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JustDoOne.org Invites Sustainable Living Ideas
Deadline: March 1, 2009
JustDoOne.org ,an online community for sustainable living, has issued a global call for personal green solutions. The Just Do One organization invites ideas for more sustainable living summarized in short YouTube-style videos.
The organization will share the entries online, and the best video entry, as judged by an expert panel, will win $5,000.
Video entries may be up to three minutes in length. Entries will be accepted from January 1 to March 1, 2009. Winners will be announced April 1, 2009, in time for media coverage leading up to Earth Day. For more info, click here |
Project for Public Spaces is pleased to announce its Spring 2009 training courses!
Streets as Places and How to Turn a Place Around--being held in New York City in April 2009.
Registration is now available on the PPS website.
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"REAL FOOD IS..." YouTube VIDEO CONTEST
Action for Healthy Kids is one of the sponsors for the 4th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Portland , Oregon and the YouTube "Real Food is..." contest Win $1,000 to tell it like it is.
Open to K-12 and college students, this video contest runs until February 8, 2009. To enter, create a short video that completes the phrase "Real Food is..." and you can win $1,000 for your school food project and an all expense paid trip for the winner and chaperone to the 4th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference in Portland, Oregon. Go here for more details on contest rules and recommendations.
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WeAct is Looking for Volunteers!
Conference volunteers are needed prior to the conference and during both days of the conference. Hours are flexible , though they encourage students to participate and help with as much of the conference as possible.
Volunteer activities will primarily be during the conference, including registration, check-in, recording/blogging, signage, assisting with food set up, etc. In exchange for volunteering, students will be given free admittance to the conference, food, a conference bag and materials, and an opportunity to network with conference speakers and attendees.
Please find and fill out the attached volunteer survey. The survey will help me best match your interests and time with volunteer activities. If you have any questions please contact James Sabhudhi at: james@weact.org , climatejustice@weact.org, or 212-961-1000 ext. 320.
And please spread the word!
The conference website is weact.org/conference |
NYS Calorie Labeling
There is much progress in NYS on calorie labeling. As you know, New York City enacted a calorie labeling regulation for chain restaurants last spring. That regulation has been in effect for many months and appears to be making an impact. A published study on NYC calorie labeling revealed that customers purchased 52 fewer calories when calorie labeling was available on menus and menu boards at point of purchase.
If you would like to advocate for the introduction and passage of a calorie labeling measure in your county or city, please contact nancy.huehnergarth@nyshepa.org
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Two Healthy Eating Research Calls for Proposals Released
Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. The program has issued two new calls for proposals.
Healthy Eating Research:
Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2009
The Healthy Eating Research Round 4 Call for Proposals focuses on studies of policy and environmental strategies in four areas: food pricing and economic approaches; food and beverage marketing; improving access to healthy foods in low-income communities; and evaluations of promising food-related policy and environmental strategies in settings where children and their families make food choices.
More details and how to apply.
Healthy Eating Research New Connections 2009
Application Deadline: Feb. 24, 2009
This funding opportunity is for New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program. New Connections grants are for early career investigators from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented communities who bring special experience and expertise regarding the racial/ethnic and low-income populations and communities targeted by the Healthy Eating Research program.
This round of funding also focuses on studies of policy and environmental strategies in four areas: food pricing and economic approaches; food and beverage marketing; improving access to healthy foods in low-income communities; and evaluations of promising food-related policy and environmental strategies in settings where children and their families make food choices.
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On January 19th, MLK Day, The NYC Food and Fitness Partnership partnered with Public Health Solutions to sponsor a service day for City Year's "Young Heroes."
The Young Heroes helped to paint murals that will hang in multiple WIC centers to serve as colorful reminders of the healthy messages promoted by the new WIC Food Package.
The event was a great success! With the 120 middle school youth, the Partnership was able to produce a total of 30 portable murals that will be placed in various WIC agencies in NYC. We will be holding unveiling ceremonies to hang the murals and have the youth talk about their experience.
The Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program provides a monthly supplement of foods chosen to provide key nutrients for mothers and young children. New York State's WIC participation stands at over 500,000 as of September 2008. Almost 1 in 12 of these participants (approximately 44,000 women, infants and children) is served at one of the 15 Neighborhood WIC Program sites through Public Health Solutions.
Please contact: Elsa Gomez, Youth Leadership Project Associate, for more information on the project or the placement ceremonies.
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PARTNERSHIP NEWS
NYC Strategic Alliance for Health
The center for Disease Control has awarded a five year grant of $2.6 million to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to establish the New York City Alliance for Health ( NYC SAFH).
In the first year of the project the District Public Health Offices and the New York Academy of Medicine will convene key community institutions, civic leaders, coalitions and organizations to redefine alliance objectives and to develop and implement an action plan to reach these goals. The involvement of community partners will ensure that the alliance interventions build upon, complement and strengthen activities and programs currently serving these communities. Additionally, the initiative will engage national and international experts and resources to facilitate policy change to enhance the health of the community.
Some of the proposed objectives include:
- Expanding wellness councils in schools to develop school-wide health policies;
- Increasing training of classroom teachers to provide in-class physical fitness education;
- Increasing participation in free school breakfasts;
- Increasing the percentage of schools with salad bars;
- Decreasing low-nutrient, high calorie foods at bake sales and other fund-raising events;
- Decreasing low-nutrient, high calorie foods in vending machines in schools;
- Creating safe, attractive, measured walking paths;
- Closing of streets on weekends for recreation;
- Improving access to existing recreation facilities;
- Advocating for maintaining or increasing the number of neighborhood supermarkets;
- Increasing the enrollment in food stamps and potential to use food stamps at farmers' markets;
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Youth Engagement Event!
