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Infused throughout all aspects of our society, racism corrupts our entire social fabric. To improve intergenerational well-being and equity in our communities, we must first acknowledge our legacy of racism and understand the role that interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism play in creating avoidable disparities. The Racial Justice Journey Library offers a place to start: a compilation of resources and tools for people, communities, and organizations to learn, reflect, and take action to address racism in their work and lives.
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#TrendingTopic: Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are serious mental and physical health conditions, which impact over 28.8 million Americans—9% of the U.S. population. They have the second highest fatality rate among behavioral health conditions ( surpassed only by opioid overdose) in the country, resulting in over 10,000 deaths each year. Eating disorders impact every aspect of life. Learn more about impacts and solutions for this critical public health issue, and explore a new set of Community Commons resources on the topic.
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New NRPA Toolkit Helps Park and Recreation Agencies Secure Funding for Health and Wellness Programs
Explore the National Recreation and Park Association's new toolkit: Financing Health and Wellness Programs for Park and Recreation Professionals. Learn about funding challenges, common questions, and an innovative program that successfully established connections with a health insurer to reimburse evidence-based physical activity classes for older adults.
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Confronting Environmental Racism: Justice at the Intersections of Environment and Race
In theory, environmental risks like air pollution and global warming don’t discriminate across geographic or political boundaries. In reality, however, the burden of climate change has been placed squarely on the shoulders of low-income and marginalized groups across the globe. Learn about root causes, health consequences, and silo-busting solutions.
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Explore the Equitable Economies Policy Library
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Advancing Equitable Economies Policy Library (Equitable Economies Library)—a searchable, online library of 130+ policies that can be leveraged to advance more equitable economies. The library lives on Community Commons and is designed for advocates to explore policies that can advance a more equitable, well-being economy for all.
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Project Update: The Good Food Impact Hub
The publicly-available Good Food Impact Hub helps advocates quantify and make the case for better food purchasing policies. Designed with policymakers, advocates, and communities in mind, the Impact Hub calculates potential economic, health, and environmental benefits of adopting values-based procurement strategies, and gives users stories, data, and resources to support advocacy work.
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5 Data Lessons from the Pandemic
Eighteen months since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the world, and sixteen years since we learned this lesson from Hurricane Katrina, good data is the path toward an equitable recovery. Learn about Pandemic to Prosperity's top 5 lessons learned from the pandemic and disaster data, including insights on data granularity, capacity, quality standards, decision-making power, and leveraging partnerships.
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