Get Involved in a Local Group!

California is home to many strong and vibrant coalitions leading the charge to make healthy eating and physical activity a reality for all Californians.  Strategic Alliance encourages you to get involved with a local coalition. 

• Bay Area
• Central Coast
• Central Valley
• Desert Sierra
• Gold Coast
• Gold Country
• Los Angeles
• North Coast
• Orange County
• San Diego & Imperial
• Sierra Cascade

Local California Groups by Region

Here you'll find groups that welcome public participation in their efforts to ensure that our schools, neighborhoods and workplaces provide opportunities to eat healthy and get active.

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

Bay Area Region

Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara

Alameda County Physical Activity Coalition

Region: Alameda County

Contact: Brooke Kuhn

Phone: 510-595-6482

Email: Brooke.Kuhn@acgov.org

Bay Area Nutritional and Physical Activity Collaborative (BANPAC)

Region: All Bay Area Counties

Website: www.banpac.org

Contact: Janet Leader

Phone: 408-792-5131

Email: Janet.Leader@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us

Greenbelt Alliance

Region: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Sonoma

Website: http://www.greenbelt.org/index.shtml

Contact: Michele Beasley

Phone: 408-983-0856

Email: mbeasley@greenbelt.org

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – Alameda County

Region: Alameda County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Diane Woloshin

Phone: 510-595-6458

Email: diane.woloshin@acgov.org

Healthy Eating, Active Living - Richmond

Region: Richmond, Contra Costa County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Barbara Becnel

Phone: 510-235-9780

Email: barbbec@pacbell.net

Healthy Silicon Valley

Region: Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County

Website: www.healthysilicovalley.org

Contact: Armor Santiago

Phone: 408-879-8428

Email: AmorS@healthtrust.org

Livable City

Region: San Francisco County

Website: http://livablecity.org/

Contact: Tom Radulavich

Phone: (415) 344-0489

Email: tom@livablecity.org

Marin County Bicycle Coalition

Region: Marin County

Website: http://www.marinbike.org/Index.htm

Contact: Kim Baenish

Phone: (415) 456-3469

Email: kim@marinbike.org

Nutrition Network

Region: All Bay Area Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Bonnie Broderick

Phone: 510 -235-9780

Email: bonnie.broderick@hhs.co.santa-clara.ca.us

Peninsula Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition

Region: San Mateo County

Website: http://www.pbpc.svbcbikes.org/index.php

Contact: Steve Vanderlip

Phone: 650-571-5830

Email: Steve1214@hotmail.com

People Acting in Community Together (PACT)

Region: Santa Clara County

Website: http://www.pactsj.org/

Contact: Alicia Ross

Phone: 408-910-6309

Email: aliciaross@pactsj.org

San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Region: San Francisco

Website: http://www.sfbike.org/

Contact: Leah Shahum

Phone: 415-431-2453

Email: leah@sfbike.org

San Mateo County Prevention of Childhood Obesity Taskforce

Region: San Mateo County

Website: http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/smc/department/home/0,,1954_5352214_593847377,00.html

Contact: Jennifer Gross

Phone: 650-573-2319

Email: jgross@co.sanmateo.ca.us

Shape Up San Francisco

Region: San Francisco County

Contact: Christina Carpenter

Phone: 415-581-2422

Email: Christina.Carpenter@sfdph.org

Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC)

Region:  all Bay Area counties

Website: www.transcoalition.org

Contact: Marta Lindsey

Phone: 510-740-3150 x321

Email: Marta@transcoalition.org

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

 

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Central Coast Region

Counties: Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz

Central Coast Hunger Coalition

Region: All Central Coast Counties

Contact: Lee Mercer

Phone: 831-722-7110 ext. 220

Email: lee@thefoodbank.org

Go for Health!

Region: Santa Cruz County

Contact: Shebreh Kalantari
Phone: 831.465.2207
E-mail:  skalantari@unitedwaysc.org

Nutrition Network - Central Coast

Region: All Central Coast Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Christine Moss

Phone: 831-647-7819

Email: mosscd@co.monterey.ca.us

People Power

Region: Santa Cruz County

Website: http://www.peoplepowersc.org/

Contact: Micah Posner

Phone: 831-425-0665

Email: micah@peoplepowersc.org

Salinas Steps

Region: Salinas, Monterey County

Website: http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/health/communityhealth/steps.htm

Contact: Susan Stuart

Phone: 831-755-4641

Email: stuartsm@co.monterey.ca.us

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Central Valley Region

Counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare

Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP)

Region: Fresno County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera County, Merced County, and Tulare County.

