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January 2018 E-Newsletter:
News, Resources, and Upcoming Events
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Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! As the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO) kicks off a new year, we have several updates and other information below. Read on to learn more about how we're expanding our local community action network- the Healthy & Active Communities Network, new opportunities for communication and engagement, upcoming trainings and events, and new resources.
We look forward to continued partnership!
In solidarity,
Elissa Bassler
Executive Director, Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity
CEO, Illinois Public Health Institute
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Healthy & Active Communities Network Expands
One of the changes coming out of the IAPO strategic planning process is to expand the Healthy & Active Communities Network (HACN) to more broadly engage local community-based organizations and coalitions in shaping IAPO policy campaigns, sharing ideas and lessons learned with each other, and ensuring the needs of all communities across the state are addressed related to obesity prevention.
Originally a network of 50+ local wellness coalitions across the state, HACN will now include other community-based organizations that work directly with community members and/or who can provide a voice for communities that may have been underrepresented in IAPO's work in the past. This expansion will provide a more robust health equity lens to IAPO's work and allow for peer-learning and input from communities across the state.
HACN meets quarterly by conference call with the next call scheduled for Feb. 15th.
If you'd like to be part of this network, please email Janna.
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New Purpose and Ways to Engage in IAPO
In case you missed it last month, IAPO has an updated purpose statement!
New IAPO purpose statement:
The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO) is a multi-sector coalition that works for equitable and just opportunities for Illinoisans to eat healthy and be physically active to optimize their health and well-being. Through partnerships and collaboration, public awareness building, technical assistance and advocacy, IAPO:
- Develops, changes, and implements policies and systems to support nutrition and physical activity and eliminate social and institutional barriers to maintaining a healthy weight.
- Fosters communities and institutions that integrate healthy foods and beverages and physical activity choices into everyday activities.
New ways to engage:
IAPO is also making changes to the way we communicate and engage with partners. Several new ways of communicating will be available, while several of our general interest workgroups will dissolve. Here's what's in store for 2018:
- We'll continue to offer a monthly newsletter with coalition updates, upcoming events and new tools/resources related to obesity prevention.
- We'll continue to hold full coalition meetings in March (via webinar) and October (in-person) to allow for networking and input into our coalition work.
- The IAPO Leadership Committee will continue to meet monthly to provide strategic direction to the coalition.
- The Childhood Nutrition & Physical Activity in Educational Settings workgroup will continue to meet monthly to discuss P.E. and school wellness initiatives.
New/changing:
- Our workgroups will focus on specific advocacy/issue campaigns and will move away from general interest networking groups. This will allow for more efficient and effective use of everyone's time.
- We'll provide a new monthly policy and advocacy update with information about specific IAPO initiatives, messaging you can use/share in your organization and communities related to the initiatives, and upcoming policy/advocacy meetings of the coalition.
- We've launched a new IAPO Listserv as a way for all of our partners to communicate with each other about new resources, tools, advocacy actions, etc. Please let Janna know if you'd like to be included on the listserv.
- We'll expand our Healthy & Active Communities Network to focus more on health equity in communities across the state, with opportunities for grassroots groups to provide input into IAPO policy priorities.
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News, Research, Events and Funding Opportunities
Events:
- January 23, 2pm-3pm CST Webinar: Successfully market your Farm to School program! Hosted by the Illinois Farm to School Network, this webinar will share information about promoting your programming to your student customers to draw their interest and engage them. The webinar will talk about how marketing your Harvest of the Month and Great Apple Crunch programming will help you to hit the target and improve student acceptance of mandated foods. During the second half of the webinar discover how farm to school programs fit into school wellness goals and smarter lunchroom plans. Join on Computer or Smart Phone, on your phone: (312) 757-3121, Access Code: 293-291-517
- Good Food EXPO, March 24, 10:00 am- 5:00 pm, UIC Forum (725 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL)- The Good Food Festival returns March 24 to celebrate good food - local, sustainable, humane and fair. Attend workshops about Good Food Is Good Medicine, reducing food waste and more; shop for local foods at the Good Food Marketplace; watch celebrity chef demonstrations with Sarah Grueneberg, Rick Bayless, Ina Pinkney and others; participate in micro workshops and have your backyard soil tested on the Organic Valley Good Food Commons; connect kids to food with the Purple Asparagus Kids' Corner and Scavenger Hunt; eat at the Good Food Court; and much more. General Festival Admission is FREE with online registration (Master Class is $55 in advance, $65 at door). Learn more at GoodFoodExpo.org.
