COALITION WEB PAGES

RAMP would like all CAFA coalitions to have a page on our new website that informs those visiting the site about the great work you are doing. To that end, please provide us with the following:

• A description of the coalition (250-500 words or less, single spaced), which includes information that summarizes organizational history, current projects and short and/or long term goals. Please include your logo on this page.
• All contact information, i.e. phone & fax numbers, mailing address, web address and, if applicable, any email addresses your organization designates for public inquiries.
• Full or partial staff listing – at minimum, please list the coalition leadership and any administrative support persons who could respond to public inquiries.
• A link to your website if applicable.
• Any tools/resources you have created. If not already there, we will upload them to our resource section and provide links to them from your page on our site.
• If you have any other images you would like us to consider posting, please send in jpg format.
• Finally, we would like to request that you post a link from your website to ours, please let us know if this is possible.

Please send this information and materials to Candice Francis: candice@rampasthma.org; 510-302-3397.

COALITION MEETING CALENDAR

The Coalition Meeting Calendar (http://www.rampasthma.org/about/event-calendar/) has been set up on our website as a convenient tool for your members and others interested in your work. We will post entries for your regularly scheduled asthma coalition meetings; however, we are unable to post unrelated organizational events. We recommend that you send us your 2010 meeting dates as soon as possible. Please provide a brief description of the meeting including: the date, time, location, a contact name, email address and phone number. Indicate if the meeting recurs on a regular basis for example, the first Monday of the month.

Please submit these details via email to both: Candice Francis, candice@rampasthma.org and Seham Fare, seham@rampasthma.org. 

COALITION SPOTLIGHT

The CAFA Coalition Spotlight is an opportunity for CAFA Network members to showcase on the RAMP website the great work being done at the local level. The Spotlight will update the asthma community about coalition events, policy work, program successes and, in some cases, the work being done with community partners. Spotlight essays are posted for a month at a time.

Go to http://www.rampasthma.org/about/coalition-spotlight/ to view the current Coalition Spotlight. Write your Coalition Spotlight essay in descriptive, third-person, narrative form limited to 750 words. Please proof essays carefully before submission; RAMP reserves the right to make additional edits if necessary.

At the CAFA Annual Meeting, coalitions selected the month when their Spotlights will appear. If you were not at the meeting and would like to schedule a month, please contact Kate Lorenzen at kate@rampasthma.org. Coalition spotlights are posted on the first of each month. RAMP will send a reminder one month in advance and requests that your Spotlight be submitted at least TEN days before posting.

January 2010 – San Mateo Asthma Coalition

February 2010 – Merced-Mariposa County Asthma Coalition

March 2010 – LA CAFA

April 2010 – LBACA

May 2010 – San Diego Regional Asthma Coalition

June 2010 – Asthma Coalition of LA County

July 2010 – Sonoma County Asthma Coalition

August 2010 – San Francisco Asthma Task Force

September 2010 – Alameda County Asthma Coalition

October 2010 – Orange County Asthma Coalition

November 2010 – West Oakland Asthma Coalition

December 2010 – Tulare County Asthma Coalition

January 2011 – Contra Costa Asthma Coalition

February 2011 – Fresno County Asthma Coalition

March 2011 – Solano Asthma Coalition

April 2011 – Napa County Asthma Coalition

May 2011 – CAFA Network Write-up

RAMP DIGEST

RAMP Digest, our e-newsletter, has been redesigned to offer you the quality information, resources and tools you have come to expect. We invite you to submit suggestions for asthma related news, studies and resource information, including job and funding opportunities and upcoming events. While we must respectfully maintain editorial control over submission selection, we pledge to provide content that supports your work and our shared goal to minimize and control the impact of asthma. Suggestions for articles may be submitted at anytime, however, entries that have firm deadlines should be submitted at your earliest convenience.

RAMP Digest will be emailed on the third Thursday of each month. For the time being, we will send a reminder email on the first Thursday that will prompt you to visit our website to check for time-sensitive opportunities. We will also use this communication to inform you of any pending opportunity deadlines.

Please email your suggestions to both: Candice Francis, candice@rampasthma.org and Seham Fare, seham@rampasthma.org