CCRP meets with Projects

The interns of the California Center of Rural Policy (CCRP) met last Wednesday to go over their project plans and drafts from this semester. The CCRP is focused on making a difference in the lives of rural people.

They tackle issues such as health care and poverty. They have a wide range of people working towards the same goal, such as students with Sociology, biochemistry, and psychology majors and staff members with backgrounds in family medicine and social science.

Their goal is essentially to improve health and well-being of rural people, by rural people, through research.

The projects cover different elements to what it means to live in a rural place and face the problems therein. The team of the Rural Latino Study interviewed 46 Latinos in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Del Norte County. They are searching for the strengths and struggles of Latinos in the area.

Some other projects include: Ecuador Indigenous Health project and the Humboldt Area Foundation Story.

Sheila Steinberg, the Associate Director of CCRP, said, "You can't just say you have a problem, you have to document," to explain what they do.

President Richmond, who attended the meeting, spoke about the importance of the CCRP. "Poverty is an issue, I see people who are suffering every day and [the CCRP] is analyzing data to find solutions," he said. "There is real potential to transform the community and education here."

The Rural Film Project is setting out to educate people about what it means to be in a rural area. The film's creator, graduate student Dan Gruner, said the film is "focused on portraying a feeling of what is rural from the people who live in Northern Humboldt County."

The three main questions asked were what is rural, why do you live here, and what are the strengths of the community?

Gruner's goal for the project is to get the voices and faces of the people on film, and to get the documentary viewed by a wider audience. In one interviewed, he talked of the Mayor of Blue Lake, so the documentary will hopefully be available on the Mayor's web page.

Additionally, he will link the videos to a map online, so you can click on an area and see what people from there have to say.

As a group, a serious goal is to, says Nanette Yandell, "create policy briefs and be part of the voice." Another goal, said while laughing, is to win a Nobel Prize.

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P. Lumburg

Wed Nov 25 2009 05:33

I was hoping that this would be a great piece. I mean concept sounds great but the story is lacking a story, it jumps from one to another without good references. Repeats the same thing over and over and the last part discreadits the meaningful efforts of the people poorly reported on. At least Dawne's review showed the seriousness of this wonderful study done by professionals that should have been reported properly.
Thank you

Dawne Abdul Al-Bari

Wed Aug 12 2009 19:29

Humm...I just reviewed this piece and am happy to see that it has been recorded in HSU's history. However, winning the Nobel Prize was my comment, not Nanette's, and I was very serious about it. I believe that this is entirely within Humboldt State's immediate talent pool ( given our outstanding Biological Sciences Department, which I referenced in context to the comment and don't see quoted here either) and ability. If any laughing occurred, it may have been due to the newness of the concept.

Thank you

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