Decatur Community Partnership, Decatur IL

Decatur Community Partnership is a confederation of agencies, organizations and people who work collaboratively to improve the health of the Decatur and Macon County community. In their work, the partners define health broadly to include family self-sufficiency, youth development and leadership, air and water quality, cardiovascular health, and pediatric asthma education. The partnership includes public health officials, university and community college educators, youth, elected officials, government representatives, public housing and mental health professionals, United Way, an inter-faith social services director, law enforcement and others. Decatur Community Partnership has been working in the Decatur, Illinois area for over 15 years.

Cross Cultural Collaborative of Pierce County, Washington

The Cross Cultural Collaboration of Pierce County partners came together in 2001 with the purpose of improving tobacco prevention and cessation among ethnically diverse cultural and socio-economic minority groups of Pierce County. The collaborative members consist of 15 multicultural community based organizations. The collaborative will work in conjunction with the cancer-care community to increase minority participation in clinical trials.

The mission of the Cross Cultural Collaboration of Pierce County is to serve, protect and celebrate diverse populations. The goal is to capitalize on the assets and strengths of the community by leading and collaborating through the promotion of systematic change that will increase access, availability, and culturally appropriate health care for all.

Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls Coalition, Boston MA

Cherishing Our Hearts and Souls Coalition (COHS) is a five year-old coalition with a mission to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through social transformation strategies. Over the next three years, COHS will increase Roxbury, Mass., residents’ knowledge of Cancer Clinical Trials (CCT), reduce fear and mistrust of research and work with other ENACCT-PEP sites to develop models for increasing under-represented populations in CCTs.