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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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Shared Use Agreement Transforms Schoolyard into ‘SPARK Park’
Community, school, and city officials worked together to develop a shared use agreement to use school grounds to create…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Families & Schools
Grassroots group works with rural schools to open recreation spaces
MHP (formerly known as Migrant Health Promotion) and Alice Independent School District partner to create a shared use ag…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Young Latino Starts Garden to Connect Neighbors, Boost Healthy Food
Caesar Valdillez loves where he lives—the Southtown neighborhood in San Antonio (63% Latino). He grew up in the neighbor…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Teamwork Brings Shared Use Agreements and New Park to Earlimart, Calif.
After years of trying to land a new park, residents of Earlimart, Calif., can now celebrate the success of a shared use…
Education, Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Student Helps Launch a Community Walking Program Using a School Track
Edison High School students, families and community members partner with school officials to open school’s new lighted t…
Green & Active Spaces, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Local Meat Market Gets Fresher, Inside and Out
Atop a hill in East Los Angeles, Ramirez Meat Market has spent three decades as a neighborhood fixture. However, the mar…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Celebrating Fresh Veggies at Nuevo Leon Meat Market
Jalapenos, cilantro, garlic—“The Mexican culture cooks a lot of vegetables in meals and everything has to be hot,” said…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
M&I Meat Market: A True “Tiendita Por Vida”
“Tiendita por Vida” is Spanish for “little store for life.” That’s exactly Irma Bajarro’s M&I Meat Market in the hea…
Healthy Food, Healthy Neighborhoods & Communities
Energized Youth Work to Add Healthier Dining Choices in Watsonville, Calif.
“It’s hard to engage the average youth in something where there is no choice.” That’s what Kymberly Lacrosse, a communit…
Healthy Food
California Youth Swap Junk for Health at Bus Stations
What are you eating for lunch? Snack food may be the quickest—and unhealthiest—choice. In Santa Cruz County, California,…
Healthy Food