Tip Sheet and Lobbying vs. Advocacy Presentation

12th Annual Tribal Health Walk and Fair

You are invited to walk or provide a health education booth.

Tribal Health Walk is on September 17th at Lake Sacajawea. Last year over 350 people participated in the 3.5 mile walk around our beautiful lake. If you would like to provide a health education booth for your organization at this year's event, the folks at Cowlitz Indian Tribe would be very pleased and extremely honored to have you.

For the full flyer of details: 12th Annual Tribal Health Walk

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HLC Invites Participation in Local Door Knocking Efforts to Bring Affordable Housing to Vancouver

Bring Vancouver Home has a list of weekends that they will train and send out groups in the door knocking effort to bring support for passing Vancouver's Prop 1 on the ballot November 8th. The HLC group will participate on September 24th. The success of the door knocking effort is important for the future housing of the city's most vulnerable residents. Hope you can join us! Sign up by emailing brenda@hlcsw.org. Click here for the complete door knocking schedule of opportunities.

If you haven't had a chance to endorse the campaign, you can do so at BringVancouverHome - Take Action!

HLC Sponsors Two Upcoming Trainings

Social Justice and Equity Training

If you haven't yet signed up or participated in the Social Justice and Equity Training (see flyer), it's not too late and it has been getting very good reviews. This is a great training if you would like to bring the equity lens to your organization while getting half the cost covered by the HLC! The final offering of this course happens September 23, 8:30-5:00pm, at the Vancouver Housing Authority and includes lunch for $60.00. Email brenda@hlcsw.org to attend.

Dental Training

Be a health champion by becoming a resource on oral health for your community by attending Oral Health for All (see flyer), Tuesday, September 27th at 1:00pm, in Ridgefield at the North Pacific Union Conference Building. A $25 gift card will be given as a stipend to attendees. Register your attendance by emailing brenda@hlcsw.org.

Be Trauma Informed!

The Key note speaker of the Justice and Hope Conference, on October 27th, is Dr. Mandy Davis, co-director of Trauma Informed Oregon. Her keynote will focus on individual and community resiliency in confronting ACES. This conference is for professionals in various fields such as law, medical, social services, mental health, and education.
The conference is being held at the Cowlitz Regional Conference Center in Longview, WA.

Register at justiceandhope.brownpapertickets.com

	CDC and GW Cancer Institute Offer Two Cancer Trainings
Oncology Patient Navigator Training Fundamentals and Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers Simply click on either to get the full details or contact gwci@gwu.edu.

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