Clean air?
The state of our air quality is critical. Town Hall on clean air plans Thursday July 27th 6pm at the Senior Center Auditorium at 4th & Orange.
Back in those mythical good old days people made things in their own kitchen and when pressed felt they could go next door to get a missing ingredient. Like a cup of sugar or a couple of eggs. It seemed lovely, which it was. But today most of us don’t bake, we don’t have sugar…
The National Council on Aging has a short tutorial on how to navigate your neighborhood. And suggested action steps. It applies to all kinds of people. Check it out!
The mission of Long Beach Forward is to create a healthy Long Beach with low-income communities of color by building community knowledge, leadership, and power. We asked Long Beach Forward team members Cynthia Howell, Strategic Initiatives Manager and Sevly Sngoun, Research and Policy Analyst the following questions: Why is working within neighborhoods important? “Our team…
Here is a sampling of the comments and thoughts from our recent Community Meeting – What Makes a Healthy Neighborhood. Led by Chris Robson. Social determinants are a key indicator of health disparities Structural, that is, policies are in place that keep unhealthy conditions. To change health experience for the neighborhood, those need to change…
Thanks to Natales’ efforts of hosting a Community Yard Sale – lots of work that paid off, here are some snaps.
The Rose Park Neighborhood Association was invited to participate in a Civic Engagement effort led by CSULB MSW students at Wilson High School. With the thoughtful facilitation of Danielle Potter Dague on Saturday morning March 30th RPNA brought the breadth and depth of neighborhood action and partnering to the students. It was great! Darick Simpson,…