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Walking es Caminar: Engaging Latinos in Pedestrian Advocacy
Presented by Genoveva Islas, MPHDirector, Cultiva La Salud
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Cultiva La SaludOur mission is to engage, inform and inspire residents in the San Joaquin Valley who are low-income and live in disadvantaged places to become actively involved in promoting their personal health, the health of their families and broader community through the adoption of healthy lifestyles and through advocacy for policy, system and environmental changes that promote healthy eating and active living.
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Background
• Latinos• Immigrants• Poverty• Economy• Infrastructure• Resources
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Obesity Rates for Adults in Fresno County
• 2011-2012, 78.6% of Latino adultin in Fresno County are overweight or obese, more than 3 out of 4 and greater thatn the rate for White adults (64.9%).
-Source: California Health Interview Survey, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Equity
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Transportation Equity
Shoes that Fit Systems that Work
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Challenges
• Limited Power• Participation– Language– Meetings
• Data• Practical – solutions
that matter
• Education– Cultural & Linguistic
Appropriateness
• Experience
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Greenfield Walking Grouphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9fRACrCIZs#action=share
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Walk to School Day – Orange Cove
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Powerful People: Building Leadership for Healthy Communities
• Residents self-identifying projects
• Supporting capacity building.
• Cycle of advocacy
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Civic Engagement
• General Plan• Active Transportation
Plan• Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Committee• School Wellness
Committee – Safe Routes to School