Event calendar
MOAPPP's Training and Education Calendar, which reflects the training and educational opportunities offered solely by MOAPPP, or in partnership with other organizations is available also as a brochure (PDF). Detailed program information and registration materials will be available on the MOAPPP website six weeks prior to each event.
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MOAPPP Sponsored Events
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Celebrate 17 Years of MOAPPP!
The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant plays with fire—and soul—when Cuban piano virtuoso Nachito Herrera meets members the Steele family of gospel singers for a tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire. "Unlikely, yet unstopped," writes the Star Tribune. Don't miss this celebration of MOAPPP's 17th year as Minnesota's #1 resource for healthy youth sexual development.
6:00-9:30 p.m.
The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant in Minneapolis
Opening Remarks by Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak
Dinner by Chef Jack Riebel
Musical tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire by Nachito Herrera and Fred Steele
June 17-18, 2008
Developing Programs that Fit Your Youth: A Two-day Training on Program Assessment and Design
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Temple of Aaron, St. Paul, MN
$100 MOAPPP member/$135 Non-member
(Registration fee is reduced if two or more participants register from the same organization)
A program that works in one community may or may not match the needs, knowledge and/or values of another. How do you ensure that the program you design fits the youth you serve? The overall goal of this two-day training is to strengthen your capacity to assess the youth populations you serve so you can implement, improve and/or develop appropriate pregnancy and HIV prevention programs. Led by national experts from Healthy Teen Network & ETR Associates, this training provides tools to conduct a needs assessment, develop a data collection plan and build a logic model to use in youth programming. For maximum benefit, organizations are encouraged to send a team of two or more to the training. For more information, see the flyer and registration form. Questions? Contact Jill Farris at 651-644-1447 x18 or jill@moappp.org
Coalition for Responsible Sex Ed Events
MOAPPP is a founding member of the Coalition for Responsible Sex Ed. The Coalition advocates for policies on sex education and access to confidential health care for minors. Here is a list of Coalition events for 2008. For additional information, visit www.coalitionforsexed.org.
Other Events of Interest
March - May 2008
"Lunch and Learns" Enhancing Cultural Competency
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics, St. Paul and Minneapolis
This free workshop series is dedicated to growing cultural competency. For more information, see the event flier. (PDF)
May 7, 2008
National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The purpose of the National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is to focus the attention of teens on the importance of avoiding too-early pregnancy and parenthood. The message of the National Day is straightforward: Sex has consequences. The online quiz (available in English and Spanish) delivers this message directly to teens and challenges them to think carefully about what they might do "in the moment."
May 22, 2008
Attachment, Culture, Trauma: Intervention with Ethnically Diverse Families
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Coffman Memorial Union, U of MN East Bank, Minneapolis
As the U. S. becomes increasingly culturally diverse, there is an urgent need for infant mental health professionals to learn effective ways to work with children and families from diverse ethnic, racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. This session examines how attachment, culture and trauma shape development and presents a model for understanding diversity related conflicts. For more information, visit the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) website.
May 27, 2008
Father Force: How Organizations Can Accomplish More by Mobilizing Dads
12:30-4:30pm
Open Book
1011 Washington Ave South, Minneapolis
The Center for Leadership Education in Maternal and Child Public Health is offering this half-day workshop: Father Force: How Organizations Can Accomplish More by Mobilizing Dads. Father Force is an interactive, hands-on training that helps professionals and their organizations recognize ways to use the father resource, making Dads into allies in accomplishing your mission. You will learn effective ways for improving fathers’ communication and commitment to health, child and family and ways to assess how “father friendly” you and your organization are. For more information, see the brochure (pdf).
May 30, 2008
America’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Center (New)
451 Lexington Parkway North, St. Paul
Join a community discussion on the intersection of race, poverty and the juvenile justice system. For more information, contact Pakou Hang, St. Paul Youth Services, 651-771-1301 or Norma Bourland, Children’s Defense Fund-MN, 651-855-6121.
June 6, 2008
The Promise of Primary Prevention: A Five-Year Plan to Prevent Sexual Violence and Exploitation in Minnesota
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Thompson Park Center, Dakota Lodge
1200 Stassen Lane, West St. Paul
The Sexual Violence Prevention Program, Minnesota Department of Health will celebrate and launch their new plan for the prevention of sexual violence and exploitation. For more information, visit www.health.state.mn.us.
June 11-13, 2008
HIV/AIDS/STDs and Human Sexuality Education Conference
Kansas City, Missouri
The sixth annual regional conference focusing on HIV/AIDS/STDs and Human Sexuality features two and a half days of keynote presentations and workshops. For more information and registration, see the conference brochure.
June 12, 2008
10th Annual MCH Summer Institute on Health Disparities: "Promoting Health Equity: Family-centered Program Development and Advocacy"
8:00am-4:30pm
Continuing Education & Conference Center University of Minnesota, St. Paul
The institute will provide an opportunity to discuss how the universal experience of family-and its diverse definitions-can be integrated into family-centered programs and policies that enhance family resilience and improve individual and population health. For more information, visit www.epi.umn.edu or contact Jan Pearson, 612-626-8644, pears014@umn.edu.