Wondering how health and transportation access fit together?

CPEHN - California Pan-Ethnic Health Network - is holding its spring convening series, "The Road to Health: Improving Community Wellbeing Through Transportation in Oakland," this Thursday, May 5. This workshop will focus on the impact of transportation on health and advocacy efforts underway in California to ensure cleaner air, safer streets and accessible services.

Featuring presentations from TransForm, a leading transportation advocacy organization, and local advocates, this convening series promises to provide stimulating discussion on how to create sustainable, healthy and active communities through planning decisions.

Participants will:

-Gain an understanding of the impact of transportation on health;
-Engage with community members working on safe routes to school, access to public transportation and other important issues; and
-Strategize on local, statewide, and federal advocacy efforts to influence transportation planning policies.

Oakland Materials:

• 6 Big Wins for Social Equity in SCS, Public Advocates
• Healthy Transportation, Healthy Communities, Stuart Cohen, TransForm
• Regional Planning in the Bay Area: What's at Stake for Social Equity, Public Advocates

General Resources:

• Active Transportation: Making the Link from Transportation to Physical Activity and Obesity, Active Living Research
• Dangerous By Design, Transportation for America
• Dangerous By Design California Fact Sheet, Transportation for America
• Global Trade Impacts: Addressing the Health, Social and Environmental Consequences of Moving International Freight through Our Communities, Occidental College and USC
• Healthy Communities Policy Factsheet, Transportation For America
• Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy, PolicyLink and Prevention Institute
• Moving in a New Direction, Transportation for America
• Promising Strategies for Creating Healthy Eating and Active Living Environments, Prevention Institute
• Residents Live in Communities with Health-Promoting Land Use, Transportation, and Community Development, The California Endowment
• SB 375 Fact Sheet, TransForm
• Transportation, Public Health and Safety, Transportation For America

TAKE ACTION

"The Road to Health: Improving Community Wellbeing Through Transportation
Oakland" will be held at The California Endowment, 1111 Broadway, Seventh Floor inOakland. The session is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Register for event here.

Cost: $25 for the General Public/$10 for CPEHN Network Members.

If you have already joined CPEHN's Network, REGISTER at a REDUCED RATE of $10.

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Scholarships for the registration fee are available. Please fill out the Fee Waiver Form and fax it to (510) 832-1175; you will receive a response in two to three business days.