Boosted park equity advocacy to new heights

PI engaged a community advisory board of seven power-building organizations to advise UCLA’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences on the development of a groundbreaking model demonstrating the link between park access and life expectancy—a novel contribution to the evidence base. We used this research to develop an advocacy toolkit that community-based organizations can use to push for park equity anywhere in the country. In December, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selected PI as its planning partner for a forthcoming national initiative: Building Momentum for Park and Green Space Equity in Small and Midsize Cities. These breakthroughs build on more than a decade of work making the connection between park equity and health equity. This work was support by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, and Urban Institute.