Peach Pulse Archive 2011

Georgians for a Healthy Future, along with several coalition partners, invites your participation in our “Building a Healthy Georgia” Campaign. Two events are already scheduled and accepting registrants and more are on the way in this effort aimed at fostering a dialogue on the most pressing health care issues in local communities, and we hope you’ll get involved.  In order to ensure that we have the right people in the room to have a constructive dialogue on local pressing health issues, we want to identify and engage health care leaders, community leaders, health care providers, small business owners and health care consumers.  This may be you or someone you know.  If it’s you, sign up to attend the events and if it’s not, be sure to invite the key players you work with who will add to the dialogue and help us collectively build a healthy Georgia!

Between now and the end of the 2012 Legislative Session, we will hold forums in 9 cities: Alpharetta, Athens, Butler, Macon, Rome, Savannah, Gainesville, Augusta and Tifton.  Each event will have a different focus in order to address most pressing health care issues in these communities.  As these events are scheduled, we will be sure to share the details as well as an opportunity to participate.

Additionally, if you are planning an event of your own and would like to incorporate information from the health care consumer lens, we are always happy to come and speak to your group or to provide materials.  Please contact Amanda Ptashkin if you would like to include Georgians for a Healthy Future in your upcoming event!

Building a Healthy Georgia: Exploring Policies and Practices to Improve Children’s Access to Health Care ServicesGeorgians for a Healthy Future, along with partnering groups HealthSTAT and Voices for Georgia’s Children, invites you to participate in a community conversation centered around the barriers that children in your area face when accessing vital health care services.  With your active engagement, the goal of this symposium is to catalyze a statewide effort to advocate for policy and practice changes to remove existing access barriers and strengthen the overall health care delivery system in Georgia.

EVENT DETAILS:
WHEN:        Thursday, August 25th, 1 PM to 3 PM
WHERE:      The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center of Augusta
CONTACT:   For questions, please contact Amanda Ptashkin.  To RSVP, click here.  While we request RSVP, please note that there is no cost to attend this event.

SPEAKERS:
Sandra Mobley, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgia Health Sciences University
Joann Yoon, JD, Assoc. Policy Director for Child Health, Voices for Georgia’s Children
Denise Kornegay, MSW, Program Director,AHEC Network
Michelle Putnam, MPH, Executive Director, HealthSTAT
Amanda Ptashkin, JD, Outreach and Advocacy Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future

To learn more about this event, click here.

Building a Healthy Georgia: Workforce Development and the Value of Ensuring Access to Quality CareGeorgians for a Healthy Future, along with partnering groups Georgia Budget & Policy Institute and the Georgia Rural Health Association invites you to participate in a community conversation centered around how the state is bolstering workforce development, what new opportunities are available through the Affordable Care Act and how business owners, health care providers, community leaders and health care consumers can take advantage of upcoming opportunities to improve health care and access in Georgia.

EVENT DETAILS:
WHEN:        Thursday, September 8th, 3PM to 5:30 PM
WHERE:      South Crescent Technical College, Taylor County Campus
CONTACT:   For questions, please contact Amanda Ptashkin. To RSVP, click here. While we request RSVP, please note that there is no cost to attend.

SPEAKERS:
Melvin Everson, Executive Director, Governor’s Office of Workforce Development
Rick Goddard, Retired Major General USAF, Senior Advisor, 21st Century Partnership, Robins Air Force Base
Patty Bentley, Taylor County Commissioner, District 1
Tim Sweeney, Senior Health Care Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute
Nancy Peed, CEO and Administrator, Peach Regional Medical
Charlie Hayslett, CEO, Hayslett Group LLC., Partner Up for Public Health
Amanda Ptashkin, JD, Outreach and Advocacy Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future

To learn more about this event, click here.

Even if you cannot make it to either of these events, please think of your colleagues, friends and family in the Augusta and Butler region and extend the invitation to them as well.  We want to ensure that we have the right people in the room to have a truly constructive dialogue  so if you know someone who has an interest in these subjects, pass along the invite!