Join a Community Dialouge About Inequities in Health

Join Multnomah County in learning how your health is more than health care or personal choice. Each episode of the PBS documentary Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? will sound the alarm about America’s glaring socio-economic and racial inequities in health, and search for root causes. The series contains 7 episodes, which will be shown in March and April. Free and open to the public.

You can go to the Health Equity Initiative* page at:

http://www.mchealth.org/healthequity/

There’s a link to the calendar of screenings as well as a link to a preview clip of “Unnatural Causes” on the right side of the page.

You can also watch the series on OPB starting on March 27th:

http://www.opb.org/programs/program.php?id=18534

You can find additional local data on racial and ethnic health disparities posted at:

http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/health/hra/reports/health_disparities_2006.pdf

*The Health Equity Initiative works to address the root causes of socioeconomic and racial injustices that lead to health disparities.

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2008 REGIONAL CONFERENCE

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GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington

From Roots to Treetops: Growing, Connecting, & Sustaining Strong Communities

October 15th, 16th, 17th
Five Pine Lodge
Sisters, Oregon

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FAMILY FOUNDATION & CORPORATE FUNDERS LEARNING EXCHANGE

Vetting Grants Management Systems

Thursday, July 10, 2008
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
YWCA, Third Floor Conference Room
1111 SW 10th
Portland

Members $15, Nonmembers $35
Register: or 503.226.6340
Lunch will be provided.
*Open to all members

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WEBINAR

How Funders Can Choose to Manage Advocacy Campaigns

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
There is no registration fee to participate in the Webinar.
Register online at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey.zgi?p=WEB227XB6GB5M8

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THIRD THURSDAY PROGRAM

Funder Collaboratives: Why & How Funders Come Together

Sponsor: The Standard
Thursday, July 17, 2008
11:45 am – 1:30 pm
Northwest Health Foundation, Bamboo Room
221 NW Second Avenue, Suite 300
Portland

$15 Members
$35 Non-members

or 503.226.6340

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SOCIAL FORCES & SYSTEM DYNAMICS CONFERENCE

Kaiser Permanente, United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Northwest Health Foundation, and GREX, an affiliate of the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems

July 17-19, 2008 in Troutdale, Oregon
For more information, visit:  http://www.nwhf.org/events/systemshealth.php