Conferences
3rd Annual South Carolina Hispanic HIV/AIDS Round Table
This event will be held Friday, May 6 at New Covenant Church in North Charleston, SC.
Panel Presentations
1. Coming Together for “Zer0-Positive” Hispanic Communities in SC
Laura Cahue and Deborah Billings
2. Soccer League & Health Fair Initiatives:Structure, Recruitment, Success
Mark Gray
3. NLAAD &Cuídate /Adolescent Videos
Denise Rivera and Elsa Pardo
4. SC Hispanic HIV/AIDS Data Repository System
Myriam Torres and Edena Meetze
Group Discussion in Breakout Groups
Lunch with Presentation
Capacity Building Training on Community Mobilization and Leadership Development
Latino Commission on AIDS Christian Castro and Yanira Arias
Pastry Buffet and Farewell
Promotora Conference
Click HERE for Pictures of the Conference
January 28-29, 2011
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Columbia, South Carolina
The SCHLHC hosted its is first Promotores de Salud (Peer Health Educators) Conference Friday, January 28 and Saturday, January 29. The presentations focused on roles and training for Spanish-speaking and Hispanic-serving community health workers and those agencies and organizations working with promotores de salud – or wanting to engage promotores in the future. The keynote speaker was Mrs. Margarita Holguin, Director of the Chula Vista Community Collaborative.
Click here for her presentation entitled the Impact of Promotores.
Mrs. Florence SIman, the leader of El Pueblo, a community-based organization which works with promotores to deliver health education and outreach, presented information regarding training and working with promotores.
Mrs. Rosa Villoch-Santiago, MPH, the director of Health Disparities Reduction for the Hispanic/Latino Population in the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society. She discussed promotores' roles in advocating for community health.
Mrs. Maggie Ortiz, the Hispanic Outreach Coordinator of Family Connections, provided information regarding immigrants' rights.
Click here to view this presentation (in Spanish)
Overall, the conference was a great success. Over 100 promotores and leaders of health-related organizations attended this conference. More information and pictures of the event are coming soon.
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2008
South Carolina HIV/STD Conference
October 15 - 17, 2008
Radisson Hotel Columbia and Conference Center, Columbia, South Carolina
Healthy Hoops
October 4, 2008
Greenview Park, 6700 David Street, Columbia, South Carolina
American Cancer Society Cervical Cancer Conference
August 4-5, 2008
Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Durham, North Carolina
For more information: Diana Harrison, 304-746-9950
Email: Diana.harrison@cancer.org
9th Hispanic Health Issues Conference
Hispanic Health in Times of Change: Challenges and Opportunities
May 1, 2008
Sponsored by:
South Carolina Hispanic/Latino Health Coalition
In collaboration with the
South Carolina Cross Cultural Healthcare Project, Upstate AHEC
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Columbia, SC
8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
8th Annual Hispanic Health Issues Conference
Thursday October 12, 2006
See the Program At-A-Glance
Seventh Annual Hispanic Health Issues Conference
Promoviendo un Futuro Saludable para Latinos en SC” “Promoting a Health Future for Latinos in SC”
October 20 & 21, 2005
Columbia Marriott Hotel
Columbia, South Carolina
Sixth Annual Hispanic Health Issues Conference
“Promoviendo la Salud Familiar de Inmigrantes Latinos”
“Promoting Family Health among Latino Immigrants”
October 14 & 15, 2004 Ramada Plaza Hotel - Columbia, SC
The conference will offer workshops in the areas of
- Migration to South Carolina
- Interpreter programs
- Hispanic Mental Health
- Health Services to families
- Rights to health services
- Language for health care access
- Basic Spanish for Health Providers
A great opportunity for networking and building resources
CEUs and CMEs will be available
For additional information contact: Dr. Myriam E. Torres - Torresme@gwm.sc.edu
Calendar of Events
Jun
3
Free Training
Ensuring Meaningful Access to Services for Latinos
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands invites you to a FREE training about Ensuring Meaningful Access to Services for Latinos/as on June 3, 2011 from 8:30 – 4:00pm in the Bill Rogers Community Connections Center in Columbia. The presenters are Ambar Hanson and Patti Tototzintle, Latina advocacy experts from Casa de Esperanza in St. Paul, MN. Register at stsm.org
Jun
11
Community Dine & Discuss: Dehydration
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Iglesia de Cristo, 101 Ball Park Rd
This is a community event; therefore, it will be a Spanish-language event.