Website: http://www.csufresno.edu/ccchhs/institutes_programs/CCROPP/index.shtml

Contact: Veva Islas-Hooker

Phone: 559-228-2150

Email: gislas@csufresno.edu

Fresno Metro Ministries

Region: Central Valley

Website: http://www.fresnometmin.org/

Contact: Edith (Edie) Jessup

Phone: 559-485-1416

Email: edie@fresnometmin.org

Get Moving Kern

Region: Kern County

Website: http://www.getmovingkern.org/

Contact: Jennifer Lopez

Phone: 661-636-4484

Nutrition Network - Central Valley

Region: All Central Valley Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Nichole Mosqueda

Phone: 559-456-7210

Email: lnmosqueda@ucdavis.edu

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Desert Sierra Region

Counties: Inyo, Riverside, and San Bernardino

Nutrition Network - Desert Sierra

Region: All Desert Sierra Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Melodee Lopez

Phone: 909-387-6318

Email: jsilberstein@dph.sbcounty.gov

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Gold Coast Region

Counties: San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura

Nutrition Network-Gold Coast

Region: All Gold Coast Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Rigoberto Vargas

Phone: 805-677-5328

Email: rigoberto.vargas@ventura.org

Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition

Region: Santa Barbara County

Website: http://www.sbbike.org/index.html

Contact: Ralph Fertig

Phone: 805-962-1479

Email: sb-ralph@cox.net

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Gold Country Region

Counties: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba

Healthy Eating, Active Living - Modesto

Region: Modesto, Stanislaus County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Cleopathia Moore

Phone: 209-558-6010

Email: cmoore@schsa.org

Nutrition Network - Gold Country

Region: All Gold Country Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Melissa Guajardo

Phone: 916-556-3344

Email: Melissa@healthedcouncil.org

Walk Sacramento

Region: Sacramento County

Website: http://www.walksacramento.org/

Contact: Hong Zhang

Phone: 916-446-9255
Email: hong@smf.org

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Los Angeles Region

 Counties: Los Angeles

African Americans Building a Legacy of Health

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://www.chc-inc.org/REACH2010/AABLH.cfm

Contact: Mia D. Boykin

Phone: 323-295-9372 Ext. 216

Email: mia@chc-inc.org

Alliance for a Better Community

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: www.afabc.org

Contact: Sandra Trinidad

Phone: 213-250-0052 Ext. 216

Email: sandra@afabc.org

Alliance for a Livable Los Angeles

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: www.livableplaces.org/policy/alliance.html

Contact: Jennifer Allen

Phone: (213) 622-5980

Email: jallen@livableplaces.org

Amigos de los Rios

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: www.amigosdelosrios.org/index.htm

Contact: Claire Robinson

Phone: 626-798-2833

Email: info@amigosdelosrios.org

Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://www.breastfeedingtaskforla.org/

Contact: Karen Peters
Phone: (213) 596-5776

Email: kpeters@breastfeedla.org 

Community Coalition-South Los Angeles

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://ccsapt.charityfinders.org/About%20Us

Contact: Marqueece Harris-Dawson
Phone: 323-750-9087
Email: sheilagh@ccsapt.org

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – Baldwin Park

Region: Baldwin Park, Los Angeles County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Rosa Soto

Phone: 626-961-1179

Email: ccphasoto@earthlink.net

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – South Los Angeles

Region: South Los Angeles

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Aurora Flores

Phone: 323-235-6343

Email: aflores@accelerated.org

Hunger Action Los Angeles

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://www.hungeractionla.org

Contact: Frank Tamborello
Phone: 213-388-8228
Email: frank@hungeractionla.org

Latino Urban Forum

Region: Los Angeles County

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Contact: James Rojas

Phone: 213-629-9122

Email: luf00@hotmail.com

Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://labike.org/

Contact: Matt Benjamin

Phone: 213-629-2142

Email: matt@labike.org

Los Angeles Collaborative for Healthy, Active Children

Website: http://www.lapublichealth.org/nut/LACOLLAB_Files/lacollab.htm

Contact: Sheetal Monga

Phone: 213-351-7447

Email: smonga@ladhs.org

Los Angeles Community Action Network

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://www.cangress.org/food_access.htm

