Quick Note:
CCBN Site Maintenance
During our winter break, the CCBN website will undergo maintenance in December and may not have full functionality during the update. Contact us HERE if you have a pressing matter during that time to be near the top of list in January 2025. Thank you.
It's Health Insurance Open Enrollment Season:
The Health Insurance Marketplace®[1] Open Enrollment Period on HealthCare.gov runs from November 1 to January 15. Consumers who select a plan by midnight December 15 (5 a.m. EST on December 16) can get full-year coverage that starts January 1, 2025. Consumers who select a plan after December 15, 2024, but before the deadline in January 2025, can have coverage that starts February 1, 2025. For more info: FACT SHEET and Healthcare.gov
CCBN is taking a much needed end of year break so that we can hit the ground running in 2025. We look forward to collaborating during the new year so that optimum health is a basic human right for all. Check out the Upcoming Events in January to find out where we'll be next.
Check back in January 2025 for upcoming events, including the return of the CCBN Space Talks and the Health Equity Accord!
(Scroll down or click HERE to the featured event to engage in the future of health care.)
WELCOME 2024!
UPCOMING FEATURED EVENTS
DON'T DELAY...SIGN UP TODAY
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Click Here to Apply for a CCBN Scholarship (Feb 1st - July 1st)
100% of Recently Graduated CCBN Scholars and CCBN Student Members Passed the NCLEX!
CCBN continues to maintain its 100% NCLEX pass rate of student members since the beginning of the pandemic. Congrats to our recently graduated CCBN Scholars and CCBN student members who graduated with an ADN or BSN. As of July 2024, ALL passed their NCLEX and are full-fledged RN’s! Congrats to CCBN Scholars Naomi Alvaro BSN, RN, Evonne Eze BSN, RN, Jael Mallory BSN, RN, and Jordan Sherman BSN, RN. Congrats also to Reatea Kifletsion BSN, RN for leveling up from an ADN to a BSN! The future of Nursing at its best!
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Scroll Down To See How We Promote Culturally Competent and Equitable Healthcare for All
ONE RACE
should not be burdened with determining the health standards for
ALL RACES
COMMUNITY OUTREACH: WE SERVE WITH PRIDE
Join The Colorado Council of Black Nurses Inc in supporting under-served communities to be equal contributors in the determination of healthcare standards by increasing the number of Black/African American professional nurses throughout the healthcare continuum. You don't have to be "Black" to belong. You only need a desire to support the mission of equitable healthcare for ALL and a willingness to address health equity from a cultural perspective.
OUR IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE LAST
QUARTER
CCBN ANNOUNCES 2 NEW SCHOLARS AND 2 NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
On Sunday, December 8, 2024, the Colorado Council of Black Nurses Inc introduced its two new scholarship recipients: Bernard F. Gispon Sr. Nurse Science Scholar, Daneilia Whyte and Barabara Tunely Crenshaw Nursing Scholar, Analisa Lorquet. Additionally, the two new scholarships of the PAS Behavioral Health Scholarship and the EXPANSE Aerospace Scholarship, which provides the opportunity for much needed funding in the areas of mental/behavioral health including substance abuse as well as Aerospace Nursing and Space Nursing respectively, was announced much to the excitement of participants. More information on these great advancements will be available in January 2025 after CCBN's Winter Break.
The Stiles and CCBN Collaborate on "Health Strips"
A Casual Conversation Between Childhood Friends Blossoms Into A Healthy Alternative To Concrete Jungles And “Rights” The Way
Back in 2023, when Stiles African American Heritage Center president, Kala Greene, mentioned to CCBN’s then president, Robin Bruce, about “hell strips” – you know those often neglected, hard to upkeep, patches of city property between the sidewalk and street classified as a “right of way” that becomes the responsibility of the residential or business property owner behind it to take care of – she could not possibly have imagined where that phrase would lead. Always looking for healthy solutions to any concern, Robin suggested that Kala turn the “hell” strips into “health” strips made of edible plants and herbs that not only could conserve water but may help remedy the food desert along the Five Points corridor and surrounding areas. One thought led to another between the two friends, and with the ingenuity of Stiles board member, Lee Lee Leonard, the Stiles Heritage Gardens was brought to life. Click HERE to follow the path as the Health Strips take us back to our roots by way of a palatable and healthy journey through Black history as told by the Heritage Gardens in collaboration with CCBN.
On a final note, we displayed SAAHC’s reminder banner to VOTE… because your HEALTH depends on it!
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The Colorado Council of Black Nurses is on a mission to break the resistance barrier that for the past 70 years has kept nurses from exiting Earth's orbit. We have ignited. Check out below what we did this space season and keep up with what CCBN is doing for Space Nursing on the CCBN Space Expo page ...
CCBN Space Season Ends, Kicks Off New Space Year With A Win For Space Healthcare
CCBN launched its next space year at the culmination of CCBN Space Expo week on Friday, September 27th and jettisoned into its new space year by making history at the 2024 SpaceVision national conference hosted by SEDS in Denver, CO on October 3-5, 2024. CCBN hosted 3 panels at this conference, namely Space Healthcare, Mental Health in Space and the Jr Analog Astronaut presentation that highlighted the CCBN Aeronaut Program, further solidifying Space Nursing as a key component of the space industry. Visit the CCBN Space Expo 2024 Launch Pad for highlights and more information about the progress of Space Nursing, space happenings around town, and the new Aerospace Nursing Scholarship that will be announced at he 2024 CCBN Scholarship Soiree (Oct 27). Upcoming space events of note: World Space Week (Oct 4 - 10) and Colorado Space Roundup (Dec 4) hosted by CSBR. Continue to Voyage With Us throughout 2025 until the next CCBN Space Expo that starts September 29, 2025 on Our Journey to Optimal Health in Space! #CCBNIA #Destination
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It's All About YOUTH in Space, Baby!
