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Any organization interested in becoming part of the Communities of Color
Network is invited to contact Gabi Chojkier at (202) 974-5012 or
chojkierg@ruderfinn .

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In response to an appeal by the PRC, the partners have
joined together to disseminate information and provide a virtual resource on
paralysis and related quality of life issues for their membership.

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PRC provides information services to people and their families nationwide who
are living with paralysis.

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The Minority Communities Outreach Campaign is a new public awareness
initiative of the Christopher + Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center (PRC), a
program of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, formed through a
cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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C. The GBC conducts custom surveys for members,
facilitates information exchanges among industry leaders, and hosts quarterly
conferences on process improvement and performance measurement .

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Key findings include:

-- 40% of sampled companies saved at least one hundred times the amount
they invested in their quality efforts.

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able to answer inquiries in more than 50 languages with the help of real-time
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was why we founded the PRC; to make sure that everyone affected by paralysis
has a place to turn.

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; the National Asian
Women's Health Organization; the American Academy of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation; the National Dissemination Center for Children with
Disabilities; and the National Medical Association . This is one more way to let people know that there is
life after paralysis -- and a great life, at that!"
"The Network is an organic extension of the PRC's Minority Communities
Outreach Campaign," said Joseph Canose, Vice President of Quality of Life at
the CRPF.

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are not like re-engineering -- they focus on incremental improvement not
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complimentary research document on Transforming the Supply Chain, including
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"Now, through the Network, we are connecting communities of color to
valuable resources and information about paralysis. For more information on the PRC, please visit
http://www.

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production planning + scheduling; capacity planning + optimization;
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The members include: the California Rural Indian Health Board; the Asian +
Pacific Islander American Health Forum; the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health
Education Center; the Sea of Dreams Foundation, Inc.

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"I am so very pleased to welcome these wonderful organizations into the
Communities of Color Network," said Dana Reeve, Chairperson of the Christopher
Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF). "By partnering with us, Network members will enable people all over
the country to access the PRC's resources through local or regional
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Christopher + Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center Welcomes New Partners to its Communities of Color Network

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Specializing in
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that drive organizational impact, influence and efficiency., The Christopher and Dana Reeve
Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) announced today that several health-related
organizations that reach minority communities have partnered with the PRC and
its Communities of Color Network.com.

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, Quality initiatives , such as Six
Sigma and Lean, are only as good as the results they produce.
-- One company was able to reduce complex supply/demand matches from 4-5
days to one minute. The Network is part of the PRC's Minority
Communities Outreach Campaign, an initiative to promote informed health care
decisions and active and independent living among those in the Hispanic,
African-American , Asian/Pacific Islander and Native American communities
living with paralysis.