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10/29-30- MFPA face to face meeting Helena
11/4- Election day (state holiday)
11/11- Veteran's Day (state holiday)
11/17-19- Libby/Polson program reviews
11/27- Thanksgiving (state holiday) |
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Quote of the Week
For in dreams, we enter a world that is entirely our own. Let them swim in the deepest ocean or glide over the highest cloud.
~Dumbledore
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! |
| Public Health Employment Opportunity | |
MISSOULA PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION UNIT MANAGER
BASE RATE: $29.50 PER HOUR DOE
STATUS: REGULAR, FULL-TIME
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH DEPARTMENT
CLOSING DATE: 5:00 P.M. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
Use online application at www.co.missoula.mt.us Complete job description available upon request to the Department of Human Resources
DEFINITION: Performs administrative and professional duties as the manager of the Public Health Nutrition unit of the Health Services division for the Missoula City-County Health Department, MCCHD.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: Requires a Master's degree. Degrees best suited for this position are Nutrition and Public Health. Requires three years of professional experience in public health or community based nutrition programs. Requires two years of experience in direct staff supervision. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Full Description click here
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Funding Opportunity
The National Institute for Reproductive Health is pleased to announce new opportunities for funding in support of local- and state-based work to strengthen and advance the goals of the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements in 2015.
On the local level, the National Institute is accepting proposals from non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations to support projects in the following three areas: youth-focused advocacy for comprehensive sex education, protection or expansion of access to reproductive health facilities that perform abortion, and implementation of an already-enacted local reproductive health policy.
On the state level, the National Institute is accepting proposals from non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations to support projects in the following three areas: moving proactive policy, expanding contraception and abortion coverage on state health exchanges, and implementation of already-enacted reproductive health policy.
Click here to read more and to access the full state- and local-level RFPs.
Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the National Institute in advance to discuss their project(s) with staff. If you have any questions or to schedule a conversation, please contact Lauren Boc, Program Associate, at lboc@nirhealth.org.
All proposals are to be submitted no later than 6:00PM Eastern on November 21st, 2014. |
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#ThxBirthControl Webinar
Birth control matters. A lot a lot. Thanks, Birth Control is a social media campaign designed to get people talking in a positive way about birth control and all that it makes possible for women, children, families, and society. Getting involved is as easy as a tweet or a Facebook post. Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, November 5 from noon-1:15pm ET to find out some simple ways you (and your friends, your colleagues, and your organization) can join us in saying Thanks, Birth Control.
Register for the free webinar here and don't forget to include communications/social media staff.
And Speaking of Thanks, Birth Control...
Although it's a little more than two weeks away, Thanks, Birth Control day is almost here. Mark your calendars for November 12 and get ready to tell the world what birth control means to you!
Are you the forgetful type? Then sign up for our Thunderclap campaign and let us do the work for you. Just connect one of your social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr), and boom! Thunderclap will post a #ThxBirthControl message on your feed on November 12, 2014 at 12pm ET.
If you have any questions about Thunderclap and how it works, check out their FAQs.
Must Reads
Lots of good stuff to catch up on this week dear readers, including:
- Is sex only for rich people? Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell offers up a provocative look sex ed, low-maintenance birth control, and unintended pregnancy.
- A follow-up column from Rampell takes a closer look at the Campaign's Fog Zone data and how misperceptions, magical thinking, and ambivalence put young adults at risk for unplanned pregnancy.
- This researcher gave 10,000 women free birth control. Guess what happened? No need to guess, the great Sarah Kliff at Vox.com has a fascinating an interview with the also great Gina Secura from the Washington University Choice Project.
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