Northwest Life Passages Community Conversations: Community Education and Activation

The Palliative Care Institute and the Northwest Life Passages Coalition invites you to participate in a community discussion about successes and challenges of the Community Education and Activation initiatives in our community.

In 2014, a community task force wrote a Blueprint that outlines steps we need to take to make Whatcom County a community of excellence for those with serious illness or facing death and their families.  This Blueprint has 5 pillars:  Advance Care Planning, Clinical Care, Provider Education, Community Education and Activation and Policy/Sustainability. 

The Northwest Life Passages Coalition has been given the responsibility of helping to implement this Blueprint.  As part of that goal, we are hosting community conversations about each pillar. Our intent is to share the progress that has been made, the challenges we still face and to listen to your ideas and concerns.

At this session, we will briefly share the current status of Community Education and Activation in our community and outline some new initiatives and challenges that still need to be addressed.  We hope to spend the bulk of the session exploring your ideas and concerns so that we can continue to make progress toward our goal of building a community setting where everyone has access to the information they need in order to face serious illness or death. 

Some possible topics we might explore together include:

What are challenges have you faced in serious illness or end of life care? What community education events might have helped prepare you better?

What are some strategies for reaching out to communities we don't yet serve well?

What creative ideas might you have for building events that will foster community education, conversation and activation related to serious illness and end of life care?