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Amazon.com - Community Health Resources
The Village Projects wants to expand the inclusion of "grassroots" information into current dialogues and resources in community health. To that end, we invite you to provide comments based on your own experience as an African-American in or from an underserved African-American community. What would you want to add to these books to assure that they are relevant to the African-American underserved communities. Share this information with African-American communities and get their feedback. You can make a difference! We will update these listings periodically. Click on book photo to order direct. All proceeds benefit the Village Projects.
Data from the 2000 US Census Reports
If you are involved in research that involves population statistics, you should become familiar with this site and its links.
National Health Information Center
The National Health Information Center (NHIC) is a health information referral service. NHIC puts health professionals and consumers who have health questions in touch with those organizations that are best able to provide answers. NHIC was established in 1979 by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Register to Vote in California
Voting is an important part of our citizenship. The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s encourages all eligible voters to register to vote.
Things Every African American Girl Should Know
The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s invites African-American girls to view this telling video clip. Issues of image and appearance as it relates to the African-American experience will be among the youth topics in the 2007 "A discussion with the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s events."
Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority Inc.
Psi Eta Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority Inc. launched a Village of Mentors during a meeting held at California State University, Dominguez Hills, California. Learn more about Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority by visiting their website. http://www.chietaphi.com
Worldwide Network for Gender Empowerment (WNGE)
TheWorldwide Network for Gender Empowerment is a community of networks of scholars and activists from around the world,...committed to the support of knowledge and change related to Women's and Gender Issues. Included among its core participants are three African-Americans i.e. Dr. Patricia Harvard-Hinchberger EdD, RN - Assistant Professor of Nursing, California State University, Dominguez Hills, California; Bishop Carolyn Tyler-Guidry, Presiding Prelate, 16th district of the Afican Methodist Episcopal Church and the second female to attain the rank of Bishop in this denomination; and Dr. Gloria Willingham PhD, RN - Associate Dean, School of Educational Leadership and Change, Fielding Graduate University, and Founder, The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s.
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Ca.
California State University, Dominguez Hills, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services hosted the first meeting of the Village of Mentors sponsored by Psi Eta Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority Inc. Vist their website for helpful information. CSUDH has the most diverse nursing program in the State of California, and is open through its on-line learning programs to nurses all over the U.S. and abroad.
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Nursing was represented at the inaugural meeting of the Village of Mentors. The founder of The Village Projects, Dr. Gloria J. Willingham PhD, RN, is a former faculty member of CSULB. Visit the site for more information on opportunities available through CSULB.
Dr. Sue Reamer, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s Advisor
Dr. Sue Reamer, being a retired nurse with a deep appreciation of the disparities and gaps in privilege often faced by African-Americans from underserved communities, consented to serve as a member of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board.
Dr. Carol Parker-Terhune, Village Projects Advisor
Dr. Carol Parker-Terhune is a phenomenal woman who is a professor, a lawyer, a researcher, and...a member of The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board.
Vanessa Jones, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s Advisor
Vanessa Jones is a remarkable young lady having graduated from high school at the age of 15, having acquired two college degrees, and opened her own business, before she was 25. Yet she remains close to her community of origin and finds time to volunteer and to share her story with others, as well as to listen to theirs. The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s is proud to have Vanessa as a member of its Board of Advisors, and a recipient of a Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s leadership award.
Autrilla Scott, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisor
Autrilla Scott is no stranger to grassroots community efforts. One might say it has been her calling in life and has come natural to her. She has been the recipient of many awards, but she remains humble and true to her roots. Among her other notables Mrs. Scott was one of the persons who babysat President Bill Clinton when he was growing up in Hope,Arkansas. We are pleased that she is an advisor to the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s
Dr. Charlease Stevenson, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s
Dr. Charlease Stevenson is well known in and around Savannah, Georgia. Her warm spirit, calm demeanor and close connections with students and the surrounding community of Savannah State University, is commendable. She recently retired as a faculty member of The Fielding Graduate University, after earlier retirement as an Academic administrator at Savannah State University. Her story is one that can and will make a difference in the lives of so many first generation college students and we applaud her for agreeing to serve as one of the members of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board.
Rachel Plotkin Monda RN, Village Projects
Rachel Plotkin Monda RN is a real leader in the Long Beach, Community. Her role in community outreach at St. Mary's Medical Center has opened the door for her to expand her wonderful and caring heart so as to be increasingly a hub around which various community networks are formed. Rachel moves through grassroots community groups and faith-based groups. She connects them to health information, advocacy, and health care access in ways that are not often seen. She brings a special presence to everything that she does. Rachel is presently working on her EdD degree having earned a bachelor's and master's degree as well as a public health nursing certificate earlier. We are pleased that Rachel will be serving as a member of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board. She is a true advocate and connection for students enrolled in nursing at East LA College, and the community.
Richard Love, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisor
Richard Love, Publisher, Long Beach Times is a household word in the California African-American community. As one young man remarked: "If you want to know who to talk to ...see Mr. Love. He knows everybody." We are pleased to have Mr. Richard Love as a member of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board.
Nnenna Ohalete, Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisor
Nnenna Ohalete RN, MSN, Phd(c) is a lecturer at California State University, Long Beach, College of Health and Human Services, Department of Nursing. Her goal is to become a full Professor. She in an active participant in professional nursing organizations, research, community service, and an advocate for her students. She expressed an interest in the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s at our early stages of development and now we are pleased that she is a member of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s advisory board.
Online Voter Registration
If we are to have an impact of what happens in underserved communities, it is important that we learn the issues, and vote. You can register to vote online in many states. Don't delay, register today if you are not a registered voter. Be ready to vote in the next election.
Know How to Go To College!
The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s encourages you to please visit the knowhow2go.org website to learn more about early preparation for college. Please share the information and the website with all your friends, neighbors, relatives,co-workers, etc... The video is sponsored by the American Council on Education and The Lumina Foundation....
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Cover The Uninsured
Valuable information from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative re: options for the uninsured. The Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s (http://www.villageprojects.net) suggests that you and your organization sign up for the Weekly News Digest Updates and share the information with your community. email: villageprojects@aol.com for strategy suggestions.
http://www.YouTube.com/gwillingha
See photos, videos, presentations etc of the Village P.r.o.j.e.c.t.s and AframGlobal Organization Inc.
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