Self-Initiated Community Meetings
The Working Group is unable to reach every state, and every community in the nation, and has encouraged independent groups to hold additional meetings as well.
For completed meeting results, see our Results page.
Supporting materials were posted online to enable citizen-initiated meetings.
Meetings were held by independent organizations in:
Columbus, Indiana: Healthy Communities
This community meeting is being hosted independently by Healthy Communities to discuss the Interim Recommendations. You may register online for this meeting, or for more information on this meeting, see the CHP web site at www.crh.org/healthy_communities/covertheuninsured.html.
August 29, 2006, The Commons at 3rd and Washington, Columbus, Indiana
Sponsor: Healthy Communities (Columbus Regional Hospital, Community Health Partnerships)
Cleveland, Ohio: Health Care Town Hall Meeting
This community meeting was hosted independently to discuss the Interim Recommendations. View flier for more details.
August 24, 2006, Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio
Sponsors: The Northeast Ohio Voice for Health Care; Jobs with Justice; Trinity Cathedral; and
United Steel Workers
Birmingham, Alabama
June 22, 2006, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL
Sponsors: Progressive Democrats of America/Democracy For America (PDA/DFA), and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Local 1657.
City of Thousand Oaks, California
May 18, 2006, Conejo Recreation and Park District, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sponsors: City of Thousand Oaks, Conejo Recreation and Park District
Boca Raton, Florida
May 11, 2006, Mae Volen Senior Center, Boca Raton FL
Sponsors: Area Agency on Aging of Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Inc. and the Mae Volen Senior Center
Deltona, Florida
May 6, 2006, El Centro de Actividades de
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, Deltona, FL (Spanish-language meeting)Sponsors: Florida CHAIN - Community Health Action Information Network, and the MS-keteers Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
Galveston, Texas
May 1 - 3, 2006, Multiple sites
Sponsor: Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Seattle, Washington
April 29, 2006, Seattle, Washington, Doubletree Inn. See Results page for reports and data in PDF format.
Sponsor: Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing (AAPPN)
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
April 11, 2006, Palm Beach, Florida, Doubletree Hotel
Sponsor: Human Resources Association of Palm Beach County
Mississippi - Multiple Locations
March - April, 2006: Starkville, Verona, Wesson, Hattiesburg, Clarksdale, Greenville, and Newton, Mississippi. See Results page for reports and data in PDF format.
August 22-24, 2006: Meetings to discuss the Working Group's Interim Recommendations: Jackson, Hattiesburg, and Greenville. See report page for data on these meetings.
Sponsor: Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Daytona Beach, Florida
March 26, 2006, Bethune-Cookman College
Wildcat Retreat Room
640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114Sponsor: Bethune-Cookman College
Crossville, Tennessee: The Learning Community
From January to March 2006: 6 Health Care focus groups - various locations. A total of 59 citizens participated.
Sponsors: The Learning Community, Crossville, TN.
Washington, D.C.: Ascension Health
December 5, 2005, Washington, D.C.
Sponsors: Ascension Health