Charities Wimberly Scholar Marlynn May, PhD, and Community Research and Project Manager Troy Bush will present at the May 12-15 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) 11th Conference "Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships" in Portland , Oregon. Dr. May and Mr. Bush will facilitate a workshop highlighting the curriculum developed by the Charities' Center for Community-Based Research.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health (broadly defined) through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. Founded in 1996, CCPH is a growing network of over 1,800 communities and campuses across North America and increasingly the world that are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based participatory research, broad-based coalitions and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving higher education, civic engagement and the overall health of communities.