Goals

Task(s)

RESPONSIBLE PERSON(S)

Status

Time Line Status

2003

2004

2005

1.       Year 2003 - The Health Committee will support the formation of up to 50% Active Health committee at a branch level

·         Support 2 branches establish Health Committees

Health C.

&

State Conf.

X

2.       Year 2004 - The Health Committee will support incrementally the formation of up to 66% Active Health committee at a branch level

·         Bring two additional Health Committee’s

on-line

Health C.

&

State Conf.

X

X

3.       Year 2005 - The Health Committee will support the incrementally formation of up to 100% Active Health committee at a branch level

·          Remainder Local Branches to have an active  Health Committee

Health C.

&

State Conf.

X

4.       State Health Committee to visit/act as an advisor to each local branch.

·         Visit all the State Branches, the committee will advise the local NAACP Health Committees and help develop Health Committee work plans them organize Health Fair(s) and other identified initiatives.

Health C.

and

Branch Presidents

 X

X

X

5.       Increase representation of African

      American and other minorities

      within the health profession.

·         We will seek partnerships with:

-  Public Health Schools and Universities

      -  State of Connecticut Department of Public

         Health    

      -  Local Health Department

      -  Local Public and Private High Schools

 Health C.

&

Education C.

 X

X

X

7. Host Critical Symposium.

·          Hold at least one Critical Symposium  

       annually, support and develop speaker bureau

 Health C.

&

State Conf.

 X

X

X

8. Increase attention to the

    environmental issues at State and

    Branch levels

·         Increase awareness through newsletter and Webpage(s) articles

 Health C.

&

State Conf.

 X

X

X

9.       Raise awareness of health and

      mental health justice issues and

      strengthen grassroots health

      advocacy   capacity

·         Increase awareness through newsletter, Webpage(s) articles, speaker bureau and critical symposiums

·         Develop baseline health status report for all African Americans

·         Launch initiative based on assessment of high priority issue

·         Reassess and continue to target high priority areas

·         Review annually progress of target initiative for course correction

Health C.

and

Branch Presidents

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10. Advocate for universal health

      insurance and access to acceptable

      health cares.

·         Participate in public forum(s) on access to Universal Health coverage and quality healthcare issues.

·         Develop resolutions to National Health Committee

Health C.

&

State Conf.

X

X

X

11. Increase attention within the Association to the issues of environmental justice, violence as a public health issue, arid the restructuring of NAACP relationships with voluntary health care organizations to increase their advocacy impact

·         Increase awareness and inform members of the importance of health advocacy at statewide level. Through lectures, newsletter(s),  Website,

      Web-Pages articles

Health C.

and

Branch Presidents

X

X

X

12. Establish State Wide Medical

      Health Advisor Committee

·         Seek representation from each branch to develop a multi-disciplinary Medical Advisory Committee for the NAACP

Health C.

&

Branch Presidents

X

X

X

13. Create a Newsletter relative to

      National, State and local Health

      Issues, promote increase advocacy.

      The Newsletter will be published

      quarterly.

·         Initiate by 3rd or 4th quarter of the FY 03

 Health C.

 X

X

X

13. File an Annual Report with

      the Connecticut State NAACP

      Conference

·          On going

 Health C.

 X

X

X

·          

14 Design the “Connecticut State

     NAACP Conference Health

    Committee” Website. This site will

    serve as a resource to the local

    branches

Website address:  

http://www.geocities.com/ctnaacphealthcommittee/

·         Developed in FY 03 and maximize effectiveness.

 Health C.

 X

X

X

Committee Members:      Jim R., Cicero B. Booker, Jr., Yuland Daley, John Brown, Jr., Carla Jones,

                                            Kara Ingraham P., Rosa Browne, and Roxanne Aaron-Selpl

Additional Responsibilities of Committee Members:

·          Launch “Know your number  for better Health Campaign”

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