LGTBQ Subcommittee Members,
Congratulations and thank you all for a successful 2nd Greater Lowell Pride event!
We scheduled a meeting this Wednesday, July 19 at the GLHA office on 55 Technology Drive, Lowell (Drum Hill Area) at 2:30pm to discuss the event, debrief, and thank everyone before we move on.
There is a task force meeting scheduled this Friday, July 21 at Lowell General Hospital, Saints Campus, *1st Floor Conference Room, 9:00-10:30am.
We invite guest speaker Allyson Perron Drag, Senior Government Relations Direction – American Heart Association and American Stroke Association who will present on the “Massachusetts Sugary Drink Tax (SDT)”.Attached you will find two fact sheets about the Mass SDT.
Perinatal Mental Health Coalition,
There is an upcoming meeting scheduled next Thursday, July 20 at Lowell General Hospital, Main Campus in the Meehan Room, 9:30-11:00am.
Dear Marijuana Subcommittee Members,
There is an upcoming meeting on Tuesday, July 26 at 55 Technology Drive, Lowell (Drum Hill Area) 2nd Fl. Galileo Conference Room, 12:00-2:00pm. We invite you to participate in a conference call with Undersheriff of Routt County, Ray Birch http://www.co.routt.co.us/sheriff to discuss the legalization of marijuana.
The Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund provides resources for businesses to train current and newly hired employees. Its goal is to help improve employee skills and maintain the economic strength of the Commonwealth’s businesses.
A representative from the Workforce Training Fund, administered by Commonwealth Corporation, will present an overview of the grant options and answer questions in the information sessions. Learn about this valuable training resource and how MCC can become a partner and provide grant-writing assistance and training to area companies.
We are thrilled that Secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Jay Ash, will be joining us and we hope you will too!
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Middlesex Community College
Cowan Center, Cafeteria
33 Kearney Square
Lowell, MA 01852
7:30-8:00am – Networking
8:00-9:00am – Secretary Jay Ash
Tickets are $40 each or $300 for a table of ten
Develop Your Leadership Skills and Make Your Community a Better Place!
Empower: Building Leaders, Strengthening Communities is a new initiative developed by Coalition for a Better Acre (CBA) and Lowell Alliance for Families and Neighborhoods (LAFN). We are seeking community activists and leaders, or potential leaders, interested in learning how to create positive change and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods and communities.
Through an 8-week training program, Empower will provide participants with the knowledge, skills and resources to strengthen their capacity to create and lead change at the grassroots level. Workshop topics will include: Leadership and organizational skills, overview of Lowell’s history, how City Hall works and how to influence that process, communication and conflict management skills, understanding and leveraging community resources, organizing for change, and project planning and implementation. Participants will also have the opportunity to expand their personal and professional networks and work with activists from around the city.
We are looking for candidates who are committed to making Lowell a better place to live in, for themselves, their families, and their neighbors. Empower participants will have an opportunity to act on that commitment through planning and implementing a project designed to strengthen their community. Preference will be given to candidates already active in grassroots or informal groups, who are working to improve conditions in their neighborhoods, and/or who can identify and articulate community or neighborhood issues they want to impact. While Empower is open to all Lowell residents, we are especially interested in engaging residents of the Acre and Lower Highlands neighborhoods.
Program Goals: Upon completing the program, participants will be empowered to:
Organize people for positive outcomes
Use leadership concepts and skills to become more effective leaders and communicators
Leverage community assets and resources
Develop collaborative partnerships in pursuit of common goals
Improve and increase communication and understanding between low-income residents and mainstream leaders/people in power
Develop and implement effective community-building projects
Create positive change at a neighborhood or city-wide level
If you are selected for participation, you will be expected to:
Complete the 9 workshop course, plus at least 2 project-planning sessions.
Actively engage in the development and implementation of a community-building project.
Help create and lead change that will make your community a better place to live!
Empower workshops will take place Thursday evenings, 6 pm – 8 pm, on the following dates:
August 31
September 7, 14, 21, 28
October 5, 12, 19, 26
And at least two follow-up planning session, dates TBD.
If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, please contact Nancy Coan at ncoan@ywcaoflowell.org, or Aurora Erickson at aurora.erickson@cbacre.org.
