HCP Seeking an AmeriCorps Member for Neighborhood Engagement Coordinator Position
HCP Seeking an AmeriCorps Member for Neighborhood Engagement Coordinator Position The Healthy Community Partnership is seeking an AmeriCorps member to support the growing work of our Action Teams’ support team in their work to improve community members’ health through implementing various programming and educational events. Additionally, to increase engagement and communication with community members to increase the partnership's ability to raise awareness of the benefits of [...]
HCP Publishes 2022-2023 Years in Review
HCP Members Reflect on Shared Celebrations & Changes in 2022-2023 The Healthy Community Partnership recently published a review of its work and collaborative efforts throughout 2022 & 2023. Those two years were an exciting and busy period of transformation for the partnership, it is inspiring to reflect on how much is accomplished when partners come together to create community solutions and support each other. [...]
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Stories of Systems Change | Mushrooms on Toast
Stories of Systems Change: Mushrooms on Toast A Tale of Enduring, Positive Change in the Mahoning Valley Jessica Romeo, Mercy Health Community Health Educator, leads a healthy cooking demonstration at an Urban Wellness Market Jessica Romeo served mushroom toast to intrigued customers visiting the urban wellness market hosted by a small store on the south side of Youngstown. A store that some would derisively [...]
Parks and Rec. Month – HCP Partner Spotlight: Clemate Franklin, Exec. Director of Youngstown Parks and Recreation
HCP Partner Spotlight: Clemate Franklin, Exec. Director of Youngstown Parks and Recreation For July's partner spotlight we had the privilege to interview Clemate Franklin, Executive Director of Youngstown Parks and Recreation and member of HCP's Parks and Green Spaces Action Team! Clemate has a passion for creating equitable park spaces where residents can come and be themselves as they walk, exercise, and enjoy nature. Clemate believes his [...]
Older Americans Month – HCP New Partner Spotlight: Christy Boone, Special Project Coordinator
HCP New Partner Spotlight: Christy Boone, Special Project Coordinator at Direction Home of Eastern Ohio For this month's partner spotlight we had the privilege to interview Christy Boone. Christy Boone is the Special Project Coordinator at Direction Home of Eastern Ohio and recently became a member of HCP's Active Transportation Action team! In her role she is working to develop Age Friendly communities and coordinating with the [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dr. Lashale Pugh, Assistant Exec. Director/ Research & Evaluation Director at Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dr. Lashale Pugh, Assistant Exec. Director/ Research & Evaluation Director at Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition For this month's partner spotlight we had the great privilege to interview Dr. Lashale Pugh. Dr. Pugh is a member of HCP's Healthy Food Retail Action team and is the Assistant Executive Director/ Research & Evaluation Director at the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition (NEOBHC). In her role [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Lydia Walls, The New Trumbull Food Access Coordinator
HCP Partner Spotlight: Lydia Walls, The New Trumbull Food Access Coordinator In the past few months of the new year, we have had many partnership members move into new positions within and outside of their organization. Lydia Walls is one such person who experienced such a change. Lydia started with the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership last summer as a summer AmeriCorps VISTA. After she completed her term, she [...]
Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate Associate Releases Wick Park Workout Series
Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate Associate Releases Wick Park Workout Series Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate Associate, recently recorded and released a video series called Wick Park Workouts. The video series provides you with simple and effective workout routines you could do at Wick Park. As a bonus, there are tutorials on using the equipment available at the park. Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate [...]
Moment of the Month December 2022: The Importance of Sowing Seeds
Moment of the Month December 2022: The Importance of Sowing Seeds “Tomorrow, our seeds will grow. All we need is dedication.” ~ Lauryn Hill Winter is the most exciting time of the year for gardening. Yes, winter, and no, that’s not a typo. The dreary damp winter months are when gardeners prepare plans, sow seeds, bury bulbs, and pray our patience (and our soon-to-be-plants) hold out over [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate Associate and Ryan McNicholas, Director of Campus Recreation at YSU
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dalton Campana, Community Recreation Graduate Associate and Ryan McNicholas, Director of Campus Recreation at YSU Recently a new team was created as a result of months of effort on the Parks and Green Spaces team and the hiring of a new Graduate Associate who will work with YSU and the Parks and Green Spaces team. This story and celebration begins with a Parks and [...]
Mahoning Matters | “For the Health of It” Growing Movement Puts Control of Food Access into Local Hands
ICYMI Mahoning Matters | "For the Health of It" Growing Movement Puts Control of Food Access into Local Hands Fewer tricks and more treats in local food access movement It’s November, which means trick-or-treating, scary movies, haunted houses and ghost stories have passed. But, as is often the case, some of the scariest stories and experiences are things we are faced with every day and hide in [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Food Access Leaders Reflect on 2022
HCP Partner Spotlight: Food Access Leaders Reflect on 2022 With the Summer season wrapped up, farmers market managers and food access leaders in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties are finally taking a breath and taking a chance to reflect on the summer as well as the past year of their work. For some this means a pause of the work for the time being and preparation for the next [...]
