Fall 2009 Events

ACHI has a full line-up of exciting events this spring. The events range from outreach and enrollments into the various state health insurance plans, to health fairs which offer opportunities for screening and provision of services. Join us!

Outreach and Enrollment
ACHI representatives will enroll people in the various state health insurance programs and help with annual reviews at the ACHI office: 1125 Tremont Street, 2nd Floor, Roxbury, MA.  Please call 617-989-3034 for appointment.    

Also seek out ACHI at the following events for enrollment and reviews:

Jamboree Outreach and Enrollment                                  
Date: September 5, 2009
Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm
Venue: City Hall Plaza, Boston                              
           
Martha Elliott Annual Community Health Fair
Date: September 19, 2009
Time: 11:00am-2:00pm
Venue: 75 Bickford Street, Jamaica Plains MA 02130                           
                       
Christ Apostolic Cookout & Health Fair                                                 
Date: September 19, 2009
Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Venue: 24 Alvin Street, Hyde Park                            
           
New Bostonian day                 
Date: September 23, 2009
Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm
Venue: City Hall Plaza, Boston

Aware For All Clinical Research Education    
Date: October 3, 2009
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: Tufts Medical Center, Boston

Healthy Neighbor Healthy Community Brunch    
Date: October 3, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Venue: Hyatt Regency, Avenue de Lafayette, Boston

On-going Outreach and Enrollment    
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Sharewood Project, First Church, 184 Pleasant Street, Malden

Movie Nights: An Outreach Event    
In collaboration with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston, ACHI promotes Global Voices, specifically:

Global Health: The House is Small but the Welcome is Big South Africa (22 min.)
Date: Saturday October 10th
Venue: Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA
Time: 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Director: Neal Baer
Eighteen children orphaned by AIDS are pointing their cameras with aplomb and shooting images of their lives: stark, compelling, lively, hopeful. They range in age from twelve to sixteen, and they've got a lot to say through their images about living without their parents, most often in small shacks by themselves. That's the harsh truth about AIDS in Africa. These children are Africa's future and they deserve the same opportunities to fulfill their passions and dreams as our children have.

My Neighbor, My Killer Rwanda (80 min.)
Date: Sunday, October 11th  
Venue: The Brattle Theatre
Time: 2:00pm
Director: Anne Aghion
Could you ever forgive the people who slaughtered your family? In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country’s Tutsi minority. From the crowded capital to the smallest village, local ‘patrols’ massacred lifelong friends and family members, most often with machetes and improvised weapons. Announced in 2001, and ending this year, the government put in place the Gacaca Tribunals—open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive them and resume living side-by-side. Filming for close to a decade in a tiny hamlet, award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of Gacaca on survivors and perpetrators alike. Through their fear and anger, accusations and defenses, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence. 

United Nations Day Celebration
Date: Tuesday, October 19th.  
Venue: Great Hall, State House.                   
Time: 12:00noon
Co-sponsor in collaboration with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston

On-going Health Screening
Date: Tuesdays                      
Time:10:00am to 2:00pm
Venue: Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington Street, South End, Boston
In collaboration with Cathedral Cares, participants will be screened for Diabetes, Cholesterol and High blood pressure. Flu Shots will be provided.
 
World AIDS Day Celebration                   
Date: December 1st, 2009 
In collaboration with the Department of Public Health, Boston Medical Center and other organizations
Venue: University of Massachusetts, Boston