The Unite 4 Healthy Neighborhoods partnership in Columbia, MO addressed significant creative tension around issues of race and class.
Youth from several neighborhoods used surveys, Photovoice and digital storytelling to advocate for change with metro council members and city officials.
This document offers a range of insights that challenge business as usual, and explores lessons learned about investing in healthy community change to help funders of all sizes leverage their investments, achieve their goals and sustain their results.
The Fun ’n FITchburg (FnF) initiative capitalized on Fitchburg’s diversity by creating the 50-member Community Mobilization Network.
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.
The WeTHRIVE! Initiative in Hamilton County, OH supported a broad-based shift from individual-focused public health messages and programs to a healthy community approach that that addressed environmental, policy and systems (PSE).
While remaining consistent with its mission, the Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC) in Nash-Edgecombe Counties, NC shifted and broadened the frame of its work from educational and social supports for young children and their families to a healthy communities frame. It utilized established networks and approaches to introduce new ideas about healthy policy and environmental changes, carefully assessed readiness for change among partners, and showed people how they could take the work and do it in their own environments.
The Summit Health Institute for Research and Education (SHIRE) contracted with DC Hunger Solutions to advocate for increased funding for after-school meals and with Groundwork Anacostia River DC to advocate for funding of a Park Rangers pilot program.
Led by United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM), the Milwaukee Childhood Obesity Prevention Project shared resources intentionally to build capacity and momentum toward its goals.
Partners in the KEYS for Healthy Kids (KEYS) initiative in Charleston, WV conducted a variety of assessment activities that ultimately built a deeper understanding of health issues among community members and leaders, sparked a public dialogue about obesity beyond it solely being a “medical” concern, and developed new skills and confidence among youth.