- Save the Date: Every Kid Healthy Week will be April 23-27, 2018. Learn more here.
- Save the Date: The Illinois Bike Summit will be held at University of Illinois at Chicago on Monday, May 7, 2018. Learn more here.
Upcoming full-day (6-hour) Pump Up P.E. trainings
A) Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Cost: Free! (funded by a grant from the Illinois Prevention Research Center at the UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy)
Location: Church of Christ, 500 W. Highland, Robinson, IL 62454. Accessible to Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland counties.
6 CPDUs hours available
Download the promotional flyer here.
B) Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm CST
Cost:
Free! (funded by a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health)
Location:
Rolland W. Lewis Community Building, 800 S 27th St, Mt Vernon, IL 62864
6 CPDU hours available
Download the promotional flyer
here.
C) Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm CST
Cost:
$75 - includes lunch
Location:
ROE #26, 130 S Lafayette St #200, Macomb, IL 61455
Download the promotional flyer here.
D) Date: Friday, March 2, 2018
Time: 8:15am-3:00pm CST
Cost:
Free for Kane County teachers, $75 for non-Kane County teachers
Location:
West Aurora High School, 1201 W New York St, Aurora, IL 60506
Download the promotional flyer
here.
E) Date: Thursday, March 8, 2018
Time: 8:30am-3:00pm CST
Cost: Free! (funded by a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health)
Location:
Specific location TBD. General location: Champaign-Urbana
Download the promotional flyer
here
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News & Resources:
- The Illinois State Board of Education has released the results of the first year of fitness testing data per the law that IAPO helped to pass to require all students in grades 3 through 12 to participate in annual fitness testing. You can view information about the results and a spreadsheet of the results by school in the "quick links" tab of the ISBE Enhanced P.E. webpage.
- The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is promoting resources for healthy checkouts at retailers, including the following:
Funding Opportunities:
- Ride Illinois will be awarding 40 schools - mostly elementary schools, could be high schools - up to $250 stipends each for teacher time to start using our free, online, plug-and-play BikeSafetyQuiz.com lesson as a 20-30 minute computer assignment. Age-appropriate lessons, with Secretary of State-approved content, have multiple-choice questions and interactive responses to teach your students. To learn more and apply, fill out the simple online form at www.surveymonkey.com/r/BCCWWC6. Stipend winners will be chosen starting in late-January.
- Voices for Healthy Kids is accepting applications for the Strategic Campaign Funds Open RFA opportunity through February 9, 2018. The opportunity aims to fund strategic issue advocacy campaigns focused on helping kids grow up at a healthy weight through state, local, and tribal public policy campaigns. Learn more here.
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About IAPO
The Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity (IAPO) is a multi-sector coalition that works for equitable and just opportunities for Illinoisans to eat healthy and be physically active to optimize their health and well-being. Through partnerships and collaboration, public awareness building, technical assistance and advocacy, IAPO: 1) develops, changes, and implements policies and systems to support nutrition and physical activity and eliminate social and institutional barriers to maintaining a healthy weight; 2) fosters communities and institutions that integrate healthy foods and beverages and physical activity choices into everyday activities.
This initiative was launched and is coordinated by the Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI). To learn more about IAPO, visit
www.preventobesityil.org
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Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity
Convened by the Illinois Public Health Institute
954 W. Washington Blvd., Ste. 405 MB 10,
Chicago, IL 60607
(312) 850-4744 voice
(312) 850-4040 fax
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Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity | Illinois Public Health Institute | 312-850-4744
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