PREVENTION INSTITUTE @ APHA

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Nov. 5: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation/Children's Defense Fund Reception to stop the cycle of violence and incarceration Nov. 6: Prevention Is Primary book signing @ APHA Thanks for celebrating prevention & our 10yr anniversary More APHA sessions and events featuring Prevention Institute

Are you planning to attend the 2007 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC?  Don't miss the signing of our academic text, Prevention Is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing, on Tuesday, November 6th from 2:00-3:00pm at PubMart booth 631.  View more details below for additional APHA sessions and events featuring Prevention Institute. 

While in Washington, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Prevention Institute, Children’s Defense Fund, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the UCLA School of Public Health cordially invite you to a reception on November 5th addressing the question: What can be done to stop the current cycle of violence and incarceration and ensure that America’s youth thrive?

Please RSVP to greta@preventioninstitute.org by Wednesday, October 31, 2007.

To download the reception invitation (PDF), click here.

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Thanks for Celebrating Prevention & our 10yr Anniversary

The Board of Directors and staff of Prevention Institute would like to thank all who joined us to celebrate prevention on Saturday, October 20th.  Special thanks to award-winning artist, Marion Coleman, for graciously allowing us to exhibit her beautiful quilts at the event.

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PI @ APHA Sessions & Events:

Monday, November 5th:

Tuesday, November 6th:

8:30 - 10:00am

Oral: Youth Violence Prevention and Interventions

UNITY and the roadmap for urban youth violence prevention

Oral: Improving Community Health through Obesity Prevention Programs

Strategies to reduce chronic illness by advancing a policy agenda to improve eating and activity environments

12:30 - 2:00pm

Oral: Strategies to Prevent Risk Behaviors

UNITY Roadmap for urban youth violence prevention: Developing city methodology and policy to support effective violence prevention strategies

2:00 - 3:00pm

Larry Cohen, co-editor and PI executive director, will be at PubMart booth 631 for a signing of Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Wellbeing.  Preview Prevention is Primary or purchase your own copy by contacting Sana Chehimi.

6:30 - 9:00pm

ICEHS awards dinner honoring PI executive director, Larry Cohen, Public Service Award recipient.

Wednesday, November 7th:

A focal point for encouraging effective primary prevention, www.PreventionInstitute.org is your link to prevention-related ideas, projects, publications, tools, and events.

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