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Two FREE Introduction to Public Health courses have been scheduled -one in Albuquerque December 7th, 2012 and one in Deming on January 7th, 2013.
Register today using the following links!
December 7, 2012 9am-4pm in Albuquerque
January 7, 2013 1pm-4pm in Deming
Please see the link to the flier below.
Task Force co-chairs Lee Reynis, UNM BBER and Giovanna Rossi, Collective Action Strategies, LLC reported to the LHHS on October 12, 2012 at the State Capitol in Santa Fe.
Wednesday, November 14, 6:30pm, UNM Anthropology 163Keynote Speaker: Chief Justice Petra Jimenez Maes
Moderator: Christine Sierra, Director, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute
Petra Jimenez Maes was elected to the New Mexico Supreme Court in November 1998, becoming the first Hispana to serve on the court. On January 8, 2003 she was designated by unanimous vote of her colleagues to serve a two-year term as Chief Justice. While other Hispanic/Latino men have served as Chief Justice, Justice Maes ushered in a new era as the first Hispanic Woman Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. She is currently serving her second term as Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Maes received a B.A. from the University of New Mexico and a J.D. from the UNM Law School. She was in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico until 1975 when she joined Northern New Mexico Legal Services. She was appointed to the First Judicial District Court in 1981 where she heard criminal, civil, family, and children’s court cases.
She will discuss the challenges of becoming a lawyer, judge and justice as well as the current status of women in the law and on the court.
Thursday, November 15, 9:00am—3:00pm, UNM Student Union Ballroom ASymposium Panels9:00-10:30am Founders and Former Directors of the Women Studies Program and Women’s Resource Center
Moderator: Summer Little, Interim Director, Women’s Resource CenterFormer UNM Staff and Faculty will address the challenges of founding and directing programs for women on campus. Panelists include:Ann Nihlen, UNM Professor Emerita, LLSS, Women Studies CollectiveGail Baker, Women Studies Collective
Beva Sanchez Padilla , Women Studies Collective
Kathleen Winslow, Women’s Resource Center Founder
Gail Houston, Former Women Studies Director
10:45—12:15 Professional Feminists in Action
Moderator: Irene Vasquez, Director, Chicana and Chicano Studies
Feminist professionals will speak about their efforts in founding, directing or working in women and family-centered services and organizations.
Our panel includes:
Maria Munguia, Psychotherapist, UNM Children’s Psychiatric Center
Claudia Medina, Exec. Director, Enlace Comunitario
Cristina Duran, Asst. Professor, School of Social Work, Highlands University
Denicia Cadena, Interim Director, Young Women United
Giovanna Rossi Pressley, President, Collective Action Strategies
Jane Wishner, Founder, Southwest Women’s Law Center
1:30—3:00pm UNM Women Academics of ColorModerator: Bárbara O. Reyes, Director, Women Studies ProgramPanelists will discuss issues of recruitment, retention, tenure and promotion of women of color in academia.Speakers include:Nancy Lopez, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology
Sonia Gipson Rankin, Lecturer, Africana Studies and Assoc. Dean, University College
Beverly Singer, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Antionette Sedillo Lopez, Professor, School of Law
Margaret Werner-Washburne, Regents’ Professor, Biology
The Symposium is Free and Open to the Public.
With the re-election of President Obama and unprecedented wins for women all across the country, what can women and families expect in the months to come?
Listen to the promo: Women’s Health Today 11/9/12 Promo
Friday, November 9th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.
Giovanna Rossi was interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford today about women in the election. Listen here: USA ELECTION BBC OXFORD
November 28, 2012
Anna Benyo, Senior Health Policy Analyst
National Women’s Law Center
Anna Benyo NWLC Presentation NM Policy Breifing 2012
And a local panel of experts:
Micaela Cadena, Young Women United
Pamelya Herndon, J.D., Southwest Women’s Law Center
Nandini Pillai Kuehn, Ph.D., MHA, Health Services Consulting
Ellen Pinnes, J.D., Health Policy Consultant
Roxane Spruce Bly, Bernalillo County Off-Reservation Native American Health Commission
Event sponsored by:
Gender Impacts Policy, a project of the Center of Southwest Culture
RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM
State of Women’s Health NM: A Partnership with National Women’s Law Center
UNM Women’s Resource Center
UNM Women Studies
Policy briefing planner and moderator:
Giovanna Rossi, Collective Action Strategies, LLC
Additional materials:
Medicaid Expansion Infographic
WomenACABingaman
Report-BBER-Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in New Mexico-2012-10-31
Friday, October 12th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the 30 second promo here
Who is being encouraged or discouraged to vote? How does voter participation relate to the health of women and families?
My guests include Laurie Weahkee, of Native American Voters Alliance, Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver, and Adriann Barboa of Strong Families NM .
We will be talking about the impact of voter engagement in the 2012 election, and how this relates to the health of women and families. Are voters being encouraged or discouraged to vote this year? Is id required at polling places? Who is responsible for voter participation? How does the voting process impact the issues we care about?
Political analysts are saying that women will decide this election. Women’s issues, especially reproductive rights, women’s health care, and economic equality, have become a main focus throughout the past several months.
These issues will be on the forefront of voters minds come November and the voting process will be an opportunity for women and men to voice their opinions. Or will it?
Tune in this Friday, October 12th at 8am on KUNM 89.9fm or online at www.kunm.org.
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? WOMEN AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
September 7, 2012
5:00 PM
Inspired Birth and Families
3916B Carlisle NE Albuquerque, NM 87107
The event is free and open to the public., but registration is required.
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Albuquerque trainings to focus on public health
Understand the critical role of public health today. Learn how to make a public health impact through your work.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., August 27th, 2012 – The Public Health Learning Collaborative Presents: Introduction to Public Health, taught by professors from University of NM and NM State University Public Health programs.
Topics will include:
Public health core functions and essential services
Health disparities
Culture and health
Public health programs and infrastructure
What: Free trainings for community members and professional on public health
Where: NMSU Albuquerque Center, Room 202, 4501 Indian School NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
When: September 5th and 25th, 9am – 4pm
Who: New Mexico Public Health Learning Collaborative, a joint project of the NM Department of Health, UNM, and NMSU
Register: The events are open to the public, but registration is required. Register here: Sept. 5th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PublicHealthAbqSept5
Sept. 25th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PublicHealthAbq
Visit www.collectiveactionstrategies.com for more information
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