Worker and Community Outreach

Protección en Construcción (PenC) has an Outreach Team of community health educators, city leaders, Lawrence’s residents, and members of local organizations. The Outreach Team will develop culturally-appropriate, user-friendly messages and materials about the program and the results of the intervention among construction sites. They will share these materials within the broader Lawrence community.

Community Survey

To collect more information that would help PenC become successful, during fall and winter (2011), the Outreach Team is interviewing residents, construction workers and their family members through Lawrence and its surroundings.

Outreach Team members will survey you to explore ideas about fall and silica hazards, as well as your suggestions to prevent them. The outreach members will be clearly identify as PenC members and you can find them at several places in Lawrence such as barbery shop, coffee shop, supermarket, etc.

The main results will be presented to the community as soon as possible , and in next editions of the Protección en Construcción Newsletter we will present a summary.

Charlas

Protección en Construcción PenC is sponsoring a series of community conversations or “charlas” in Lawrence to help build understanding between construction workers and government agencies concerned with working conditions. Charlas are informal conversations where people can learn more about their rights and programs to protect them.

The first charla was led by our community outreach workers and Isabel López from MassCOSH (Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health). The second one included Carol Bates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s regional office (OSHA). Next charla will include Marvin Lewiton from the Massachusetts Division of Occupational Safety.

Stay tuned and ask to our Outreach Team members for dates and places!