The Aerospace Nursing Department of the Colorado Council of Black Nurses Inc launched its 4th year of CCBN Space Expos for youth. The CCBN Space Expos, which launch annually on the week of the last Tuesday in September, marks the culmination of the CCBN space year and kicks off the new CCBN space year. During the week of Monday, September 23rd and ending Friday, September 27, 2024, Earth's youth had the opportunity to tell (or show) us how they explored their space dreams by signing up to share their space accomplishments at this hybrid expo geared to aid youth in seeing their importance as an integral part of space future. See snippets of events that lead up to this year's CCBN Space Expo (Expo), engage in the future festivities, and/or share the happenings in your area on the 2024 Launch Pad. There's still time to to let us know what was done during Expo week as we'll keep the 2024 application open for the rest of the year to give youth a chance to post their projects. After a successful pre-launch at the recent CCBN Health Equity Accord, CCBN Space Talks are back and will officially launch at this year's SpaceVision. Youth and adults can sign up for CCBN Space Talks starting November 1st.
Click the pic or scan the QR code to submit a question, register a project, participate in a Space Talk, share your space event, and more! #aChanceToLeap #CCBNSpaceExpo
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It's All About Space, Baby!
at the 2024 CCBN Health Equity Accord
Forward thinkers from the health, space, education, manufacturing, and real estate professions as well as the clergy and students took a deep dive into the near future of health care in space at Colorado Council of Black Nurses' annual Health Equity Accord (HEA) on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 from 1 pm - 5 pm MT, in Colorado Springs at the Center for Healthcare Education and Simulation. Participants think tanked together the current and future health and health care concerns and opportunities that come with space travel and habitation that could affect the standard of care right here on planet Earth. Those who stayed for the Simulation tour got a taste of what a Space Nursing simulator will look like. The experience was said to be "mind-blowing!"
Thanks to our sponsors for all their support and getting the word out: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, CCBN Inc Aerospace, Colorado Nurses Association, Colorado Space Business Roundtable, JDS Consulting, Jeffco chapter of the Colorado Nurses Association, National Association of Hispanic Nurses, Philippine Nurses Association of Colorado, Pikes Peak State College, and as always, the dedicated members of the Colorado Council of Black Nurses Inc! #SpaceNursing #CCBNSpaceNursing #CCBNIA
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On August 17th, Nursing students, nurses, and a variety of nurse pathway, health, and education professionals gathered on the CHES Campus of Pikes Peak State College in Colorado Springs to find out what's new on the CCBN horizon - and they found out it was worth the trip! At the CCBN Annual Kick-Off, attendees got to meet and greet, network (of course), learn where they fit in CCBN initiatives, and enjoy a special tour of Pikes Peak State College's Center for Healthcare Education & Simulation (CHES). It was Amazing!
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HERE'S WHAT'S NEW ON CCBN'S HORIZON
Our 50th year was a great adventure and a springboard into the advancement of the profession of Nursing. With new leaders come new innovations and the adventure is only picking up speed.
Click HERE to See the Leaders of 2024!
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Colorado Nurse License Plates Now Available... Supports Nurses Education
We are elated to announce, that after many long months, the Colorado Nurse License Plate spearheaded by CCBN member Jennifer Allen-Thomas RN that honors Colorado’s nurses and helps support Colorado Nursing students is finally available for public purchase! To get the DMV certificate, go to the Colorado Nurses Foundation website at https://www.coloradonursesfoundation.com/nurses-license-plate1 or click the link located under CCBN’s donation tab. #ColoradoNursesRock
CCBN is doing its part in stopping the spread of COVID-19 by providing tips and information on how YOU can TAKE CONTROL of YOUR part in stopping the spread of this coronavirus. CLICK HERE or go to the COVID-19 tab to learn how you can TAKE CONTROL to STOP the SPREAD.
We Suggest Love... Above All... Through It All... For All
"Can't get rid of hate unless you replace it with something else." Quote from "Burden" by Andrew Heckler
Whether it's at a Town Hall, Seminar, Legislative Hearing, or Community Gathering, please join CCBN and ECCBN as we address Racism within the Healthcare Continuum.
As the first REGISTERED Black nurse in the United States, Mary Mahoney was well known for her professionalism, excellent nursing skills, and her ability to inspire others to work together for human rights.
Mary Eliza Mahoney
For 50 years, the Colorado Council of Black Nurses, Inc. (CCBN) has continued the tradition of professionalism, excellent nursing skills, and the promotion of equal human rights through collaborative practices that address healthcare disparities as well as health status disparities from a cultural perspective. CCBN's initiation and promotion of culturally competent and equitable health care practices within the state of Colorado has effected change in global health initiatives, national healthcare standards, Colorado state healthcare policies, and postsecondary curriculum in colleges, universities, and schools of Nursing throughout the state of Colorado; thereby improving the health status of all Coloradoans through the sustaining of high quality and professional health care.
