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.

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 both the non-profit and government sectors.
 
We have a terrific group of speakers confirmed, including:

• The Honorable Kevin de León, California Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus (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.

• Part 2 - Building Capacity in Low-Income Jurisdictions (June 13)
   
• Part 3 - Enhancing Community Engagement Practices (September 9)
   
• Part 4 - Measuring Need and Success: Metrics for Healthy, Equitable Land Use (November TBD)

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.