Women's Health Network's
Community Grant Awardees
The Women's Health Network is proud to partner with the following organizations and community partners to support the grassroots efforts to enhance and support health equity.  

Women's Health Network Grantee Final Reports review accomplishments of our 2019 and 2020 community partner's activities.  Click each link to view the PowerPoints that were presented in the November 2020 Network Meetings.  
Final Reports
Presented by:  Elder Anyanwu Cox
*In 2019, 28 individuals became Certified Independent EEC Facilitators
* hosted A Time to Heal! A Time to Breathe! on August 25, 2020

Presented by:  Marci Bell & Denise Colborn
* hosted Taking Care of You on September 12, 2020 
* hosted Taking Care of You: The Next Step on October 17, 2020

Presented by: Shanice Gitungo & Kimberly Pham  
* hosted Self-Love event led by Pastor Yolanda White on February 26, 2020
* facilitated Comfort in Health & Beauty event led by Hollie Weatherburn on September 29, 2020

Presented by: Cindy Miles
* hosted Cause Collaborations: Single Parents and Poverty facilitated by Raquel Thiessen

Presented by: Chris Omni 
* hosted Chocolate Sunshine virtual art exhibit on March 21, 2020
* facilitated Mindful Movement Monday's from July - December 2020

Let's Talk 
Presented by: Cori Green

Presented by: Storm Dial & Stephanie Kreutzer
* organized the Female Condoms to Sedgwick County campaign 

Presented by:  Aonya Barnett, Jan Chandler, & Danielle Ramirez
* organized a Women's Mental Health during COVID video project
* trained 50 students on Botvin Life Skills 
* distributed 2,177 Deterra bags to the community 
* hosted a virtual Fresh Food Market on November 14, 2020

Presented by: Michelle Vann 
* hosted Claiming Your Calm: Advocacy on October 24, 2020
* hosted a Community Health Fair on November 14, 2020

Presented by: Taryn Zweygardt 
* developed 6 new partnerships within the community 
* provided 22 support groups 
* provided 128 individuals with therapy services 
* received over 60 new referrals during their grant work 
* distributed COVID & Concerns of Women information to the community 

Presented by: Soutdaly Sysavath & Sarah Vaughn
* 70 youth members participated in Love Notes groups
* hosted 3 Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center presentations

Presented by: Amy Cox & Andrea Hattan 
*  filmed and distributed Domestic Violence Awareness video

Wichita Immigrant Mental Health Coalition

Presented by: Gayle Thomas
* hosted Pink Sister Mobile Mammo event, allowing 18 women to receive mammograms 
Grant Resources
  1. WHN Health Literacy Survey - Online version (if a paper version works better for your organization, please contact us for a paper copy). Important note - Participants must be 18 years old or older to complete the survey.  
  2. Final Report Template - Grantees will briefly summarize the activities they accomplished over the past year. Final reports are due by October 31st, 2020. 
  3. Final Report Powerpoint - Grantees may choose to present their accomplishments via powerpoint, instead of doing a report.  This will be presented during the November Meeting.  

Upcoming Events
Past Events
May 27, 2020
Featured: 
Ms. Harriet A. Washington
- Lecturer in Bioethics at Columbia University Award winning Medical Writer and Author of Medical Apartheid

 Dr. Cheryl T. Grills
- Director of the Psychology Applied Research Center of Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts at Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles, CA

    • The African American Council of Elders Wichita/ South Central Kansas Launch of Emotional Emancipation Circles (EEC)