Dear Partners,

Please join the Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use (HEALU) Network for Equity as a Through Line: A Four-Part Summit Series on Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities. This four-part summit series in Los Angeles will explore practical lessons about advancing health equity and racial justice through public finance and infrastructure investments.

• Part 1 - Ensuring Equity in Infrastructure Investments (May 2)
• Part 2 - Building Capacity in Under-Resourced Communities  (June 13)
• Part 3 - Enhancing Community Engagement Practices (September 9)
• Part 4 - Measuring Need and Success: Metrics for Healthy, Equitable Land Use (November TBD) 

Registration is now open for Part 1, Ensuring Equity in Infrastructure Investments, on May 2^nd at Casa Italiana in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. The event will highlight successes and challenges in advancing equity through infrastructure investments, including California statewide initiatives and Los Angeles County Measure A (parks and open space), Measure M (transportation), and Measure W (stormwater), with reflections from non-profit and government sectors.
 
We have a terrific group of speakers confirmed, including:

• The Honorable Kevin de León, Former CA Senate President Pro Tem (keynote)
• Elva Yanez, Prevention Institute
• Francisco Romero, Promesa Boyle Heights
• Jenna Hornstock, Los Angeles County Metro
• Jessica Meaney, Investing in Place
• KeAndra Cylear Dodds, Community Development Commission of Los Angeles County
• Katy Young, Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
• Manal J. Aboelata, Prevention Institute
• Norma Garcia, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
• Roxana Tynan, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
• Thomas Yee, LA THRIVES & Low-Income Investment Fund 

We hope that you will join us on May 2^nd and mark your calendar for the entire four-part summit series. Please feel free to share this invitation with your own staff and partners. For more information, contact Vanessa Shih at vanessa [at] preventioninstitute.org (vanessa[at]preventioninstitute[dot]org) or 323-294-4527.
 
Click here to register for Part 1.
 
Click here to learn more about the four-part series.

Thank you to our co-sponsors
Community Intelligence, East LA Community Corporation, Investing in Place, LA County Center for Health Equity, Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), LA THRIVES, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Natural Resources Defense Council, Promesa Boyle Heights, Randolph Consulting Group, The California Endowment, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, The Wilderness Society.