8/28/2009
Location: 16th Street Community Clinic
Present: Joelisa Castillo, Ana Paula Soares, Lori Obluck, Maria Barker.
I- Minutes approved.
II- Welcome back to Lori Obluck.
III- Update on Proyecto Salud and Health Promoters:
- The health promoters second phase training will start September 26th. The training consists in 5 core classes around personal growth/ leadership development/ determinants of health. In addition to that they will be exposed to other 5 skill building electives such as:
Group facilitation/ event planning/ public speech…
- Proyecto Salud is restructuring the mentors projects. The mentors will participate in a training and will also be invited to participate in some of classes of the second phase training
IV- Update on Health Workers Expansion Planning committee.
As part of a 3-5 year investment on the growth of the health promoter work force; Proyecto Salud was chosen as the main training site in the south side in addition to YWCA in the north side. We are now applying for grants together with the Work Force Development board.
V- Shared Ideas to support Proyecto Salud’s elective trainings
Educational support / training
a) Action team will promote a “take a health promoter to work day” to facilitate the integration of the health promoters in the work field and promote relationship building among coalition and health promoters) Joelisa and Ana Paula will sent out emails. Lori offered to be one of the holts of health promoters.
b) Maria Barker will contact – Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee for possible skill building training for the health promoters
c) Media training: Maria will send to Ana Paula the Health Promoter’s Media training toolkit from Planned Parenthood.
Coalition & Health Promoters
d) Promote Health promoters and coalition members’ connection through intercambio project (a language exchange) – Joelisa and Ana Paula will sent out an email to the coalition members.
Fundraising
e) David Frazer will be working on fund raising for health promoters t-shirts, business cards