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Winter 2007 – Volume 3, No. 1

Students from LA’s Best, an after-school program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, performed dances from cultures around the world at the Healthy Neighborhood Festival, including this Polynesian routine.
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Viver Brasil, an Afro-Brazilian dance ensemble in Los Angeles, led LA’s Best students in a street parade from Olvera Street to the site of the Healthy Neighborhood Festival on The Endowment’s campus.
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Binational Health Week (BHW) kicked off with an opening day luncheon and policy strategy sessions attended by leading policymakers, including California state Sen. Gil Cedillo. BHW is an annual effort with a mission to offer health promotion and education programs to migrants and immigrants from Mexico and Central America..
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Students attending the Los Angeles Unified School District’s 6th Annual Nutrition Advisory Council Symposium on Sept. 25 prepared their favorite after-school snack. The councils are student-led groups that do peer nutrition education.
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On Dec. 6, the Center for Healthy Communities hosted political communicator and consultant Frank Luntz for a Center Scene Public Program called The Language of Health Reform. Dr. Luntz ran the program as a public focus group and interactive discussion about the best ways to communicate messages about health care..
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Children hula-hooped at the second annual Healthy Neighborhood Festival, which took place at The Endowment’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters on Oct. 13. The festival’s theme was “Groove to Your Health” and showed the connection between dance and fitness.
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Mike Murphy listens to a fellow panelist during the Dec. 11 Center Scene Public Program Putting Health Reform through the Spin Cycle.
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Students take a physical activity break at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Nutrition Advisory Council Symposium.
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More than 200 people attended Reclaiming Youth: How Los Angeles Can Become a Model for Gang Violence Prevention at the Center for Healthy Communities on Nov. 15. Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick, far right, moderated a conversation with panelists, from left to right, Diego Vigil, Connie Rice and Rev. Jeff Carr.
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