Please join the Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use (HEALU) Network for Part 2 of our four-part summit series, Equity as a Through Line: Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities. Part 2 will explore crucial but overlooked challenges facing small cities and under-resourced communities, like the need to compete against larger and wealthier cities for grant dollars, the lack of sustained funding for community-based organizations to facilitate engagement and monitor highly-technical implementation processes, and a system that often favors “shovel-ready” projects over investing in long-term community capacity. Speakers will also reflect on what’s working well and how together we can build capacity in under-resourced communities across LA County and beyond.
When: June 13, 2019
Where: LA84 Foundation, 2141 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018
Event link: Building Capacity in Under-Resourced Communities
Speakers
- Alina Bokde, keynote, LA County Department of Parks & Recreation
- Andre Quintero, Mayor, City of El Monte
- Christine Petit, Long Beach Forward
- Daniela Simunovic, California Strategic Growth Council
- David Diaz, Active San Gabriel Valley
- Derek Steele, Social Justice Learning Institute
- Jean Armbruster, LA County Department of Public Health PLACE Program
- Jorge Morales, Mayor, City of South Gate
Agenda
- 8:30-9:00am – Registration and Complimentary Breakfast
- 9:00am – Welcome and Keynote
- 10:00am – Panel 1: Leveraging Technical Assistance in Under-Resourced Communities
- 11:15am – Break
- 11:30am – Panel 2: Sustaining Grass-Tops and Grassroots Capacity for Planning Engagement
- 12:30pm – Closing Comments, Q&A, and Call to Action
- 1:00pm – Adjourn
Questions
For more information, please contact Vanessa Shih at vanessa@preventioninstitute.org or 323-294-4527.
Equity as a Through Line: A Four-Part Summit Series on Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities
- Part 1 - Ensuring Equity in Infrastructure Investments (May 2, 2019)
- Part 2 - Building Capacity in Under-Resourced Communities (June 13, 2019)
- Part 3 - Enhancing Community Engagement Practices (September 9, 2019)
- Part 4 - Measuring Need and Success: Metrics for Healthy, Equitable Land Use (November 2019)
Thank you to our co-sponsors
