Training and Technical Assistance

At HRiA, we believe that engaged and skilled youth and adults are critical elements of creating positive and lasting change. Through training, technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring, HRiA works with youth and adult leaders, community coalitions, state and local institutions, and nonprofit organizations to build and sustain healthy communities. Whether working with young people to hone their advocacy skills around tobacco policy, partnering with parent leaders to build a healthier home and work environment, or providing strategic counsel to statewide organizations looking to build more inclusive, culturally competent programming, HRiA has the knowledge and skill to help you achieve your public health goals and objectives. Our expertise includes the following:
  • Trainings: Building skills, providing tools and resources, and creating opportunities for peer learning through face-to-face and web-based formats. Content areas include assessment and evaluation, coalition building, collaborative leadership, engaging diverse populations, policy and environmental change strategies, strategic planning, and youth development. Trainings are also offered on topical areas such as asthma, substance abuse, tobacco, violence, teen pregnancy, and lead.
  • Technical Assistance: Working directly with adults and youth to apply learned skills and strategies within organizations and communities on topics such as meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, action planning, and effective advocacy and policy change approaches.
  • Coaching: Providing individualized support to a young person or an adult to hone their leadership skills while engaging their peers in organizational or community change efforts.
  • Mentoring: Creating opportunities for individuals and groups to work with and build the skills of others by sharing their successes and challenges.
Moacir Barbosa Moacir Barbosa
Assistant Director
617.279.2240 ext. 222

Bio
Moacir Barbosa

Moacir Barbosa has long been involved in efforts to bring about peaceful and just resolutions to the issues that we face locally, nationally and globally. His efforts have included work on anti-nuclear proliferation issues, apartheid, global warming, dumping (local and international), water resources, racism, sexism, homophobia, militarization, just economic development, gang violence, sustainable health promotion, youth involvement, community solutions, geo-political issues, and many more issues.  His current work in the Area 4/Port neighborhood of Cambridge focuses on violence and other community issues.

Mr. Barbosa is involved in the delivery of training, provides technical assistance,  participates in field building initiatives (locally, statewide, and nationally), and promotes the profession and professionalization of the field through his work on legislation, youth worker networks, partnerships with higher education, and youth conferences.  As an Adjunct Instructor at the College of Public and Community Service of the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Mo Barbosa has helped to develop a curricula focused on serving youth.

Mr. Barbosa is the chairperson of Men of Color Health Task Force, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cambridge Health Alliance, board member of the Cambridge Public Health Committee, board member of the Committee on Public and Community Health of the Board and on the board of the Design Studio for Social Innovation.

He  has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

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