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Jesse
Bethke Gomez completes Kellogg Foundation program for
emerging minority leaders in public health
For
immediate release
Contact:
Kathleen Westerhaus, Vice President of Resource
Development
Phone:
651-379-4241
Monday,
November 15, 2004 - The
School of Public Health at the University of North
Carolina – Chapel Hill is pleased to announce that
Jesse Bethke Gomez has completed the requirements of
the Kellogg Foundation’s Managing in Turbulent
Times: the Emerging Leaders in Public Health
Fellowship program.
He is
one of 32 public health professionals that graduated from the inaugural
year of this program at a ceremony held on November 6,
2004 in Washington, D.C.
Bethke
Gomez is
the
President of Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio
(CLUES) and has led the organization for nearly 10
years. Bethke
Gomez has worked tirelessly on issues such as
healthcare access for Minnesota’s Latino community,
safety-new capacity for people overcoming barriers
from welfare to work, advancing wealth creation for
diverse communities and promoting civic engagement as
a means for advancing civility and the capacity of
people to care for one another.
CLUES
is a leading Latino social and behavioral health
services agency.
Its mission is “To enhance the
quality of life of the Chicano Latino community in
Minnesota.”
The agency provides a continuum of six core
services: Mental Health Services, Chemical Health
Services, Family Services, Aging Well Services,
Employment Services, and Educational Services.
Recent recognitions include:
-
2004
- Ranked among the top 25 Hispanic nonprofits in
the United States by Hispanic Business Magazine
-
2003
- National Healthcare Affiliate of the Year -
Helen Trías Rodríguez Award
National Council of La Raza
-
2002
- Outstanding Community Organization of the Year
Award - La Prensa de Minnesota
Founded
in 2003 by the Kellogg Foundation and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hills’ Keenan-Flagler
School of Business and the North Carolina Institute
for Public Health, the Fellowship is a 10-month long
leadership and management development program offered
nationally to mid and senior level public health
professionals in the Native American/American Indian,
African American, and Latino communities. The mission
of the Fellowship is to equip a cadre of talented
minority leaders with the skills needed to lead and
manage in times of crisis, focusing on communication
skills, financial and human resources management
competencies.
For
more information about the program or for application
information go to the website (www.publichealthleaders.org)
or contact Claudia Fernandez or Jackie Keith at (919)
843-3309 (Claudia_Fernandez@unc.edu or Jackie_Keith @unc.edu).
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