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Minnesota Department of Health sent this bulletin at 01/17/2019 11:00 AM CST

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Jan. 17, 2019

Walking College Fellowship opportunity announced

Application opens Feb. 1

The Walking College is an interactive, online educational program for walkable community advocates. Each year, Walking College Fellowships are awarded to community change agents working alone, in organizations, or in professions such as public health, planning, transportation or education, who demonstrate:

A passion for making their communities more walkable and livable, and a vision for what that would look like;
A desire to develop a network of peer mentors and learn to advocate more effectively for walkable community policies and funding;
A willingness to invest personal time and energy in training.

To learn more, visit the Walking College page at America Walks.

The application process for the 2019 Walking College opens on Feb. 1.

QUITPLAN® resource document available

Includes messaging about services and media protocol

Staff at ClearWay Minnesota have put together a resource document for grantees to use when talking about and promoting QUITPLAN^® Services. The resource includes standard QUITPLAN^® Services language, messaging for QUITPLAN^® Services closeout and media protocol.

The Services Information and Talking Points resource is posted on Basecamp.

Calendar

Winter Regional Meetings

Jan. 24: Southwest, MinnWest Technology Campus, Commons: 1707 Technology Drive NE, Willmar

Jan. 29: Northeast, Blandin Foundation, 100 North Pokegama Ave., Grand Rapids

Jan. 30: Northwest, Detroit Lakes Community & Cultural Center, 826 Summit Ave., Detroit Lakes

Feb. 5: Metro, MDH Golden Rule Building, 85 E 7th Place, Suite 220, Saint Paul

Feb. 7: Southeast, Well Living Lab, 221 1st Ave. SW, Rochester

Webinar: Helping You Tell Your SHIP Story

Date: Jan. 18
Time: 11 a.m.

A new Governor and Lt. Governor, many new legislators and a new legislative session means new opportunities to tell our collective SHIP story. Join this webinar to hear about new tools developed to support your efforts, including a SHIP overview fact sheet, messaging and graphics.

Join the webinar at the MDH WebEx Training page.

Webinar: Substance Use Prevention: It’s Good for Business

Date: Jan. 31
Time: Noon

Employers can have a large influence in our communities and can be a valuable partner for preventing substance use and misuse. Unfortunately, coalitions often feel unsure how best to engage them. In this webinar, you will hear about a recent example of employer engagement and learn about a free toolkit you can use in your community. Please share this opportunity with your workplace partners.

The Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Business Partnership developed a toolkit with five steps employers can take to be a part of the opioid epidemic response. The toolkit includes customizable materials that employers can disseminate to their employees including tweets, emails, and flyers with data, information, and resources to prevent and address substance use disorder within the workplace.