Getting Motivated
March 14, 2022
Practicum: New Orleans Health Department, Community Health Data
Community Health Data Internship, Summer 2015 Background: The New Orleans Health Department (NOHD) aims to prevent chronic disease and promote healthy behaviors through its healthy lifestyles program focus area and Fit NOLA initiative. A mayoral initiative, Fit NOLA brings together 200 organizational partners in a collective impact project to promote physical activity and healthy eating…
Practicum: The Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal
The Center for Ethical Living and Social Justice Renewal has a mission to serve as a catalyst in New Orleans and beyond for social, economic, environmental, and racial justice. We do this through activism, community engagement, organizing, and transformational learning. Through our relationships with organizers, especially organizers from the local organization Advocates for Environmental Human…
Practicum: Anna’s Place NOLA
St. Anna’s Episcopal Church has combined its two major programs, St. Anna’s Medical Mission (SAMM) and Anna’s Arts for Kids (AAK), into a single program, Anna’s Place NOLA. Our goal is to provide more holistic services to our community.
APHA in NOLA
By Susannah Anderson, MPH In many ways it was much easier to navigate APHA this year. I didn’t have to look up directions. I didn’t have to figure out how to eat for 4 days from a tiny hotel refrigerator. After having attended several previous meetings of the APHA, I finally know how to better…