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Raheem Baraka Makes Latino Family Health a Civil Rights Issue in Boston
Raheem J. Baraka grew up seeing health inequity all around him in Boston (19% Latino). He saw people in one low-income neighborhood suffer more disease, less access to health care, and live 33 years less than people in a wealthy area just 2.7 miles away. He saw doctors treating illnesses, not addressing prevention or social ...
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Students Reclaim Streets with a Walking School Bus in Springfield
A predominantly Latino elementary school proves that morning exercise through a walking school bus program can benefit s…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities, Transportation & Mobility
Monthly Bike Ride Program Gets More San Antonio Kids on Bikes
Growing up, Dante Jones always looked forward to weekend bike rides with his father. Dante Jones In those rides with his…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Sisters Launch Afterschool Fitness Program for Neighborhood Kids
San Antonio sisters Makayla Esparza, 9, and Alyssa Esparza, 8, led largely inactive lifestyles. They saw a weight-loss c…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
New Greenway Provides a Path to Resilience & Increased Physical Activity
An abandoned alley in Lake Worth, Fla., was re-developed into an attractive greenway through team work and perseverance…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities