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Building Healthy Communities South Kern Celebrates Five Years!
More than 300 South Kern residents and BHC-SK partners celebrated five years of building a healthy community earlier this month at Sunset Middle School in Weedpatch. Families enjoyed a fun-filled event with great food and prizes.
BHC-SK presented the 2016 promises to the community, and community awards to those who have been committed to the BHC work and Action Planning process.
Thank you to everyone who joined us.
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Parent Education Program Graduates Its First Class
The Dolores Huerta Foundation's Vecinos Unidos and the Lamont School District's parent training program partnered to offer a parent training program and their first class graduated on Wednesday. The 10-week class, which began in S
eptem
ber aims to increase parent participation in schools by giving families
the tools needed to navigate the educational system and advocate for the best educational experience for their children to ensure success.
For more information please call the Dolores Huerta Foundation at (661) 322-3033 or visit
www.doloreshuerta.org.
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Social Media is Key to Get Your Message Across
Photo above: Josth Stenner, California Partnership; Jennifer Wood-Slayton, BHC-SK; Lorena Lara, Faith In Action Kern County, Frank Ramirez, Greenfield Family Resource Center; and Reyna Olaguez, BHC-SK
On Wednesday, BHC-SK partners and staff attended an encouraging social media training hosted by The California Endowment in Fresno where they learned strategies to lift up their work.
We asked Josth Stenner, "What did you learn from the social media training?"
I learned that it's important to "like" our partners status [on Facebook] as a means of elevating issues. The more likes you get initially influences visibility of the post. And to us
e different platforms to reach different audiences, and to include pictures because
captivating picture is worth more than a thousand words in social media.
BHC-SK will be hosting a Social Media Workshop at our All Partner meeting on Thursday, January 28 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the David Head Center in Lamont.
In the meantime... here is a Twitter Tip: Be a Follower - follow the accounts of organizations and influencers in your space. Monitor their accounts for information and inspiration. Re-tweet and/or favorite their content, especially if their message bolsters your work as well.
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South Kern Youth Attend Youth Media Conference in LA
Three youth journalists from the South Kern Sol youth media attended the BHC Youth Media Conference hosted by The California Endowment in Los Angeles in late October. The inspiring conference brought together youth journalists from all over California where they learned about the power of youth media.
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Gay and Lesbian Center of Bakersfield Celebrates Four Years
The Gay and Lesbian Center of Bakersfield celebrated their fourth anniversary earlier this month. Jan Hefner, the organization's Executive Director and BHC-SK partner, told KGET that they hope to expand continue to provide support to people that may not have it.
"Even though there have been a lot of strides in same sex marriage, there are still a lot of individuals who feel isolated. Sometimes they are rejected by their families and their own community," Hefner told KGET.
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BHC-SK Partners In the News...
Photo above: Roberto Sanchez, Jose Mireles, Mario Gomez, and Maria Eraña
Early this month, two BHC-SK partners who played a key role in advocating for the nearly $2 million dollar project that will bring
sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, and gutters to Lamont were interviewed by Radio Bilingue where they talked about this great win.
Jose Mireles and Roberto Sanchez, both members of Lamont Parent Partners, were interviewed by Radio Bilingue's Broadcasting Director in their Hora Mixteca. Mireles and Sanchez talked about their involvement with the
sidewalk project in Lamont.
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Save the Date: Dec. 15: Join Us for a Community Meeting to Discuss the Results of an Independent Study on Plan B
Plan B is the alternative plan for disposing Lamont's sewer water. Currently, Lamont Public Utilities District sends more than 1 million gallons of
sewer water a day to Recology, who purchased the composting facility from Community Recycling and Resource Recovery early this year. Recology uses the sewer water to irrigate compost.
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About Us
Building Healthy Communities is a comprehensive community initiative that is creating a revolution in how Californians think about and support health in their communities.
More than 2,500 residents, youth, businesses and organizations are leading the BHC-SK effort to improve 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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