Posts Tagged as "Health"

East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Jun. 7, 2012 / By
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East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice is a community-based organization that works to facilitate self-advocates in Southeast Los Angeles, by providing FREE workshops and trainings and hosting community meetings, to prepare our communities to engage in the decision-making processes that directly impact the health and quality of life in the local area...

The Children’s Clinic

Jun. 6, 2012 / By
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Visit The Children’s Clinic at
http://www.thechildrensclinic.org/

Health Education and Outreach

The Health Education and Outreach (HEO) Department at TCC is made up of a dedicated team of Community Health Workers, Volunteer Promotores (Health Promoters) and health education and behavioral change specialists...

Coachella Mural Celebrates Community Wellness

Jun. 1, 2012 / By
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A First 5 Riverside AmeriCorps volunteer helps a young girl place her handprint on the new mural at Coachella’s Bagdouma Park.
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Study: One in 10 U.S. Veterans Has No Health Insurance

May. 31, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Peter Schurmann, Posted: May 28, 2012

One in 10 veterans under the age of 65 is currently living without health insurance and reports not using Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, according to a new study examining health care access for retired service members.

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When Alzheimer’s Meets Race, Black Caregivers Face Toughest Challenges

May. 30, 2012 / By
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Twin Cities Daily Planet/New America Media, News Feature, Andrea Parrott,  Photo: Juanita and Chuck Williams

Part 3 of a series...

Advocates Rush to Provide Health Care for Poor and Minorities

May. 26, 2012 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Tram Nguyen, Posted: May 25, 2012
OAKLAND, Calif.–Laura Lopez was running late...

Spring Street Farm Project

May. 23, 2012 / By
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FROM KCET.org

Jesse Frutos is a third-generation farmer in California, tilling the same land in the town of Cypress that his grandfather did.

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Health Care Where You Live

May. 20, 2012 / By
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See what implementation means for your state. From grants to new services and programs, find out how the Affordable Care Act is helping you where you live...

Envisioning a Healthier Future Symposium

May. 20, 2012 / By
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Time: 9:00 AM
Registration Time: 8:00 AM
City of Long Beach Gas/Oil Department
2400 East Spring Street
Long Beach, CA 90806

Envisioning a Healthier Future: Improving the Health of Women, Infants and Families through a Life Course Perspective...

Bike Bakersfield Uses Event To Outreach

May. 18, 2012 / By
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By LUZ PEÑA/South Kern Sol

BAKERFIELD – Bike Bakersfield will host a two day-event to get families on their bikes...

The Weight of the Nation

May. 15, 2012 / By
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Bringing together the nation’s leading research institutions, THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION is a presentation of HBO and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente...

Community Voices: Jose Landino

May. 13, 2012 / By
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Jose Landino is a Long Beach hotel worker. He tells VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez what a healthy Long Beach looks like to him...