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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 9:52 AM
On July 1, the new Toledo-Lucas County Commission on Minority Health turned 1 year old. Over the past year, we have been working together to build the infrastructure necessary to carry ourselves forward into the future.
With some determination, hard work, and never losing your focus, you have allowed our group to become a trendsetter and positive example for other regions to follow.
Our upcoming agenda is an ambitious one; still, I have faith in all of your talents that together, we can acheive the mission that our pioneers set forth many years ago.
Today, we bridge the gap between the Mayor's Commission on Minority Health and our organization in a way that alerts the community of the good works we are doing on behalf of the people we serve.
Without you, there would be no Commission;
For the relationships forged, the relationships being created, and those that will take place in the future on behalf of minority health, I am blessed to play a small role in what you do.
The real work begins in year two, and I am excited to report that our first collaborative project meeting for a grant opportunity went very well! There were 11 minds from different organizations: Mercy Health Partners, ProMedica Health System, Females Unveling the Secret, AIDS Resource Center Ohio, The University of Toledo Main Campus, The University of Toledo Medical Center, The Lucas County Family Council, The Juvenile Detention Center, and the Toledo-Lucas County Health Departmen- we hope the end product will be funding for research that allows us to address and eliminate health dispartities. - More details later...
Today, I celebrate my 32nd birthday (unless my birthday is on the weekend, I choose to be industrious and work- it keeps me looking young!); there is no greater gift than being in a position that allows me to network, assist, empower, and help those in need. Completing my quarterly report, you all have given me a reason to smile. You have enstilled in me a sense of renewed purpose and commitment to a cause we hold near and dear to our hearts.
I thank and praise you for laboring tirelessly to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.
You all have much to be proud of!
Respectfully,
Your Minority Health Program Coordinator
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