Posted: May 17th, 2007

The City Project Spring 2007 Newsletter is available online!

The Newsletter highlights the progress and accomplishments of our first six months including:

-Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities: Mapping Green Access and Equity for the Los Angeles Region. The report is a guide for creating healthy, livable communities for all. Copies are available at www.cityprojectca.org/mapping.

-Shall We Gather at the River: Rio de Los Angeles State Park Grand Opening on Earth Day.

-Celebrating Bruce’s Beach. Southern California celebrated the renaming of an ocean front park back to Bruce’s Beach.

-Oil Drilling and Community Health in Baldwin Hills. The Baldwin Hills community and park are once again at risk with the proposed expansion of oil drilling nearby, and an area environmental impact report is in the works.

-Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan. The City Project with the Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio submitted public comments to improve the LARRMP.

-Principles for Equal Justice. The City Project and the Alianza de los Pueblos del Rio have presented 10 principles for equal justice for healthy, livable communties, and revitalizing the Los Angeles River.

-The City Project in the News!

-Transit to Trails for Anahuak Youth. The pilot project has launched to national attention with Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne.

California Pan Ethnic Health Network 2007 Statewide Conference
Voices for Change: Advocacy Solutions for Healthy Communities

Thursday, June 7, 2007
The California Endowment’s Center for Healthy Communities
1000 North Alameda Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Early bird registration through Friday, May 25th — if you register now and mention The City Project, you pay only $75! Register online.

Conference Highlights:
Welcome by Robert K. Ross, MD
Keynote by Sylvia Drew Ivie, JD
Plenary Sessions:
Making Health Care Reform Work for Everyone
Music for Our Diverse Lives - A cultural celebration of music and it’s role in keeping us healthy with CPEHN’s Ethnic Partners

Workshops:
A Multicultural Approach to Coalition Building
Learn to organize successful collaborations that can draw on the strengths and assets of communities of color, and serve as strong and effective agents for change.

Building Healthy Communities: Using Health Impact Assessments (Part I & II)
Learn how to assess the health benefits and burdens of land-use decisions, and use this valuable information to have a stronger voice in planning your community.
Robert Garcia is a featured speaker on this panel.

Data for Dollars
Learn from data experts, funders, and a successful community organization on how to use compelling data to make your proposal stand out.

Making Your Testimony Memorable
Hone your public speaking skills and increase your impact to move your issue by speaking from the heart.

Policy and Media Advocacy: Developing Your Solutions & Taking Them Public (Part I & II)
Using examples from the audience, participants will receive advice from experts on how to turn your issues into policy solutions and develop your advocacy strategies. Then learn how to use media strategies in your advocacy work to get policy makers’ attention.

Using Technology to Become a More Powerful Advocate
Learn about online advocacy tools and how to integrate them into your organizational campaigns and programs.

Immigrant Health: Current Issues and Advocacy
Discuss information and receive technical assistance on immigrant access to health coverage and care, including an overview of barriers and current issues affecting the healthcare of immigrant communities.

Sponsors:
The California Endowment
Kaiser Permanente
The California HealthCare Foundation
American Cancer Society
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Blue Cross of California
Catholic Healthcare West
California Medical Association Foundation
Center for Public Health Practice/University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
Human Impact Partners
L.A. Care Health Plan
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Please contact Pam Flood at pflood@cpehn.org or (510) 832-1160 x303 about sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities.