FALL ~ PSMP ENRICHMENT MEETING:
November 20, 2009 – 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Agenda:

Introduction- ground rules/guidelines

Roll Call (who’s in attendance) – 11 participants

PSMP Updates:

~~ Updates from action items from last meeting
- Carolyn – she has contacted Valerie about material review and will
continue to keep that ball rolling by meeting with Valerie and Harriet
(phone) Tuesday or early next week. – is working on getting the word
out in Anne Arundel County about PSMP (John McCarthy has
volunteered to help)
***FOR NEXT MEETING: will have progress to report on material review
and DC PSMP, and on the possibility of repeating something like
Project SHALEM in DC
- John – will work with Carolyn on AACo. PSMP outreach. – will start
PSMP with the CAB at HAVEN soon. – nothing to report: outreach to
Latin@ organizations
- Harriet – created blog and e-mail list.
***FOR NEXT MEETING: will have some answers about
languages/translation and PMSP; send Melanie the 5- session
syllabus; create ongoing calendar on the website/blog so leaders
can keep track of PSMP workshops; talk with Valerie about how to
get funding in order to be able to offer stipends in the future

~~ New updates from PSMP scheduling -- TWG
- we need NVHH women’s and men’s -- this will be ongoing
Calvin will be starting on the 10th for the men’s group, and he
welcomes a co-facilitator to join him (for experience working at New
Vision in the hopes that someone will become more comfortable and get
used to the venue)
- Robert Venable and others (?) expressed interest in shadowing this
particular program and others interested in shadowing in general
Women’s group, can start as soon as someone is ready, any interest?
- Will keep looking and asking. People expressed time constraints.

New updates from PSMP scheduling -- AND -- Continuing conversation on outreach:

- Robert B – Project PLASE (he will work to get PSMP there); schools
(wanting to do more with children in schools, we discussed possible
barriers, and ways to directly collaborate with parents, teachers,
principals, and after school programs)
- Harriet – faith groups (it was suggested that I reach out to the 11
churches involved in Project SHALEM (and create faith specific
materials and meet with the leaders)
- Charlene – expressed that HIV is often partnered with Hep C and
other conditions, interest in educational outreach and support groups
around this issue
- Melanie and others – expressed interest in doing outreach to
community health educators and case managers at various organizations
in order to go through the PSMP training
- Carolyn and others – expressed time/money constraints when it comes
to doing PSMP, and that we (TWG and PSMP Leaders) should look for
funding opportunities in order to offer stipends
- FOR NEXT MEETING – feel free to e-mail Valerie directly with ideas
of RFPs or places to go with this idea.

Next meeting will be an in-person meeting:
- We will have teleconference meetings from time to time to give
people who cannot usually make meetings a chance to participate.
- Next meeting February 19th 10:30-12:30
- Suggestions for activities, discussion topics, presentations?
~Robert B will present the workbooks he has
~I will hand out the 5 wk breakdown of PSMP
~PLEASE: e-mail me ideas for next meeting; I would like to
continue to have these conversations but we can also bring in
people for short enriching presentations for the group (examples
would be: transgender awareness, prevalence of HIV among youth,
time management, etc)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: please check the website for announcements and information regarding upcoming events (taylor-wilksgroup.com).
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I look forward to our in-person meeting February 19th from 10:30 am -- 12:30 pm. Details TBD.

In the mean time please e-mail or call for any reason: Harriet@taylor-wilksgroup.com or 410-209-2413.

Harriet :)