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In this Issue
Standing Up. Speaking Out.
Leadership Voices
What's New
Welcome to Senior Policy Coordinators Kimberly Keymer and Caleb Gilchrist.

Welcome to Aza Nedhari, Project Specialist – AWI; and AWI Project Assistants Melissa Salinas and Kevin McNeill.

Welcome to Cathy Morales, Director of Community Health Access and the AmeriCorps Community HealthCorp participants.

Welcome to Linda Gardiner, RHIO Project Intern.
Medical Homes DC
• Health Center on a Hill
• Health Centers Left Out of Emergency Preparedness Study
• Gaming Your Way to Emergency Preparedness
Policy and Advocacy
• DCPCA's Health Recommendations to DC Public Schools
• DCPCA Celebrates DC's Inclusion in Federal Loan Repayment Program
• "Working Out The Kinks" at DCPCA's 2008 Annual Meeting
Back Issues
Volume 3, Number 3
Aug. 2008 (Vol. 3, No. 2)
May 2008 (Vol. 3, No. 1)
Feb. 2008 (Vol. 2, No. 4)
Nov. 2007 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
Aug. 2007 (Vol. 2, No. 2)
May 2007 (Vol. 2, No. 1)
Feb. 2007 (Vol. 1, No. 4)
Nov. 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 3)
Aug. 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 2)
May 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 1)
Standing Up. Speaking Out.
CAN I GET A WITNESS?!
By Sharon A. Baskerville, Executive Director
So I am standing on the brink of a very significant birthday, and by the time you read this I will have slid down the slippery slope right into the heart of it.  As I contemplate the far too rapid passing of years, I try hard to look on the positive side of what otherwise is defined by wrinkles, gray hair, myopia, and the onset of mild arthritis.  When I approached 50 (ah, there’s a clue!), I took comfort in the thought that I had been around long enough to be able to claim wisdom, a sure knowledge of some basic core beliefs, and strong opinions.  To sum it up, I finally felt like I knew what I was doing.
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Leadership Voices
Sculpture Come To Life
By Rev. Raymond B. Kemp, S.T.L.
Raymond B. Kemp is a priest of Washington, DC and a Senior Fellow of the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.

It was still pretty early Wednesday morn, January 3rd, when I exited the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church after a lively prayer service for Inauguration Day in DC.  New beginnings spawn an oft-ignored virtue – hope – and the day was singing hope, as well.  The voices of Ellington under the masterful Samuel Bonds, the voices of pols and preachers, young and old, chorused a score whose page was turning briskly.  Lots of chairs at the top were already filled, the messages were of things happening, and wanting to happen, the notes were on pitch and key.  Together, all together:  WE CAN DO THIS!
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Policy and Advocacy
Find out if the DCPS system took any action after DCPCA made its initial health recommendations. Congratulate the District on its inclusion in the new federal loan repayment program to recruit medical professionals who help the underserved! And find out how participants actually worked out the kinks at DCPCA’s 11th Annual Meeting, and which four community leaders were honored during the luncheon.

• My Life's Work Has Just Begun
• Parity For Mind And Body
• Congress Has Changed. What Does It Mean For DC?
Medical Homes DC
Get the latest update on the new community health center to be built on a hill in Anacostia. What’s the status of emergency preparedness plans for DC’s health centers – are they ready or not? You can actually have fun while you’re going through a training program. Read about the new program used by Whitman-Walker Clinic staff and police officers in the District.

• Leading The Way To Performance Improvement
• Emergencies Happen
• On The Verge
DCPCA wishes to thank all of its staff, members, and friends who make our work possible. We also wish to thank the following for their generous support of DCPCA: Aetna Foundation, The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Community Foundation of the National Capital Region, Consumer Health Foundation, Government of the District of Columbia, MARPAT Foundation, The Meyer Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Public Welfare Foundation, The RGK Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Starr Foundation, The Summit Fund of Washington, and Washington AIDS Partnership.

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