Invitation to Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Conference

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Dear Colleagues,

We hope you are planning to join us for Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health's 6th annual conference, The Partnership as the Leverage Point for
Change, to be held May 4-7, 2002 in Miami, Florida.

Copies of the conference brochure (in pdf format) can be downloaded from our
web site at http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/pdf_files/CCPHbrochure2.pdf
or obtain a copy via our toll-free fax-on-demand service by
calling 1-888-267-9183, and requesting document #203.  Or go directly to
the on-line registration system at www.meetingmatters.com

Highlights of the conference include:
*A special pre-conference workshop for partnership teams: Maximizing the
Power of Partnerships, featuring Roz Lasker and Elisa Weiss of the Center
for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health
*A fantastic line-up of plenary speakers, including:
        Alex Allen, Butzel Family Center, Detroit, MI
        Ira Harkavy, University of Pennsylvania
        Barbara Israel, University of Michigan School of Public Health
        Tom O'Toole, Open Society Institute Medicine as a Profession
        Program and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
*A plenary panel on "Funder Perspectives on Community-Campus Partnerships:
Lessons Learned, Advancing the Field," featuring:
        Amy Cohen, Corporation for National Service
        Barbara Holland, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
        Lawrence Green, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
*Over 60 workshops, posters and community site visits focusing on:
        Partnership leadership & governance
        Partnership principles and best practices
        Partnership tools & resources
        Partnerships in service-learning
        Partnerships in community-based participatory research...and more!

Remember that by joining CCPH you can save money on your registration
fees. Membership information is available in the conference brochure, on
the on-line registration website, by calling CCPH directly at
1-415-476-7081 or visiting our website at
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/members.html

Important deadlines:
Early Bird Registration: By March 15, 2002
Advanced Registration: By April 24, 2002
Hotel Reservations: By April 12, 2002 (we cannot guarantee the rate after
this date)

Questions about registering for the conference? Please contact Jane Stahl,
Meeting Matters at jstahl@meetingmatters.com or 650/583-7249. Other
questions? Please contact Summer Reilly, CCPH Program Assistant at
ccph@itsa.ucsf.edu or 415/476-7081.

We thank the Corporation for National and Community Service and our other
cosponsors for their support of the conference.

We look forward to seeing you in Miami this spring!

The CCPH Board and Staff

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that
fosters partnerships between communities and educational institutions that
improve health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall
health of communities.  In just five years, we have grown to a network of
over 1000 communities, health professional schools, colleges and
universities that are collaborating to improve health.  To learn more about
CCPH, call 415-476-7081 or visit our website at
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html
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