February 2020
- Highlights -
Filling out the #2020Census is quick and easy. Starting March 12th, you can respond online, by mail, or by phone. Get Counted, Long Beach! #LBCounts2020 www.longbeach.gov/census
Advancing Equity in Long Beach
Julian Cernuda
2020 Census Project Manager
City of Long Beach
Julian Cernuda manages the City of Long Beach’s internal planning, coordination, and execution of Census 2020 efforts and leads a citywide census collaborative to ensure all Long Beach residents, and specially historically hard-to-count communities, get counted. Julian was previously a Management Assistant for the City of Long Beach. Julian graduated from Wabash College with a double major in Political Science and Spanish, and earned his Master in Public Administration and Certificate in City and County Management at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, at the University of Southern California.
Hear from Julian:

“We have the responsibility to count everyone in the 2020 Census. We are taking a collaborative approach by working with all city departments and external partners to ensure historically hard-to-count communities in Long Beach get counted.”
- News & Events -
February is Black History Month

The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.

Read more about The 1619 Project.

The 1619 Project

American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's true origin.

Read more
www.nytimes.com
Redlining & Health Equity: How Health Systems Can Help Dismantle Structural Racism
Hospitals and health systems are increasingly looking to move upstream to improve care and outcomes. As these industry leaders work to improve individual social needs and community-level social determinants of health, some trailblazers are looking even further upstream — to the structural determinants of health equity.
Address one of the most pervasive forms of structural racism: redlining. We'll hear national leaders explain historic and ongoing impacts of redlining on community health, including real-life examples. And we'll share concrete suggestions on ways health systems and partners can help dismantle, mitigate, and prevent redlining.  
#UndoRedlining

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
  • Describe the history of redlining in America
  • Identify the impact of redlining on current efforts to improve social determinants of health and equity
  • Detail at least three ways health systems and community partners can help dismantle and prevent redlining 

Watch on Wednesday, March 4, 10:30 a.m. PT / 1:30 p.m. ET
FREE REGISTRATION

Can't attend the live event? By registering, you will be able to access a recorded version of the webinar later.


Career Opportunity in Long Beach

If you love children and community engagement the Long Beach Forward wants YOU. Long Beach Forward is now hiring a committed candidate as the Children & Families Program Director.

Long Beach Forward’s Children & Families Program Director bridges multiple initiatives and drives our organizational strategy to improve the quality of life for children and families in Long Beach. Core to this position is a strong background in organizing skills and strategy and the ability to support the development of staff and high-functioning teams. The Children & Families Program Director serves as a representative for this area of Long Beach Forward’s work and embodies our community-identified priorities and organizational positions and practices in their interactions with residents, partner organizations, key decision makers, and funders.  

ABOUT LONG BEACH FORWARD: Organizational Background & Description Long Beach Forward (previously known as the support organization for Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach) was established in 2010 to coordinate the collaborative efforts of The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative in Long Beach. Long Beach Forward now also provides coordination support to Best Start Central Long Beach, We Count Long Beach, and other local and regional initiatives.  

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