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| BHC-SK Resident and Youth Summits, March. 21 Our first BHC-SK Resident Summit is this Saturday, March 21 at Arvin High School! This will be an opportunity for us to engage South Kern residents in the Action Planning process at a level we haven't in the past. Residents who attend will hear about best practice strategies from Kern and across California to address issues similar to what we've identified here in South Kern, and then we'll be able to give meaningful input into the strategy development of our plan. Please help us spread the word and ensure that local residents who can help shape our Action Plan hear about this event and attend. Partners can help us by:
- Posting a flyer in your business/organization
- Sharing flyers and encouraging your clients/members/partners to attend
- Sharing flyers and encouraging employees of your organization who live in South Kern to attend
- Sharing with other networks who can pass along this information to those who live in South Kern
- Sharing on your organization's Facebook and/or Twitter page!
If you would like printed flyers or posters, please contact Marina in our office ([email protected]). And if there is anything else we can do to help you share this with those you serve, please let us know. Click here to download the Resident Summit Flyer Click here to download the Youth Summit Flyer Thanks! Jennifer Wood HUB Manager |
BHC-SK Leaders Shine in the Leaders in Life Conference
Last week Annalisa Robles, Program Manager for Building Healthy Communities South Kern, was invited to moderate a youth panel on the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) at the Kern County Superintendent of Schools annual Leaders in Life conference. The students expressed that they would like more appetizing school lunches, they would like to have after school programs, and more sports activities.
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) requires districts to consult parents, students and community members to draw up an LCAP for spending additional State funds meant for English-language learners, students in foster care, and low-income students.
Robles emphasized the importance of youth involvement with the LCAP process and underlined the fact that this is their opportunity to shift power.
"It has taken 40 years to be able to refinance how schools are being funded," explained Robles. "We need to figure out as a State how are we going to start reducing suspensions and expulsions? How are we going to start reducing truancy? How are we going to be able to create school environments where young people feel welcomed? So that young people can feel they are ready to learn? So that we can start closing the achievement gap."
Maria Pantoja and Adriana Gonzalez, BHC-SK youth leaders, also presented at the Leaders in Life Conference on the "Beautiful Parks, Healthy Communities" campaign. The presentation gave an overview of the
park ordinances process. Youth Leaders also reported on how the City of Arvin passed an ordinance banning tobacco at Kovacevich and Smotherman Parks.
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"Guardian Angel" Provides Low Cost Surgery to Uninsured
South Kern Sol, News Report, Alfredo Camacho
Photo above: Sara Sanchez
Last October, Sara Sanchez found herself being wheeled into an operating room by doctors from the organization Cirug�a sin Fronteras (Surgery Without Borders).
"I told Dr. [Jorge] Enriquez, 'You're my guardian angel,' when they were taking me to the operating room," said Sanchez. "He said that they'd take care of everything and that it'd be fine."
Sanchez, a working mother of three from Greenfield, ended up in the Emergency Room when she felt pain and discomfort that was too severe to ignore.
"I started feeling very ill, a pain around my stomach and extending toward my back, as well as down toward an ovary," said Sanchez. "I experienced this for about six months. It began impeding my work life. I couldn't lift heavy objects," she said.
As an employee of Costco on Panama Lane, the pain threatened her livelihood, and she knew she needed to see a doctor.
Read the full story here.
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About Us
Building Healthy Communities is a comprehensive community initiative that is creating a revolution in the way Californians think about and support health in their communities. Residents are proving that they can make health happen in their neighborhoods, schools and with prevention-and in doing so, they are creating a brighter future for their children.
Over 2,000 residents, youth, businesses and organizations are leading the BHC-SK effort to positively change the health of our communities through a shared vision, goals and action plan. Residents in Arvin, Lamont, Weedpatch, and the unincorporated areas of Greenfield are proving that we have the power to make health happen in our communities.
BHC-SK is promoting healthy change in the areas of:
- Education: Improving education from pre-K through adult education
- Environment: Creating a healthy environment with clean air and water
- Health Access: Increasing access to a better health care system
- Recreation: Improving recreational activities, facilities and parks
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We have the power to build healthy communities for the next generation.
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About the Youth Summit
The youth summit aims to inspire and empower young people in South Kern. The interactive format of the summit includes local leaders and panelist who will address issues affecting teens.
The break-out sessions include topics such as student leadership, advocacy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA), and AB60 Driver License Implementation.
Youth Summit
Saturday, March 21
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Arvin High School
900 Varsity Rd, Arvin
FREE Food, Prizes, Music and Raffle!
Resident Summit
Saturday, March 21
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Arvin High School
900 Varsity Rd, Arvin
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