The Massachusetts Forum for Creating Healthier Communities VII

An Opportunity for Learning and Leading Positive Change

The MassForum offers community teams and individuals a unique, extended opportunity to enhance skills and learn new strategies to create healthier and safer communities. MassForum Trainings: Hone the Skills that Make a Difference.

The MassForum training curriculum centers on eight core components. These components which are devoted to exploring ideas, enhancing skills, developing strategies, accessing tools and resources will lead to building safer and healthier communities. Trainings will be tailored to meet the needs of the participants and will be conducted by recognized national and local experts. Trainings will be conducted through face-to-face meetings, webinars, and online web tutorials.

The core training components include:

• Understanding the Healthy Communities Approach

• Diversity and Cultural Competency

• Collaborative Leadership

• Working Together for Change: Building a Sustainable Coalition

• Community Visioning, Assessment, Action Planning, and Evaluation

• Developing Effective Approaches to Environmental Strategies and Policy Development

• Engaging Youth in Healthy Communities

• Effective Communication Planning

A commitment to attend all training sessions and to complete assignments is required for acceptance. Complete details, including full training course descriptions and updates, are available on the web at: www.masspartnership.org

MassForum 8 Brochure