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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. Founded in 1996, we are a growing network of over 1,800 communities and campuses across North America and increasingly the world that are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory research, broad-based coalitions and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving higher education, civic engagement and the overall health of communities.

We are working toward a number of shared goals, including:

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Free online resource for publishing diverse products of community engaged scholarship now available! CES4Health.info's peer review process helps to ensure products "count" in promotion and tenure decisions and make a difference in communities. Click here to read the press release. Click here to submit products, search for products, and apply to be a peer reviewer.

Nominations Due Feb 1, 2010 for CCPH Annual Award! The award recognizes an exemplary community-campus partnership that others can aspire to. Click here for details.

Cosponsors, Exhibitors and Advertisers Sought for CCPH Conference! CCPH conference participants are eager for the latest knowledge and resources that support them in their work. Cosponsors, exhibitors and advertisers consistently rate the conference as a "worthwhile investment" and "one of the best" for making lasting contacts. Click here to check out the many options available.

The August 2009 issue of Metropolitan Universities Journal features 9 articles from CCPH's Community-Engaged Scholarship (CES) for Health Collaborative! The Collaborative focused on building capacity for CES in higher educational institutions, with an explicit focus on the faculty promotion and tenure system. Click here to read two free articles from the issue. Click here to learn more about the Collaborative.

The latest issue of Partnership Matters newsletter is chock full of timely grant, conference and publication announcements. Click here to check it out.

To read past news, please click here.

   

Collaborating for Healthy Communities

As a long-term resident of the New Haven, Connecticut area, CCPH member Stephen Updegrove is committed to improving health in his local community through a variety of partnerships and collaborations. He is involved in the Office of Community-Based Research and Engagement at Yale University, the Wellness Committee of the New Haven Public Schools, and the New Haven Health Department. In his interview, Steve discusses the innovative work being done through each organization, and how they are combining efforts to change health. Steve shares his hopes that as this "web of collaborations becomes increasingly stitched together," further improvements in the health of his community will be achieved.

To read more about Steve's work and the collaborations he's involved in, click here.

To read about previous Featured Members, click here.

If you would like to be a Featured Member, or would like to refer a colleague, please email CCPH at ccphuw@u.washington.edu.

   

Join CCPH at these upcoming events!

Join us for CCPH's 11th Conference, May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon! "Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" will convene hundreds of community and campus partners for skill-building, networking and agenda-setting! Joining us as a major partner is the Portland-based Northwest Health Foundation. Click here for details.

Elder Atum Azzahir is the CCPH Conference Opening Keynote Speaker! Elder Atum is Executive Director of the Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which works to "unleash the power of citizens to heal themselves and build community." Click here to learn more!

Save the Date for CUexpo 2011! "Community-University Partnerships: Bringing Global Perspectives to Local Action," May 11-15, 2011 in Waterloo Region, Ontario. CCPH is fully supporting this Canadian-led conference in lieu of our own major one that year.

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