The NYC Food and Fitness Partnership's Youth Settings Action Team and Baum Forum are co-producing a unique event for NYC youth, ages 15 -24, to be held during spring break in April 2009. Opportunities for youth in food, farming and active living is the theme for a full day expo and conference being planned by and for NYC youth leaders who are interested in health, wellness, and sustainability in their own communities. Youth will gather to share their knowledge and expertise with each other and other youth, and to connect with organizations offering opportunities for further education, activism and career path introductions. This event serves as a catalyst for youth involvement and as a call for organizations and individuals to provide opportunities for youth.
Opportunities for Youth are needed now!
All NYC Food and Fitness Partners are asked to let us know us about opportunities they (or others) offer:
- unpaid to paid internships
- mentorships, apprentice programs, and jobs.
- information about youth enterprise projects
- peer-to-peer training programs, and relevant educational activities.
Organizations (including youth-led) with offerings are invited to exhibit and recruit for their programs; other organizations are asked to support this event as marketers, volunteers, and sponsors.
Youth Event Planners are needed now! All NYC Food and Fitness Partners are invited to recommend youth to become part of the youth planning team, meeting for the first time on February 10th. Opportunities for youth include: general conference planning, workshop and activity planning and facilitation, publicity and art development, and food planning.
We welcome questions, ideas and your involvement!
Contact Sarah Pappas at sarah@baumforum.org or Elsa Gomez at elsa@nycfoodandfitness.org and watch for further communications.
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS:
News from F&F Commmunity Grant Recipients
Womens Housing Econimic Development Company (WHEDCO)
WHEDCo's newest green development, Intervale Green, will open and become home to 128 low-income and formerly homeless families in January. WHEDCo has just launched a new website, www.movingday.org, to help furnish apartments for the many families who will be moving into Intervale Green from the city's homeless shelters with virtually no belongings. We are excited about offering a simple and concrete way to help support these families during this holiday season and encourage you to pass the link on to your friends and colleagues. Bronx River Alliance Receives Funding for Stormwater Capture Projects
The Alliance was recently awarded a total of $367,500 from the Bronx River Watershed Initiative (BRWI) to implement two stormwater capture projects that will advance priority recommended actions from the Bronx River Ecological Management and Restoration Plan (available at www.bronxriver.org/plans). One grant will be used by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation to enhance stormwater capture at the 211th Street Entrance to Shoelace Park. The Alliance will use the second grant to develop and implement a rainwater harvesting program in the Bronx River watershed. For information about the how stormwater runoff affects water quality and about how these two exciting projects will benefit the river, read more here. |
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Action Team Updates
The Youth Settings Action Team will be havng their first meeting of 2009 this month!
This meeting will be the first of many meetings to to help shape the youth initiative taking place this spring.
Dont miss it!
Date: Tuesday January 27th, 2009
Time: 4-6:00 pm
Location: City Harvest
575 W 8th Ave, 4th Floor,
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UPCOMING EVENTS
WE ACT PRESENTS: Advancing Climate Justice Conference
Online Registration is now available for WE ACT's upcoming groundbreaking conference: Advancing Climate Justice: Transforming the Economy, Public Health and Our Environment. You can access the online registration page directly by clicking here. Join us on January 29-30, 2009 as we come together to raise our voices and lead our community and country down the path toward achieving a just, responsible and sane climate-changed future by advocating for policies and programs that protect the most vulnerable communities of our country, and demanding action to create a just transition to a clean, renewable energy economy and future. JANUARY 29 - 30, 2009
POPE AUDITORIUM
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
33 WEST 60TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Questions about the conference should be addressed to: Stephanie Tyree (212) 961-1000 ext. 317 Stephanie@weact.org
Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman
(212) 961-1000 ext. 315
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PlaNYC exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York:
DECEMBER 11- APRIL 22
Growing and Greening New York: PlaNYC and the Future of the City, will make the complexities of greater environmental sustainability in New York City vivid, compelling, and understandable by bringing environmental concerns to life on an individual, human scale. Organized in terms of a typical day in the life of a New Yorker, the exhibition will explore six essential areas addressed by the Bloomberg Administration's ambitious five-borough plan for sustainability by 2030: water; transportation; energy; open space; land; and climate change. The exhibition will feature architectural models, interactive displays, diagrams, renderings, photographs, hands-on examples of new materials, videos, and more, many of which have been created expressly for the exhibition.
For more details on Growing and Greening New York click here.
Also chek out:
NOVEMBER 14 - MARCH 8
Made between 1982 and 1984, the photographs in Broken Glass: Photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson focus on the burned out, abandoned, and razed structures of entire city blocks in the South Bronx, documenting the aftermath of a widespread urban economic crisis that plagued the United States in the 1970s. Putting the political, economic and social causes for this collapse aside, Mortenson's photographs consider the land and loss in human terms. They project a haunting silence, reminding us that these neighborhood streets were cradles of the community, lined with the homes of individuals and families. Hints of a once prosperous district are revealed in Mortenson's work through a stark black-and-white portrayal of what remained.
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GRANTS AND FUNDING:
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Call for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is pleased to announce a new call for proposals (CFP) for Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities, a national program whose primary goal is to implement healthy eating and active living policy- and environmental-change initiatives that can support healthier communities for children and families across the United States. The program places special emphasis on reaching children at highest risk for obesity on the basis of race/ethnicity, income and/or geographic location.
The deadline for brief proposals is February 3, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time. All proposals must be submitted electronically through the RWJF Grantmaking Online system.
Go to www.healthykidshealthycommunities.org to download a copy of the CFP, review frequently asked questions (FAQs), register for an applicant conference call, and access the RWJF Grantmaking Online system. |
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