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| A high school student from Seat Pleasant talks about HIV/AIDS awareness among teens in Prince George's County at the third annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit in May 2012. |
The fourth annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit on
Friday, May 10 will bring high school youth and senior citizens from Prince George's County city
of Seat Pleasant to the University of Maryland for a fun, educational
experience that will help residents develop tools to improve health in their
communities. This year’s summit will focus on developing leaders for the CREATE
for Change program, an arts-based, inter-generational project focused on raising awareness
about HIV and STD prevention through creative expression in the greater Seat Pleasant community.
Background: The annual Seat Pleasant Health Summits, which began in 2010, are the result of an ongoing partnership between Seat Pleasant and the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Prevention Research Center (PRC) to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in this community. Located in Prince George’s County, Maryland along the eastern border with Washington, D.C., Seat Pleasant is a predominantly African-American community with disproportionately high rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and HIV/AIDS. New to the health summit this year, the University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will partner with the School of Public Health and Seat Pleasant Mayor Eugene W. Grant to engage community members in developing the arts-based CREATE for Change program designed to influence better health outcomes. This project is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and MetLife Foundation All-In: Re-imagining Community Participation Program.
Background: The annual Seat Pleasant Health Summits, which began in 2010, are the result of an ongoing partnership between Seat Pleasant and the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s Prevention Research Center (PRC) to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in this community. Located in Prince George’s County, Maryland along the eastern border with Washington, D.C., Seat Pleasant is a predominantly African-American community with disproportionately high rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and HIV/AIDS. New to the health summit this year, the University of Maryland Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center will partner with the School of Public Health and Seat Pleasant Mayor Eugene W. Grant to engage community members in developing the arts-based CREATE for Change program designed to influence better health outcomes. This project is made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and MetLife Foundation All-In: Re-imagining Community Participation Program.
When and Where: Friday, May 10, 2013 from 8am to 1:15pm. The morning session (from 8:00–9:30
am) will be held in the university’s Eppley Recreation Center (room 2113). The
rest of the program (9:45 am–1:-00 pm) will be held in the School of Public
Health.
Media:
Members of the media are welcomed to cover
this event and can park at any metered spot near the School of Public Health
(see directions below).] Contact Kelly Blake, kellyb@umd.edu, 301-405-9418.
More about the CREATE (Community Redirection of Expectations through Arts Transformation Experiences) project: About 10-20 youth and 10-20 seniors will work with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the UMD Prevention Research Center to develop an arts-based inter-generational community engagement and education project focused on HIV awareness. This will involve a three-day training during summer 2013 and follow up meetings throughout a period of six months. CREATE Leaders must be able to problem solve, community organize, take a leadership role, and educate others about HIV. They will receive commendations for community work from elected officials, provide an important service in which youth may receive community service credits, and have the University of Maryland affiliated title of CREATE Leader.
More about the University of Maryland Prevention Research Center and the Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland Health Partnership: The UMD Prevention Research Center (PRC) was founded in 2009 and is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Prevention Research Centers Program. The UMD-PRC was built upon the pre-existing Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland, College Park Health Partnership established in 1999 to improve the health of Seat Pleasant residents and to enhance learning and research for students and faculty of the University of Maryland. Members of the Health Partnership serve as a community advisory group to the UMD Prevention Research Center, which has a broad mission to reduce health disparities in Maryland along the national capital border and focuses on issues including STD/HIV prevention, obesity prevention, and adolescent health, among others, using community based participatory research methods.
More about the CREATE (Community Redirection of Expectations through Arts Transformation Experiences) project: About 10-20 youth and 10-20 seniors will work with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and the UMD Prevention Research Center to develop an arts-based inter-generational community engagement and education project focused on HIV awareness. This will involve a three-day training during summer 2013 and follow up meetings throughout a period of six months. CREATE Leaders must be able to problem solve, community organize, take a leadership role, and educate others about HIV. They will receive commendations for community work from elected officials, provide an important service in which youth may receive community service credits, and have the University of Maryland affiliated title of CREATE Leader.
More about the University of Maryland Prevention Research Center and the Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland Health Partnership: The UMD Prevention Research Center (PRC) was founded in 2009 and is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Prevention Research Centers Program. The UMD-PRC was built upon the pre-existing Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland, College Park Health Partnership established in 1999 to improve the health of Seat Pleasant residents and to enhance learning and research for students and faculty of the University of Maryland. Members of the Health Partnership serve as a community advisory group to the UMD Prevention Research Center, which has a broad mission to reduce health disparities in Maryland along the national capital border and focuses on issues including STD/HIV prevention, obesity prevention, and adolescent health, among others, using community based participatory research methods.
Learn more:
University of Maryland Prevention Research Center
Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland Health Partnership
City of Seat Pleasant
School of Public Health
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Photos from Third Annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit
Directions to Eppley Recreation CenterUniversity of Maryland Prevention Research Center
Seat Pleasant-University of Maryland Health Partnership
City of Seat Pleasant
School of Public Health
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Photos from Third Annual Seat Pleasant Health Summit
From the main entrance to the
University of Maryland campus (from US Rt. 1):
Follow Campus Drive (road from
main entrance) to the roundabout with the large "M".
Turn right onto
Regents Drive.
At the 2nd stop sign, turn left onto Farm Drive.
Turn right onto
Valley Drive and continue to the ERC building.
Metered parking is available in
front of the building (You must pay or enter a validation code at the nearby
kiosk.)
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