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Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter Training
Monday, August 3, 2009 - Friday, August 7, 2009
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2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter
Ira SenGupta presented the keynote speech -From Cultural Bump to Cultural Congruence: Enhancing Cultural Competence in Health and Human Services- at the recently concluded 2009 Symposium of the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter in Des Moines. The theme of the annual symposium was -Growth, Change, and Competency in a Culturally Diverse World. About 300 social workers attended the meeting ON April 17, 2009 ably coordinated by Kelli Soyer, Executive Director of NASW, Iowa Chapter.
CCHCP, 06/01/2009 CCHCP Presented at National WIC Association's 26th Annual Conference
Ira SenGupta, Executive Director, recently presented on Cultural Competency and Working Effectively with Interpreters at the 26th Annual Conference of the National WIC Association in Nashville, Tennessee. A rich diversity of people access WIC (Women, Infant and Children) services bringing with them worldviews and approaches to diet and nutrition, pregnancy, breastfeeding, alcohol and drug use, family planning, and healthcare that may be different from the WIC staff who serve them. More than 900 WIC staff and administrators attended the conference on May 24 to 27 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
CCHCP, 06/17/2009 Bridging the Gap Training at the Alaska Immigration Justice Project
On March 9 to 13, 2009, Rose Long, Director of the Bridging the Gap (BTG) Interpreter Training Program at CCHCP, presented the week-long training to 23 participants. The class was a very diverse group, languages represented were Laotian, Yup'ik, Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic, Korean, Nuer, Russian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Portuguese, and Mandarin. Barb Jacobs, Program Manager of the Language Interpreter Center (LIC) of the Alaska Immigration Justice Project (AIJP)successfully coordinated this training. In 2007, the Municipality of Anchorage awarded the Mayor's Community & Non-profit Organization Diversity Award to AIJP. AIJP is dedicated to protecting the human rights of all Alaskans by providing comprehensive immigration legal services and language interpreter services throughout Alaska. Robin Bronen is the Executive Director.
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Quality Healthcare for Culturally Diverse Populations
September 21-24, 2008, Minneapolis, MN CCHCP participated in the Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations to focus on culturally-competent healthcare and disparities reduction in the U.S. Ira SenGupta, Executive Director of CCHCP, presented on "Enhancing recruitment and retention of diverse populations in cancer clinical trials: A cultural competency training program for Oncologist/Researchers" with our partners in the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT). Ira also moderated multiple sessions. Ira SenGupta's Conference Schedule Monday, September 22, 2008
10:45–12:15
Moderator Main Conference concurrent session: Culturally Competent Staff in a non-Culturally Competent Organization
2:00–4:00
Moderator for Peer to Peer session B-5: Straight to the people: Community health worker advances in training, practice, and policy Tuesday, September 23, 2008
9:45-12:00
Moderator for Dialog Session around: practice/interest area of cultural competence training and diverse workforces
2:00–4:00
Co -Presenter with Margo Michaels of ENACCT: Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Populations in Cancer Clinical Trials: A Cultural Competency Training Program for Oncology Research Teams Tuesday, September 23, 2008
2:00-4:00
Anne Turner, NW Resource Center Director, participated in a peer-to-peer panel session titled Reaching thousands: Using the internet to improve outreach, collaboration, and information dissemination.
Conference website: http://www.diversityrxconference.org/
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