Phone: 213-228-0024

Email: info_lacan@cangress.org

Los Angeles Region Project LEAN

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://phps.dhs.co.la.ca.us/nut/plean.htm

Contact: Dr. Shirley Thornton

Phone: (213) 351-7889 

Los Angeles Walks

Region: Los Angeles County
Contact: Deborah Murphy
Phone: 323 661-3173
Email: deborah.murphy@adelphia.net

Nutrition Network

Contact: Johana Asarian- Anderson

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Phone: 213-351-7889

Email: janderson@dhs.co.la.ca.us

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 / Community Health Councils

Region: South Los Angeles

Website: www.chc-inc.org

Contact: Gwen Flynn

Phone: 323-295-9372 ext. 18

Email: gwen@chc-inc.org

The Transit Coalition

Region: Los Angeles County

Website: http://thetransitcoalition.us/

Contact: Bart Reed

Phone: 818-367-1661

Email: info@thetransitcoalition.us

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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North Coast Region

Counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma

Healthy Eating, Active Living – Santa Rosa

Region: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Chris Bekins

Phone: 707-565-6625

Email: cbekins@sonoma-county.org

Nutrition Network-North Coast

Region: Humboldt County

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Joyce Houston

Phone: 707-441-4652

Email: jhouston@co.humboldt.ca.us

Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition

Region: Sonoma County

Website: http://www.bikesonoma.org

Contact: Tim Bacon

Phone: 707-545-0153

Email: tim@bikesonoma.org

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

 

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Orange County Region

Counties: Orange

Active Living in Santa Ana (ALISA)

Community Action Partnership of Orange County

Contact: Dolores Barrett

Website: http://capoc.org/

Phone: 714-899-3684 ext. 5301

Email: dbarrett@capoc.org

Fullerton Collaborative

Region: Fullerton, Los Angeles County

Website: http://www.fullertoncollaborative.org/

Contact: Pam Keller

Phone: 714-447-2884
Email: pam_keller@fsd.k12.ca.us

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – Santa Ana

Region: Santa Ana

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Leah Fraser

Phone: 714-542-7792

Email: lfraser@latinohealthaccess.org

Nutrition Network

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Maridet Castro Ibanez

Phone: 714-834-8092

Email: mibanez@ochca.com

Orange County Nutrition, Physical Activity Collaborative (NuPAC)

Website: http://www.ochealthinfo.com/public/nutrition/nupac/nupac.htm

Contact: Anna Luciano

Phone: 714-834-8673

Email: aluciano@ochca.com

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

 

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San Diego & Imperial Region

Counties: Imperial and San Diego

California Black Health Network

Region: Statewide

Contact: Denise Adams-Simms

Phone: 619-295-5413

Email: das@cbhn.org

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – Chula Vista

Region: Chula Vista, San Diego County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Dana Richardson

Phone: 619-472-4607

Email: RicharDL@pvh.ah.org

Nutrition Network-San Diego / Imperial

Region: All San Diego & Imperial Counties

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Sabrina Schuck

Phone: 619-681-0679

Email: slschuck@ucd.edu

San Diego County Bicycle Coalition

Region: San Diego County

Website: http://www.sdcbc.org/index.html

Contact: Kathy Keehan

Phone: 858-487-6063

Email: execdir@sdcbc.org

Walk San Diego

Region: San Diego

Website: www.walksandiego.org

Contact: Marcia Banks

Email: join@walksandiego.org

 

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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Sierra Cascade Region

Counties: Butte Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity

Healthy Eating, Active Communities – South Shasta

Region: South Shasta, Shasta County

Website: http://healthyeatingactivecommunities.org/

Contact: Michele Erickson

Phone: 530-378-6060

Email: healthy@shasta.com

Nutrition Network-Sierra Cascade

Region: Sierra Cascade County

Website: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/cpns/network/

Contact: Patricia Mannel

Phone: 530-345-2483

Email: pmannel@healthcollaborative.org

Don’t see the coalition you are looking for?

Contact Linda@preventioninstitute.org if you’d like to see a coalition listed here or if information needs updating.  Strategic Alliance links with groups working to change policies and organizational practices to make communities healthier.

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