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Tag Archives: Health Equity

Watsonville-Pajaro Valley, CA: Community Engagement for Equity Example

By Risa Wilkerson on August 8th, 2014

The Jóvenes SANOS leaders have influenced adults and peers to create and influence a healthy culture in their community.

Fitchburg, MA: Community Engagement for Equity Example

By Risa Wilkerson on August 8th, 2014

The Fun ’n FITchburg (FnF) initiative capitalized on Fitchburg’s diversity by creating the 50-member Community Mobilization Network.

Baldwin Park, CA: Community Engagement for Equity Example

By Risa Wilkerson on August 8th, 2014

Baldwin Park, CA moved beyond an “informed community engagement” model to authentic collaboration and sustainable resident empowerment through its highly successful People on the Move (POTM) initiative.

Benton County, OR: Community Capacity Building Example

By Risa Wilkerson on August 8th, 2014

Benton County, Oregon’s “Creciendo en Salud” (CeS) initiative, which translates as “growing in health”, improved engagement of low income and Latino residents by creating a Health Equity Alliance.

Are You Investing in a Community or a World Cup?

By Rich Bell on July 1st, 2014

If you want to know why a highly successful World Cup event could provoke popular street protests in futbol-obsessed Brazil, just follow the money. Low-income Brazilians, long lacking many of […]

Communities on the Move: Improving Active Living in Rural North Carolina

By Risa Wilkerson on August 7th, 2010

The Fit Together Grant Program was established to support five rural North Carolina community partnerships to improve community health and increase physical activity utilizing Active Living By Design’s Community Action Model.