Join the Healthy, Equitable, Active Land Use (HEALU) Network for Part 4 of our four-part summit series, Equity as a Through Line: Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities. In recent years, the voters of Los Angeles County have shown up at the ballot box and agreed to tax ourselves to support investments in safe and high-quality parks, affordable and accessible transportation, healthy and affordable housing, and a more water-conscious, water-resilient future. These new investments will generate over $1 billion per year in LA County for basic community infrastructure that has the potential to promote health, safety, livability, and sustainability. This summit will explore how we measure need and success in these efforts. Through interactive discussions and speaker presentations, we will explore questions such as:
- How will we know if we’re “moving the needle” on equity with these infrastructure measures?
- What should we measure and what data should we collect? What’s the next thing we need to map?
- What challenges and successes have we faced with each of the recent LA County infrastructure measures (A, H, M, and W)? How can we coordinate evaluation efforts across these measures?
- How can we better equip residents and community-based organizations to use data in their advocacy efforts?
When: November 14, 2019
Where: Community Coalition: 8101 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90044
Event link: Metrics for Healthy and Equitable Land Use https://tinyurl.com/HEALUNov2019
Speakers
- Featuring a keynote address by Dr. Manuel Pastor, Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE)
- Gregory Pierce, Associate Director of Research, UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
- Jill Sourial, Urban Conservation Program Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Jessica Meaney, Executive Director, Investing in Place
- Liz Crosson, Director of Infrastructure, Office of LA Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Paul Simon, Chief Science Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Norma E. García, Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation
- Jon Christensen, Researcher & Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
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Julie Sauter, Deputy City Engineer, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering
Additional speakers will be announced soon.
Transportation
Community Coalition (CoCo) is located in South LA and is served by bus access. We encourage people to take public transit in support of LA County services, or to walk, bike, or carpool. CoCo is a 20 min walk away from Harbor Transitway-Manchester (Metro Silver Line Sation) there is also a bus stop outside the building on Vermont Ave and 81st Street.
Parking
Street parking is available on 81st St and the surrounding streets. Please note, parking can be difficult, the parking lot is for employees only.
Questions
For more information, please contact Vanessa Shih at vanessa@preventioninstitute.org or 323-294-4527.
Equity as a Through Line: A Four-Part Summit Series on Social Movements, Public Finance, and Infrastructure Investments for Healthy Communities
- Part 1 - Ensuring Equity in Infrastructure Investments (May 2, 2019)
- Part 2 - Building Capacity in Under-Resourced Communities (June 13, 2019)
- Part 3 - Enhancing Community Engagement Practices (September 9, 2019)
- Part 4 - Measuring Need and Success: Metrics for Healthy, Equitable Land Use (November 2019)
Thank you to our co-sponsors:
