Dates/Time
June 13, 2019
8:30 am-1:00 pm
Location
LA84 Foundation
Please join the HEALU Network for Part 2 of our four-part summit series, Equity as a Through Line: Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities. Part 2 will explore crucial but overlooked challenges facing unincorporated areas, small cities, and under-resourced communities, like the need to compete against larger and wealthier communities for grant dollars, the lack of sustained funding for community-based organizations to facilitate engagement and monitor highly-technical implementation processes, and a system that often favors “shovel-ready” projects over investing in long-term community capacity. Speakers will also reflect on what’s working well and how together we can build capacity in under-resourced communities across LA County and beyond.
Speakers
- Alina Bokde, Deputy Director of Planning & Development, Los Angeles County Department of Parks & Recreation – Keynote
- Andre Quintero, Mayor, City of El Monte, CA
- Christine Petit, Executive Director, Long Beach Forward
- Daniela Simunovic, Senior Program Analyst, California Strategic Growth Council
- David Diaz, Executive Director, Active San Gabriel Valley
- Derek Steele, Health Equity Programs Director, Social Justice Learning Institute
- Jean Armbruster, Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health PLACE Program
- Jorge Morales, Mayor, City of South Gate, CA