Join us for a free webinar featuring speakers from community-based organizations that build power to achieve park equity
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New research about the relationship between parks and life expectancy reveals that increasing park acreage in areas that face park deficits and lack trees could lead to significant population-level increases in life expectancy. It also shows that targeted investments in park infrastructure would significantly benefit the health of Latino and Black community members.
In this free webinar, you’ll hear from speakers from community-based organizations, including Promesa Boyle Heights, Pacoima Beautiful, and National Health Foundation. Following a brief discussion of park equity and life expectancy research, these organizations will describe the work they do on park equity and power building in communities of color in Los Angeles County. The new Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation will discuss the implications of the new research findings on park access and life expectancy from a practitioner perspective. Speakers will also discuss policy recommendations that funders, elected officials and park agencies can implement to reverse park inequities. Sign up today! |
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Learn more about policy, advocacy, and power building for park equity. Register here. Speakers:
- Manal J. Aboelata, Deputy Executive Director, Prevention Institute
- Norma E. Garcia, Director, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
- Naomi Humphrey, Undergraduate Health Equity Fellow, National Health Foundation
- Veronica Padilla, Executive Director, Pacoima Beautiful
- Alessandro Rigolon, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Utah
- Francisco Romero, Program Manager of Community Transformation, Promesa Boyle Heights
- Elva Yañez, Health Equity Director, Prevention Institute
Sponsors: Prevention Institute, the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) and the UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions (C-Solutions)
Learn more: Advocacy Toolkit for Park Equity, Life Expectancy, and Power Building
The Park Equity, Life Expectancy, and Power Building project was supported by the Urban Institute through funds provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We thank them for their support and acknowledge that the findings and conclusions presented in these webinars will be those of the presenters alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Urban Institute or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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