NEWS FROM NCCJSTL

NCCJSTL is updating its website to reflect its current activities and future directions. The new website will highlight our Inclusion Institute for Healthcare project, funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health. In the meantime, here is some important information on our upcoming programs, as well as links to applications and brochures for each.

Inclusion Instititute for Healthcare™

Bridging Health Literacy, Cultural Competency and Social Justice

The Inclusion Institute for Healthcare™ is a unique, community-building retreat that examines diversity, bias and health literacy. It is a safe space to discuss race, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion and ability status with colleagues from across St. Louis. The IIH builds a network of change agents who spur systemic change in health and medical care settings and who can help change the dynamics that perpetuate health disparities for marginalized groups.

The IIH starts with a powerful 3-day, full-immersion, training retreat followed with 15 hours of follow-up training workshops to build on the residential experience. The residential component of the IIH will be held at Applied Scholastics, Intl., in Spanish Lake, MO, and will run from 12pm Thursday through 5pm Saturday. The 2010 IIH residential components are scheduled for:

June 17–19
August 19–21
November 11–13

The curriculum covers social identities & health disparities, structural inequity & oppression, unconscious biases & communication, relationship-building across diversity, and leadership tools to promote justice

For more information, download the IIH Brochure and register soon! You can download the IIH Registration Form .docto fill out using Word and email to us, or, if you prefer, the IIH Registration Form .pdf to print out and complete by hand. A nonrefundable registration fee of $25 is required to register for the program. Tuition, food and lodging for the Inclusion Institute for Healthcare™ are generously funded by the Missouri Foundation for Health.

ANYTOWN™ Youth Leadership Institute

We are recruiting staff and delegates for our 2010 Anytown Youth Leadership Institute, which will be held July 8-15 at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. Read about this exciting opportunity in the 2010 Anytown Brochure (616K PDF).

Delegates: Delegates are high school students, aged 15-18, and have completed their freshman year. Tuition, fees, and room & board is $1250 for the 8-day, 7-night program, and limited financial aid is available. For details and registration, download the 2010 Anytown Delegate Application (267K PDF).

Faculty: Required training will be held in St. Louis, June 11-13. Faculty arrive at McKendree two days before delegates, the morning of July 6. Review and submit the 2010 Anytown Faculty Application (542K PDF) which provides more information on staff roles and responsibilities.

Inclusion Institute™

Our residential adult training workshop for leaders in diversity, inclusion and social justice will be held June 28 - July 2, 2010 at Applied Scholastics, International in Spanish Lake (North County). We are building cohorts of leaders from the education sector, the child welfare system, the cultural and arts institutions, and from governmental entitites. Contact us at programs@nccjstl.org for more information. Download the 2010 Inclusion Institute Brochure and the 2010 Registration Form to enroll today!

Building Inclusive Communities (BIC) Workshop™

NCCJSTL has scheduled two, 1-day open-enrollment workshops on Thursday, April 22, 2010 and Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Download the Spring 2010 BIC Brochure (427K PDF) for details and a Registration Form.