Sacramento has mild weather, light rail, and many bike paths. But people still heavily depend on cars in this 23% Latino city, according to its relatively low walk score. Sacramento also is like many other California cities, where urban planners face a big challenge to create more ways for a rising population to walk and bike. Fortunately, a group of diverse youth are making a difference for more walking, bicycling, and skating.
Youth Step Up for Safer Streets
The Walk & Bike Youth Leaders Program started in Sacramento in 2017, thanks to the California Bicycle Coalition, California Walks, and the California Center for Civic Participation. Program organizers chose 11 youth ages 16-23. The youth will partake in four online training sessions. They will learn how to ...
Now you can be more connected with health issues with a new bilingual live show produced by Salud America!. #SaludbySandra & #SaludconSandra will air every Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET on Periscope and Twitter. The show is hosted by Professor Sandra San Miguel, Research Instructor at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio. Here’s the schedule of the topics we will cover in the next three weeks: 09/15/2015- National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
09/22/2015- Oral Health Habits
09/29/2015- Family Health & Fitness You can catch the show live on Periscope and ...
The advent of technology and digital media has revolutionized the way we live in the 21st century. Does technology and media have the power to help us lead healthier lives? And what does this advent mean for the all people? Join the discussion this coming Tuesday, May 26, 2015 as we converse with Open Ideo and Julie Diaz Asper. WHAT: #SaludTues Tweetchat:
DATE: Tuesday, May 26, 2015
TIME: Noon CST (1:00 PM ET)
WHERE: On Twitter with hashtag #SaludTues
HOST: @SaludToday
CO-HOSTS: @OpenIdeo @JulieDiazAsper Be sure to use the hashtag #SaludTues to follow the conversation on Twitter/X and share your stories and resources. #SaludTues is a Tweetchat on Twitter/X that focuses on a variety of different health issues. From September 2014 to March 2021, ...
Kids need Salud Heroes to help fight childhood obesity. Can you step up? Visit our new website, Salud America! Growing Healthy Change, to read stories about real-life Salud Heroes who are making healthy community changes—from improved marketing to increased access to healthy food and physical activity, etc.—for kids in your neighborhood and across the nation. You can also share your own Salud Hero stories and photos with us saludamerica1@gmail.com. The Growing Healthy Change website was created by Salud America!, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation based. The site was initially part of the Community Commons ...
Want to address childhood obesity, but don’t know where to start or how to make a change? Start at Salud America! The new website is a first-of-its-kind clearinghouse of resources and stories to promote changes—healthier marketing and improved access to healthy food and physical activity, etc.—for kids in your neighborhood and across the nation. Right now at the site, you can: Find resources to start a change;
Watch and read about real-life “Salud Heroes” of change; and
Become a “Salud Hero” by sharing your own stories. Here are some examples of Salud Heroes who have made healthy community changes: The site was created by Salud America!, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The site was initially part of the Community Commons ...
