Dear BHC-SK partners and friends,
We still need your help!
We are currently in the process of revising the Action Plan that guides the work of BHC-SK and our partners. We want to ensure that this updated plan is reflective of the current needs and issues in our South Kern communities. In order to do this we need your input.
If you live, work, or play in South Kern please take a few minutes to complete the Action Plan Review survey. You can access the survey by clicking on the links below, or by copying and pasting the address into your browser’s address bar. The survey will be available through Friday, October 24th.
To thank you for taking the time to help us revise the BHC Action Plan, those who enter their name at the end of the survey will be entered into a raffle for a number of healthy prizes.
Please forward this email to others you know who also live, work, and play in South Kern so that we get as much input as possible.Thank you for your help, and continued support of BHC-SK and of healthy South Kern communities.
We also need BHC-SK partners to help with this by holding focus groups with residents, youth, partners, or others who live/work/play in South Kern. This could be groups of clients, residents, neighbors, or special populations/subgroups you are able to access. If you can help by conducting a focus group we will make the supplies available for you to conduct the group yourself. Or if you are able to arrange a group but would like assistance facilitating it we will try to support you in that as well. If you are able to conduct or host a focus group, please e-mail me at amunoz@lesd.us and we can work with you to set that up.
These focus groups will be very important since the data collected will help decide what issues get included in our Action Plan to be worked on over the next three to five years.
Below are some sample Tweets and a link to our report and press release, which has a link to the report as well as Global Community Monitor’s final report on the Bucket Brigade results.
- South Kern Communities Held Hostage by “Rotten Neighbor” #HowCleanIsYourCompost http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/index.php/component/content/article/334
- #NotAllCompostIsSafe, http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/index.php/component/content/article/334
Full report: http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/images/stories/pdf/Rotten_Neighbor_Report.pdf
Press release: http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/index.php/component/content/article/334
Gustavo Aguirre-CRPE
Center on Arts & Transcripts: Arvin Pipeline Leak
Watch the video here http://vimeo.com/107859287
JOB POSTING
University of California, San Francisco in partnership with Community Water Center and Rural Community Assistance Corporation is looking for individuals to assist with data collection for interventions related to promoting intake of healthy beverages among children and families in schools and other community locations in Arvin and Lamont communities.
We are looking for 2 committed research assistants to start very soon to work on a project that will examine how installing water fountains that dispense chilled water and that have a spout for filling a reusable water bottle affects intake of water among children and families in Lamont and Arvin communities.
Volunteer duties currently include data collection at schools and other community locations. Research Assistants will travel to schools and other community sites such as parks and libraries in Lamont and Arvin to observe how many children and families drink water from fountains and new bottle filling stations. We may also teach you how to get other data from the schools and community sites, such as the gallons of water taken from the new water stations.
We are looking for individuals who:
- Are interested in research related to children’s health.
- Have, or are looking for, experience conducting community-based research.
- Are organized, punctual, and professional.
- Ability to speak English and transportation are a must for primary data collection activities.
- Ability to also speak Spanish is a plus
The position will begin as soon as possible. In this position we will need help for approximately 1-2 weeks @ 40 hours/week three times per year for two years. Research assistants will receive training and experience in data collection. Pay will range from $15-$19/hour depending on experience.
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in children’s health, obesity-prevention, community-based research, medicine, or health policy.
If you are interested, please send an email explaining your interests/qualifications and your resume/CV to Amelie Hecht at Amelie.Hecht@ucsf.edu.
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Shen Huang
Technical Analyst | Community Water Center
address: 311 W. Murray Ave, Visalia, CA 93277
office: +1 559-733-0219; mobile: +1 857-399-6983
email: shen.huang@communitywatercenter.org
website: http://www.communitywatercenter.org/interim_solutions.
In 2013-2014, Kern Council of Governments completed and received unanimous approval from its Board of Directors for its $11.2 billion Regional Transportation Plan. Find out more about this project and others in the Annual Report 2013-2014.
