Join us for the release of four new short documentaries in a film series that explores Latina/o youth sexual health and well-being. These films have been inspired and created by SF State students in partnership with the ELAYO (Empower LAtino YOuth) Project at HEI and organizations dedicated to advancing reproductive justice.

Event Details:

When: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Time: Reception at 6:30pm; Film Screening at 7:00pm
Location: Coppola Theater (Fine Arts 101) San Francisco State University

Other details:

• The event is free and open to the public! We look forward to seeing you there.

• If you have any questions, please email us at hei@sfsu.edu or call (415) 405-2540.

• We encourage and want you to tweet during the live screening using hashtag #ELAYOdocs! 

PRESENTED BY:
The Health Equity Institute and the SFSU Cinema department

HED/CINE 527: Documentary for Health and Social Justice is a transdisciplinary film production course at San Francisco State University that has produced more than 30 short documentaries.

Dr. Cynthia Gómez will be the closing Plenary Speaker for the US Department of Health and Human Service Office of Population Affairs HIV Prevention Conference taking place in San Diego, CA. The title of her talk is "Planning Families, Planning Lives: Helping Women Build Their Futures" and focuses on the importance of the integration of family planning and HIV prevention and care services. The conference goal is to "promote, advance and sustain the integration of HIV prevention services in family planning programs." Dr. Gomez will give her talk on May 17th. 

Last Friday, 5/4/12, Dr. Cynthia Gómez was the keynote speaker at Chicano Federation's annual unity luncheon to celebrate their new health program, De Mujer a Mujer (From Woman to Woman). The program took place in San Diego, CA. This program is "an innovative HIV awareness and prevention program that is being natonally recognized for creating empowering opportunities for women in our communities". 

Pictured above: Dr. Cynthia Gómez speaking at the luncheon.

Dr. Márquez-Magaña presented a poster entitled "SPECTRUM: Building Pathways to Biomedical Research Careers for Girls and Women of Color" at the Latina Researchers Conference. The first conference of this type was held in 1981. Dr. Márquez-Magaña says, "we were all committed to having this type of conference happen more frequently. As you can see from the list of topics that were presented, the focus was very much on health." 

Pictured above from left to right: Drs. Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh, Vivian Chavez, and Dr. Márquez-Magaña all from SFSU.

Katherine Kim and iNTouch team abstract selected as best in Health IT theme at AcademyHealth

Katherine Kim, iNTouch PI and the iNTouch team abstract titled, "iNTouch: Impact of a Mobile App for Overweight and Obese Youth" was accepted as the best abstract for the health information technology theme at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. Katherine Kim, M.P.H., M.B.A., lead author will be presenting the abstract at AcademyHealth in June 2012. The co-authors were: Christina Sabee, Holly Logan, and Janelle Charles, San Francisco State University.

 Dr. Leti Márquez-Magaña will be the moderator on the panel "Using Women and Science and Feminist Social Networks to Change Academic Institutions" at the National Women's Studies Association 2012 Conference. The conference will be held November 8-11, 2012 in Oakland, CA.

Laura Mamo was accepted for two podium presentations at the American Sociology Association 2012 meeting in Denver, Colorado. The first presentation, "The Pharmaceuticalization of Sexual Risk: Vaccine Development and the New Politics of Cancer Prevention" will be presented by Laura Mamo. The second presentation will be presented as part of the panel "The Charmed Circle and the Outer Limits". The presentation "Sexual Health as Buzzword: Beyond 'Normal' vs 'Deviant' will be presented by Laura Mamo and Steven Epstein, Northwestern University. The meeting will take place August 17-20, 2012.

Thursday March 29th, The Health Equity Institute and Jessica Wolin, Associate Director, Community Partnerships for HEI, hosted the 3rd annual Community Science Dialogue. This year's dialogue was focused on Peer-to-Peer Health Strategies in HOPE SF Communities. The event took place from 1-4 at SFSU Downtown campus.

September Jarrett, Deputy Director, Interagency Planning, Mayor's Office and Maria Martinez, Senior Staff to the Director, SFDPH gave an overview of HOPE SF and their goals. The goal of HOPE SF is to transform 5 public housing developments into thriving mixed-income communities while involving residents at all levels. Experts came together to discuss why peer-to-peer health strategies are important and the strengths, limitations and opportunities to developing the strategies in HOPE SF public housing.

Uzuri Greene, a Rebuild Potrero Jr. Community Builder, spoke about being a peer in the Potrero housing developments and pointed out the importance that residents feel they can trust her and they she knows what will be easy for one resident and hard for another. She stated, "Peer-to-peer is helpful because it empowers other people. They now you are living the exact same way they are."

The discussion then turned to what the strengths, limitations and opportunies are. The community needs to feel as though they are heard and will continue to be heard. The dialogue was a success and the take-away was that "the community itself needs to define its issues, strategies and its own measures for success." Learn more about the CSD and HOPE SF.

Cynthia Gomez, HEI Director and Jessica Wolin

Jessica Wolin speaking at the CSD

September Jarrett giving an overview of HOPE SF

Uzuri Greene, a Rebuild Potrero Jr. Community Builder, speaking about being a peer in the Potrero housing developments

Introducing a series of four short documentaries that explore the link between mindfulness practice and health.

• THE ART OF PRESENCE - Explore the value of meditation and mindfulness-based elder care as transformative practices for healthy aging.
• BREATHING KHMER - Journey into The Nagara Dhamma Temple in San Francisco where Cambodian refugees and their children cultivate community, culture and healing through Buddhism.
• EDUCATED MINDS - Learn how public schools use secular mindfulness practice as a learning aid with students.
• REFUGE IN SANGHA - Discover how meditation can be used to foster community and healing among a diverse group of people in Oakland, California.

Presented by:
The Health Equity Institute and the SFSU Cinema department

HED/CINE 527: Documentary for Health and Social Justice is a transdisciplinary film production course at San Francisco State University that has produced more than 35 short documentaries.