Leveraging Policy Advocacy to Keep Students Healthy
The capacity to leverage policy advocacy and systems change is critical to scaling up and sustaining efforts to ensure that youth living in Promise Neighborhoods are healthy and connected to the necessary services and supports to prepare them for college and career success. During this webinar, Rosa Ramirez Richter (Healthy Schools Campaign) discussed best practices to achieve healthy nutrition and active living through policy advocacy and will highlight successful efforts in Chicago to build a parent-driven coalition that successfully reforms food and wellness policies at the district-level. Mk Nguyen (St. Paul Promise Neighborhood) and Patrick Ness (Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) shared St. Paul Promise Neighborhood’s successful efforts to achieve and sustain Promise Neighborhoods results by: building a diverse and effective coalition, partnering with community residents, and forging strong relationships with elected officials at the local, state, and federal level.
Filter by category:
Category F- Cradle to Career Pipeline (21) Apply Cradle to Career Pipeline filter
- Funding and Sustainability (14) Apply Funding and Sustainability filter
- Early Learning (11) Apply Early Learning filter
- Results Based Accountability (11) Apply Results Based Accountability filter
- Data and Evaluation (10) Apply Data and Evaluation filter
- K-12 (10) Apply K-12 filter
- Communications (5) Apply Communications filter
- Community Engagement (5) Apply Community Engagement filter
- Afterschool/Out of School Time (3) Apply Afterschool/Out of School Time filter
- Capacity Building (3) Apply Capacity Building filter
- Organizational Infrastructure (3) Apply Organizational Infrastructure filter
- Policy and Advocacy (3) Apply Policy and Advocacy filter
- College and Career (1) Apply College and Career filter
- Family Engagement (1) Apply Family Engagement filter
- School Climate (1) Apply School Climate filter
- Supportive Services (1) Apply Supportive Services filter
- Publications (37) Apply Publications filter
- Webinars (29) Apply Webinars filter
- Equity Summit 2015 (21) Apply Equity Summit 2015 filter
- Tools (21) Apply Tools filter
- Resource Guide (16) Apply Resource Guide filter
- Video (3) Apply Video filter
- Fact Sheets (2) Apply Fact Sheets filter
- Videos & Infographics (2) Apply Videos & Infographics filter