Janice Edmonds, Wells, MSW, Consultant Office of Multicultural Health Iowa Department of Public Health , 4th Floor Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0015 Phone: (515) 281-4904 Fax: (515) 242-6384 Email: Sharon Goolsby, Program Manager Office of Minority Health Kansas Department of Health and Environment 1000 , -1368 (785) 296-5577 Fax: (785) 296-6231 Email: Durand Rudy Macklin, Director Bureau of Minority Health Access , 9th Floor Phone: (225) 342-4886 Fax: (225) 342-3738 Lisa Sockabasin, Director Office of Minority Health Maine Department of Health and Human Services State House Station 11B , 8th Floor Phone: (207) 287-8016 Fax: (207) 287-9058 Email: Carlessia A. Hussein, RN, DrPH, Director Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene , Room 500 Phone: (410) 767-0094 Fax: (410) 333-5100 Email: Andrea Woodruff, M.A., Acting Manager Health Disparities Reduction/Minority Health Section Michigan Department of Community Health 150 Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 456-4421 Fax: (313) 456-4428 Email: Mitchell Director Office of Minority and Multicultural Health Minnesota Department of Health , 5C - Phone: (651) 201-5818 Fax: (651) 201-5801 Email: , MPH, Director Office of Health Disparity Elimination Mississippi Department of Health Osborne 120 Phone: (601) 576-7266 Fax: (601) 576-8215 Cheryl Avant, Chief Office of Minority Health Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Phone: (573) 751-6064 Fax: (573) 522-1599 Email: Raponzil L. Drake, Administrator Office of Minority Health Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 301 Centennial Mall South - Box 95007 -5007 Mae Norris, Acting Manager
Office of Multicultural Health Public Health Division Department of Services Phone: 971) 673-1283 Fax: (971) 673-1128 Lori Ann Jenkins, Esq., Director Office of Health Equity Pennsylvania Department of Health 1033 7th and Forster Streets -17108 (717) 772-5298 Fax: (717) 705-6525 Email: Dalidia Colon Pieretti, Assistant Secretary Office of Planning, Evaluation and Statistics Office of Minority Health Puerto Rico Department of Health P. O. Box 70184 San Juan, PR 00936-8184 Phone: (787) 274-7874 Fax: (787) 724-5736 Email: Carrie Bridges, MPH, Chief Office of Minority Health Rhode Island Department of Health Three Capitol Hill, Room 409 -5097 Phone: (401) 222-2901 Fax: (401) 222-4415 E-mail: Carrie.Bridges@health.ri.gov Website: Gardenia Ruff, Director Office of Minority Health South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Phone: (803) 898-3808 Fax: (803) 898-3810 Email: Cherry Houston, Ph.D. , Director Division of Minority Health/Health Disparity Elimination Tennessee Department of Health , 3rd Floor 425 Phone: (615) 741-9443 Fax: (615) 253-1434 Email: cherry.houston @state.tn.us Kimberly McCoy-Daniels, Director Office for the Elimination of Health Disparities Texas Department of State Health Services (512) 458-7629 Fax: (512) 458-7507 Email: Owen Quiñonez Coordinator Center for Multicultural Health/Office of Minority Health Utah Department of Health Community and Family Health Services Phone: (801) 538-9457 Fax: (801) 538-6591 Email: oquinone@utah.gov Website: Judy Ashley-McLaughlin, MS Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Minority Health Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Phone: (802) 527-5582 Fax: (802) 527-5405 Email: jashley@vdh.state.vt.us Website: Phyllis L. Wallace,
“Blue Ribbon Leadership” - Training for Prostate Cancer Leadership & Advocacy Two-Day Trainings Session Day/Time Activity Tentative Presenter/Facilitator Saturday – Day 1 1:00 - 1:30 pm Arrival and Registration Distribute binder of materials, agenda for training Session 1 1:30 - 2:30 pm Group formation exercise Share backgrounds, “Why I came/why I care?” All participants 2:30 - 3:00 pm Refreshment Break Get acquainted time Session 2 3:00 - 4:30 pm Forming, promoting and marketing a support group Tips, best practices, affiliating with a cancer organization (ACS, Us TOO, etc.) Included in the handouts Organized Break 4:30 - 5:30 pm Time to connect with other participants/partners Relaxation break before dinner Sharing thoughts and networking Dinner 5:30 - 7:00 pm Dinner with Guest Speaker during dessert Session 3 7:00 - 8:00 pm Program, Program, Program: Keeping Support Groups Fresh with Good Planning and Management Brainstorming session on program for support group meetings; logistics; Included in handouts Session 4 8:00 - 8:30 pm Getting Personal: Setting Goals for Your Group Leadership or Professional Role In pairs, completes goal statements for their PCa leadership for the coming year