The Health Literacy Committee had a busy quarter. Between providing health literacy training workshops and attending conferences, the committee is also designing a toolkit. Also, October is National Health Literacy Month! Read more here.
The Violence Prevention Committee is busy writing and researching in order to make recommendations for reducing domestic violence and sexual assault in Cleveland. Read more here.
The Healthy Eating Committee hosted a food demo and focus group in collaboration with University Hospitals Rainbow Center for Women and Children to learn more from residents about food in their neighborhoods. Read more here.
The Breathe Free Committee has been playing an active role this summer in policy promotion, research advising and capacity building for tobacco cessation efforts across Cleveland. Read more here.
On September 25, 2019, over 400 people attended the premiere of Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Playing to a packed theater, Toxic showed its muscle as a powerful tool for discussion around racism, toxic stress, and birth outcomes…
How does a successful nonprofit expand its reach without compromising its mission? Seeds of Literacy is hoping to find out. The award-winning adult education organization has just launched a Spanish language pilot program. Read more here.
The Healthy Cleveland Initiative’s Healthy Eating Committee is getting out in the community this summer to talk to residents about their experiences and aspirations for healthy food policy.
Have you experienced a road hazard or a close call to an accident? Report it to Vision Zero to help remedy the situation and create safer streets.
We’re getting closer to the release of the short film, “Toxic”…
In a previous article, we mentioned the launch of a film project that had been 2-years-in-development under the creative input of our very own Healthy Neighborhoods Committee. We’re happy to announce that the short film, “Toxic”, is now in post-production and scheduled to premiere in late September 2019.
Violence in the city of Cleveland is very problematic because it negatively impacts the quality of life in a community and neighborhood. Neighborhood areas in the city of Cleveland that are plagued by violence often see significant disinvestment of businesses, jobs and people as they leave the city and relocate to other communities that can provide a better quality of life. Read more here.