Creating healthy communities that influence healthy living

For staff and trustees of grantmaking organizations and invited guests by invitation only

Learn about The Convergence Partnership, a national collaboration of funders working together to create environments that promote good health.

Funders in Connecticut are investing time, energy and resources to help children and families live better. Hear from leaders of the partnership about its focus on equity, social justice and environmental change, and its strategies to foster community prevention approaches. The discussion will address:

• the fact that communities that lack access to healthy and affordable food and safe places for children to play have the highest rates of childhood obesity, diabetes, asthma, traffic-related injuries and other injuries and diseases
• how partnerships comprised of diverse stakeholders including local leaders, residents, and public health departments, school districts, planning commissions/departments, transportation officials, police departments, air resources agencies, local businesses, childcare centers, and community groups can effect change

Presentation Participants

• Dr. Gillian Barclay, Vice President, Programs, Aetna Foundation
• Angela McGowan, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Amanda Navarro, Associate Director, PolicyLink

Easy registration, just click the link above.

Click here for directions to Graustein Memorial Fund.

For more information contact Deb Werner at 860-525-5585 or dwerner@ctphilanthropy.org

Special thanks to the Aetna Foundation for their assistance in coordinating and supporting this program.

*In 2006, a collaboration of funders came together to create the  Convergence Partnership, with the shared goal of changing policies and environments to better achieve the vision of healthy people living in unhealthy places. The national steering committee includes representatives from Ascension Health, The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente, Kresge Foundation, Nemours, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serve as critical technical advisors on the committee. Through multi-field, equity focused efforts the partnership will seek to achieve its aims supported by PolicyLink, a national research and action institute devoted to advancing economic and social equity. The Prevention Institute serves as the partnership’s research and strategic advisor.