Have your say! – Question 1

Over 250 Marin County residents have completed the Building Healthy Communities survey since July 2007. On April 7, 2008 community partners started a conversation and offered their input on two important questions, crucial to the development of the action platform. Community dialogues are underway inviting community residents to answer these questions in a group [...]

Download fliers and discussion guide for BHC Community Dialogues!

The fliers for the community dialogues are being distributed around Novato, Marin City and the Canal. Help us spread the word by downloading and distributing the fliers, available in English and Spanish.
Also available is the discussion guide to be used during the dialogues in the different locations. It includes the questions to be discussed in [...]

Citizenship application assistance

FREE CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION ASSISTANCE: On Sunday, April 27 at 1:00 you can get free assistance filling out citizenship forms. At Canal Alliance, 91 Larkspur Street, San Rafael. Co-sponsored by Catholic Charities and Canal Alliance. Appointments are required; call 707-578-6000 to make an appointment and find out what you need to bring.
AYUDA [...]

Reflections on World Health Day

I am so glad to hear that the meeting held on World Health Day with the Building Healthy Communities Partnership members was a great success. I couldn’t attend, but part of my spirit was there.
There is a quote that I really like and that summarizes my reflections about the theme of World Health Day 2008 – “Protecting Health from Climate [...]

True Accounts of the LBAM Aerial Spraying

Thanks to Connie Barker, Environmental Health Network of California

And here’s a quick analysis of the number of people in the “at risk” groups in the Bay Area counties targeted for spraying. For more information and to attend an event aimed at addressing aerial spraying this Saturday, April 12th, contact the Environmental [...]

Help End Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Source: Coalition on Human Needs
To sign on to a letter supporting the Health Equity and Accountability Act, H.R. 3014, contact jedwards@nclr.org

Immigrants and communities of color continue to face inferior access to health care, lower quality medical treatment, and poorer health outcomes than their citizen and white counterparts. These disparities especially hurt minority children, seniors, persons [...]

40 Years Later – Reflexions on Dr. King and the Poor People’s Campaign

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. His physical death didn’t kill the values and ideals that he stood for such as justice, equality, and integrity.
It is rooted in these values and ideals that we work everyday. We know that many obstacles come on our way to justice, but, inspired [...]

Community Dialogues Scheduled

The community dialogues for Marin City, Novato and San Rafael Canal have been scheduled. Click here for more information. A copy of the dialogue discussion guide will be available. Check back soon.

Building Healthy Communities Quarterly Meeting

 
The next Building Healthy Communities quarterly meeting is on Monday, April 7th from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. at the Redwood Room of the Marin Community Foundation. Hope to see you there! If you haven’t already, RSVP to antonia@maringrassroots.org. See agenda here: 4-7_agenda.doc
 

Immigration – Emergency Preparedness

Free Training for Service Providers
The Emergency Preparedness Toolkit training was developed in recognition that providers may be first responders to community members in crisis. With this toolkit, you will be able to more effectively and efficiently guide the individuals and families you work with through their emergency situations. It is our hope that the contents [...]