Network of Community Advisors (NOCA)
The Network of Community Advisors (NOCA) is a primary advisory body to the PRCHN ("the Center"). NOCA's role is to provide guidance and leadership to carry out the goals and objectives of the Center, to provide annual feedback on the progress of the Center, and to bring current issues in area neighborhoods to the attention of the Center.
NOCA members work side-by-side with the Center leadership and staff to:
- define research questions,
- determine how to best answer the questions, and
- decide how to spread or act on the findings.
NOCA is comprised of two membership levels. An "Advising Partner" is a member who serves on NOCA and serves on a core sub-committee and/or research working group. An "Advisor" is a member who serves on NOCA but does not also serve on a sub-committee and/or research working group. Below is a description of the various NOCA committees and PRCHN research working groups.
Attention NOCA Members: Members-Only Discussion Board
If you're a NOCA member, then you should have received a login to access the new NOCA Discussion Board. Click the button and you'll be prompted for your login info (if you're not already logged in), and then you'll be taken directly to the board.
Attention NOCA Members: Next Quarterly Meeting May 13th
The next quarterly meeting is on Friday, May 13, 2011 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the PRCHN. Contact Jean Frank for details.
Other quarterly meetings this year are:
- Friday, August 12, 2011
- Friday, November 11, 2011
Co-Chairs for NOCA's first year: Tim Tramble & Jennifer Scofield
NOCA Committees
The success of the PRCHN is directly related to the involvement of NOCA members in all aspects of the Center. This includes both NOCA committees, as well as sub-committees linked to the programmatic cores of the PRCHN. The NOCA committees provide oversight and guidance within NOCA and represent our PRC on a national level. The PRCHN Core Sub-committees provide guidance, oversight, and regular input into the efforts of the Center, working directly with Core Directors and their staff. Beginning in Year 2, all committees will meet regularly (e.g., monthly) and present reports at the quarterly NOCA meetings.
NOCA Committees
Governance Committee: responsible for monitoring membership, coordinating the nominating process, and revising the guiding principles and procedures for NOCA.
Resource Committee: responsible for identifying and cultivating people and programs to advance and support the work of NOCA and the PRCHN.
PRCHN Core Sub-Committees
Communication & Dissemination: advise core staff on the development of the PRCHN website and other communication products, as well as data briefs, policy reports, and annual reports to the community, with the goal of describing local data and Center's research findings to the community, particularly the community members that serve as partners and participants in the research.
Research Development: foster relationships and communication between researchers, community organizations, and residents to pursue new prevention research projects that are responsive to local needs and designed to be informative to other urban communities across the country.
Training and Mentoring: foster the development of community-based prevention research among faculty, students/trainees, and community members through field training, mentoring, seminars, and workshops.
Evaluation: develop measurable evaluation outcomes to ensure the Center’s goals are achieved on time and on budget and to contribute to the national evaluation of PRC’s
Co-Director Dr. Elaine Borawski explaining the mission and structure of the PRCHN during the first NOCA meeting on March 12, 2010
NOCA Membership
Here are the members of NOCA and the organizations they represent (as of the first quarter of 2011):
Adriennie Hatten
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
Barbara Clint
Clevelanders in Motion
YMCA of Greater Cleveland
Brandon King
NOAH/City of East Cleveland
Darrielle Snipes
WKYC‐TV News
Don Slocum
Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Reverend Douglas Horner
St. Paul's Community Church, UCC
Emily Miller
Slavic Village Development
Geri Unger
Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Helen Dumski
Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland
Henry Warren, Jr.
Lena Grafton
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center
Martha Halko
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
Meghan Estes
Cuyahoga Community College
Michael Elliott, Jr.
Morgan Taggart
Ohio State University Extension
Monyka Price
Cleveland City Hall
Najah Muhammad
Neighborhood Family Practice
Nichelle Shaw
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
Pamela Brackett
Cleveland Department of Public Health
Peter Whitt
Enlightenment Consulting Group
Stanley Miller
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Stuart Greenberg
Environmental Health Watch
Summer Paris
Arcelor Mittal
Tamara Randall
Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland
Teleangé Thomas
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
Timothy Goler
The Goler Group
Timothy Tramble
Burten, Bell, Carr Development Corp.
NOCA Governing Guidelines
The PRCHN and NOCA have collaborated to create governing guidelines to direct how the two organizations will interact and to describe how NOCA will operate.
Download: NOCA - Governing Guidelines (Q1 2011)
