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The mission of the Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA) is to represent and unite the diverse expertise of Connecticut's public health professionals, to ameliorate the most pressing public health issues in the state, and to promote health and safe living for the people of Connecticut. CPHA works to promote and protect the public's health through advocacy; education; program, professional and workforce development; and networking among the public health community.
Tell Senator Lieberman to Protect the Prevention and Public Health Fund!
APHA and CPHA are working with other public health advocates to get Senators to sign on to a letter written by Senator Harkin (D-Iowa) to Majority Leader Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader McConnell, R- Ky., opposing a proposal by Senate Republicans (the same proposal that passed the House of Representatives last week and was opposed by APHA) to use the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for legislation that will maintain the student loan interest rate at 3.4 percent. While APHA and CPHA support efforts to ensure students can afford to pay for college education, we DO NOT support using the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for it. Instead we believe Congress should work to find a bipartisan agreement that does not pit programs that improve the lives of middle-class Americans against each other.
As of today, Senator Lieberman has not signed on to the letter but is still considering signing on. We would appreciate it if you would contact Senator Lieberman and request that the Senator to sign Sen. Harkin’s letter.
You can call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to Senator Lieberman's office.
The message is simple:
- I am a constituent and I am calling to urge Senator Lieberman to sign on to Senator Harkin’s letter to Senate leaders in support of the Prevention and Public Health Fund and opposing legislation that would use the Prevention and Public Health Fund to pay for student loan interest rates.
- Congress should find a bipartisan alternative that doesn’t pit important programs that improve the lives of middle class Americans against each other!
Thank you for your advocacy!
Only 7 Days Left in the Legislative Session
There are only 7 days left in the Legislative Session and Senate Bill 274 is awaiting action in the Senate Chamber.
We are targeting a few Democratic Senators since we haven’t yet been able to confirm if they support the bill. If your State Senator’s name is below, please contact him or her and urge their support of Senate Bill 274 – An Act Concerning Chemicals of Concern to Children.
State Senator Joan Hartley (Naugatuck, Prospect and Waterbury)
State Senator Andrea Stillman (East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem, and Waterford)
State Senator Anthony Musto (Bridgeport, Monroe and Trumbull)
State Senator Carlo Leone (Darien and Stamford)
All of the above Senators can be reached at the following numbers:
(800) 842-1420 or (860) 240-8600
This bill will put Connecticut on the path of identifying chemicals that are of particular concern to children and that have been associated with serious illness. It is an important step and will continue our state’s national leadership to protect the health of our most vulnerable.
Specifically, Senate Bill 274 will require our three state agencies, the Department of Public Health, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Department of Consumer Protection to submit a report to the Legislature on:
- Chemicals which have been identified by other states as “chemicals of concern” to children
- Regulations and actions adopted by other states
- Recommendations for ways to improve and Connecticut’s ability to regulate chemicals
The bill moves us away from trying to ban one chemical at a time and continues Connecticut’s leadership in protecting public health.
Peabody Pictures are Up!
Visit the CPHA Facebook page to view all the photos from CPHA's 2012 National Public Health Week Celebration at the Yale-Peabody Museum of Natural History. We had an amazing turnout of nearly 150 people!
Thank you to HKT Photography for taking the pictures of the event. And a special thank you to our sponsors: the Yale School of Public Health Office of Alumni Affairs, Department of Public Health at Southern Connecticut State University, and the University of Connecticut Health Center - Office of Development and Alumni Relations.
Call for Posters!
The Connecticut Public Health Association is committed to creating opportunities for students and new graduates of public health to showcase their academic or professional achievements. To this end, we once again invite you to participate in the annual Student Poster Session at this year’s Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Conference to be held on Friday, October 5, 2012. The conference is entitled, Transforming Public Health. The location of the annual conference is to be announced.
Click here for more information and to download the application form.
All submissions must be submitted to annual.conference@cpha.info by September 14, 2012.
APHA Campaigns
In May's APHA Legislative Update, the House votes to cut the Prevention Fund to offset student loan rates, a House bill would cut Medicaid program, the Senate Agriculture Committee approves Farm Bill, and registration is open for the 2012 APHA Mid-Year Meeting.
 The Get Ready Campaign helps Americans prepare themselves for disaster.
 The PHACT Campaign works to educate legislators around the country.
Take Action!
Click here to tell Congress to oppose the House transportation bill, support the Prevention and Public Health Fund, protect the Clean Air Act, support school health in the re-authorization of ESEA, support the Cardin-Cochrane Transportation Amendment, support the Affordable Care Act, and protect reproductive health services.
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Upcoming Events
- CCP
"Advocacy - Outcomes and Evaluation"
Thursday, May 17, 2012
9:30AM to 11:30AM
Hamden, CT
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- Health Justice CT
"Health Disparities: No Laughing Matter"
Monday, May 21, 2012
6:00PM
71 Orange St.
New Haven, CT
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- NDMS
Integrated Medical, Public Health, Preparedness & Response Training Summit
May 21-25, 2012
Nashville, TN
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- HHS
"Who's Leading the Leading Health Indicators"
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
12:00PM
Webinar
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- Yale School of Public Health
"Adventures in Marketing Food to Children"
Thursday, May 31, 2012
1:30PM to 3:00PM
309 Edwards St.
New Haven, CT
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"Big Food to Go"
Saturday, June 9, 2012
3:00PM to 5:00PM
170 Whitney Ave.
New Haven, CT
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International Festival of Arts and Ideas
"Nature Walk on Common Ground"
Friday, June 29, 2012
5:30PM
358 Springside Ave
New Haven, CT
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- CFPA
Connecticut Trails Day
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Up to 200 locations
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- Minority Health Project
"Social Determinants of Health Disparities: Moving the Nation to Care about Social Justice"
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
1:30PM to 4:00PM
Webinar
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- COHI
2012 Statewide Oral Health Conference
"On the Cusp of Change"
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
8:30AM to 3:30PM
275 Research Park
Meriden, CT
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- CT TRAIN
"Promoting Workforce Development Through Enhancing Academic Internships in Public Health"
Thursday, June 7, 2012
9:00AM to 1:30PM
SCSU
New Haven, CT
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- Weitzman Symposium
"Transforming Primary Care: The Promise of Disruptive Innovators"
Thursday, June 7, 2012
8:30AM to 3:00PM
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
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- UCONN
Migrant Farm Worker Symposium
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
8:30AM to 2:30PM
263 Farmington Ave.
Farmington, CT
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- APHA
Midyear Meeting
"The New Public Health: Rewiring for the Future"
June 26-28, 2012
Charlotte, NC
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140th Annual Meeting & Exposition
October 27-31, 2012
San Francisco, CA
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- CT Multicultural Health Partnership
2012 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Westbrook, CT
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- NALBOH
20th Annual Conference
"Celebrating Achievements, Shaping the Future"
August 8-12, 2012
Atlanta, GA
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- 2012 CPHA Annual Meeting
Friday, October 5, 2012
8:00AM to 4:00PM
Check back often for more info
Have an event and would lilke it posted? Email Jon Noel at jon.noel@cpha.info
 
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