Urbanist, cyclist and advocate. Comms professional (he/him). Working to build stronger communities.
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2009
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Omaha, NE Earns First-Ever @city_health Medal for Advancing Policies that Promote Community Health.
City recognized for leadership in advancing six health-promoting policies globenewswire.com/news-relea… #strongcommunityleaders #GOPLocal
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Join our Co-Executive Director @KatrinaForrest8, @ShelleyHearne & @DR_KMP this Friday 2/1 as they share best practices for moving evidence into action through policy.
Register now: jh.zoom.us/webinar/register/… @JHadvocacy @deBeaumontFndtn @PublicHealth
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🏅 Our 2023 Policy Assessment is out now! We are proud to award 46 cities with overall medals — home to more than 43 million people.
Explore the report to find out which 7 cities earn our highest achievement — a 2023 overall gold medal!👇bit.ly/3Ndp8ll
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On Tues. CityHealth’s very own Comms Director, @tomwayne, moderated a fantastic panel ft. the CDC Foundation, the Big Cities Health Coalition, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, & Dr. Raynard Washington of Mecklenburg County Public Health. Check it out!!
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On Nov. 28, join @PH_Comms for “Structural Racism and Public Health,” a webinar about building policy-oriented comms to advance #healthequity. Our President & CEO @DrJudyMonroe will join panelists @Raynard_W, @BrooksLaSure, @darkmatterknits & @tomwayne: cdcf.link/47epBeV
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Check on this brief about the #PublicHealth workforce's response to racial as a public health crisis. debeaumont.org/wp-content/up…
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Our Government Affairs Director, @akeemstweets spent time in Gulfport, MS this week speaking with members of Community Leaders of America about the health impacts of healthy food procurement policies, & bipartisan policies cities can implement to address food insecurity.
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Tomorrow, we're releasing a new report, "Greenspace in American Cities: How Access to Parks and Nature Can Improve Health and Well-Being," in partnership with @tpl_org!
Brush up on our #Greenspace policy: cityhealth.org/our-policy-pa…
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From San Francisco to Sacramento, California cities took action to ban #flavoredtobacco and end the e-cigarette epidemic — which ultimately led to the passage of Prop 31. We’re proud to partner with @TobaccoFreeKids and will continue this work in cities across America.
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The results are in: our 2022 Annual Policy Assessment is out now! Congrats to Boston and Denver for rising to the top to earn overall gold medals. 🥇 See how America's 75 largest cities rate when it comes to adopting prevention-oriented health policies 👇
cityhealth.org/2022-assessme…
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Exciting day at #NA360! Our Co-ED @KatrinaForrest8, Gov't Affairs Dir. @akeemstweets, and @PHLR_Temple's Elizabeth Platt just presented on how our method of change is being used to advance healthy policies in cities across the U.S. Thanks to @NACCHOalerts for having us!
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JOIN US for webinar with @TobaccoFreeKids on June 23 to learn how cities are improving health by ending the sale of flavored tobacco! Hear from L.A. Councilmember @MitchOFarrell on why & how L.A. recently adopted their flavored tobacco policy. SIGN UP 👇 cityhealth.org/resource/flav…
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On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating our Co-Executive Directors @cdowdreilly and @katrinaforrest8 🎉 Thank you for all you do to advance the health and well-being of America’s cities!
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Our 2021 annual city assessment is out now! Big news: 37 of the 40 largest U.S. cities (92.5%) have earned overall medals for adopting policies that help people live healthy, full lives. Congrats to the resilient city leaders who are prioritizing health!
cityhealth.org/2021-annual-c…
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Join us on Dec. 8 to learn about CityHealth's 2021 medals and to take a look back on our first chapter! We're featuring an all-star panel of local leaders discussing the role of policy to promote health & equity in their cities. Hope to see you there!
cityhealth.org/event/join-us…
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#CityHealth co-executive directors @CDowreilly and @KatrinaForrest8 are speaking TODAY at the @leagueofcities #CitySummit2021 at 11:00 a.m. ET! Don’t miss it!
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How can cities help support kids returning to the classroom? Don’t miss this: Our Director of Government Affairs Akeem Anderson is talking about the future of the classroom @ @RouteFifty’s #FutureCities2021! Tune in tomorrow (Wed.) at 12:15 PM ET. Join: bit.ly/FutureCities2021
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Susan. Linda. Nina. Cokie.
The Founding Mothers of NPR, and trailblazers for so many of us who follow in their footsteps.
Watch @JudyWoodruff 's conversation with Susan Stamberg and Lisa Napoli, who tells their stories in her new book.
pbs.org/newshour/show/the-tr…
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In a new blog, @City_Health Co-Executive Director @Cdowdreilly and @PreschoolToday’s @GgWeisenfeld explore two new tools that #preK leaders can use to help finance and improve their local pre-k programs. cityhealth.org/blog/2021/5/1…