Mahoning Matters | “For the Health of It” Two Valley Mayors Plotting New Paths for Their Communities
ICYMI Mahoning Matters | "For the Health of It" Two Valley Mayors Plotting New Paths for Their Communities There are as many quotes about leaders and leadership as there are people who occupy that role. But, one statement that is a step ahead of the rest is this observation by Rosalynn Carter, American writer, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as [...]
Mahoning Matters | “For the Health of It” To Create a Healthy Community, All We Have to Do Is Ask “How Can I Help?”
ICYMI Mahoning Matters | "For the Health of It" To Create a Healthy Community, All We Have to Do Is Ask "How Can I Help?" Health is a small word that says a lot. Well-respected authorities on the subject define health as: “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (World Health Organization). The U.S. Centers for [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dr. Nicolette Warren Powe
HCP Partner Spotlight: Dr. Nicolette Warren Powe Assistant Professor Health Professions, Bitonte College of Health & Human Services, Youngstown State University Portrait of Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed “There is no one size that fits all. We must work country by country, region by region, community by community, to ensure the diversity of needs are addressed to support each reality.” – Amina J. [...]
Mahoning Matters | “For the Health of It” Parks are infrastructure. Let’s cultivate our common ground
ICYMI Mahoning Matters | "For the Health of It" Parks are infrastructure. Let’s cultivate our common ground July is National Parks and Recreation Month. In spite of spending most of my unobligated time in a park, I somehow went most of my life not knowing that. Now that I know, I am celebrating this important recognition each minute of July’s long, hot 31 days. The National Recreation [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Kris Kriebel
HCP Partner Spotlight: Kris Kriebel Health Educator at the Trumbull County Combined Health District “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats Kris Kriebel sharing information for the Trumbull County Combined Health District/Trumbull County Creating Healthy Communities at the Niles Wellness Center The best educators are not always those with the highest levels of educational [...]
HCP Recounts Shared Challenges & Celebrations in 2021
HCP Recounts Shared Challenges & Celebrations in 2021 Watch HCP's 2021 Partner Spotlight Showcase! https://vimeo.com/showcase/8576300 Read the full 2021 Year in Review HERE! The Healthy Community Partnership recently published a review of its work and collaborative efforts throughout 2021. Although our work continues to look very different in as the current health crisis winds on, it is inspiring to reflect on [...]
PRESS RELEASE CFMV/HCP Hires Network Coordinator, Robin Perry
CFMV/HCP Hires Network Coordinator, Robin Perry Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and Healthy Community Partnership Hire New Network Coordinator, Robin Perry YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN, Ohio–The Healthy Community Partnership and Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley has hired Robin Perry, the Foundation’s fourth hire in the past year as it works to expand its capacity to support the Partnership’s operations and outreach into the community. Robin will be the second [...]
Mahoning Matters | “For the Health of It”–On mushrooms and movements: Transformation starts underground
ICYMI Mahoning Matters | "For the Health of It" On mushrooms and movements: Transformation starts underground It’s almost officially summer. Memorial Day has come and gone, flagged by ceremonies to remember and honor service members who bravely sacrificed their lives for our country and by plenty of picnics to celebrate the fact that life continues to march on. The natural cycles of life and death and hope [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Carmella Williams
HCP Partner Spotlight: Carmella Williams Entrepreneur, Director, Gardener, and the "Hair Lady" “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” - Maya Angelou Carmella Williams, the "Hair Lady" In her final reflection as part of the Healthy Community Partnership cohort for the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health, Carmella Williams assigned herself the alias “the Hair Lady” [...]
Moment of the Month April/May 2022: Food, Framing, and Freedom
Moment of the Month April/May 2022: Food, Framing, and Freedom Changing the Language and Approach to Addressing Food Apartheid & Celebrating Good Food News Perhaps two of the most well-known, wide-ranging, and difficult to overcome social and environmental factors that impact health are oppressive forces (like racism) and barriers to basic needs (like healthy foods). Both are parts of people’s lived experiences that are at once [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: 2022 Community Ride Leaders
HCP Partner Spotlight: 2022 Community Ride Leaders Newly Trained Community Ride Leaders (from Left to Right) Ronnell Elkins, YoGo Bike Share Kris Kriebel, Trumbull County Combined Health District Tricia D'Avignon, Boardman Township Zoning & Development Doris Bullock, Stepping Out Program at Mercy Health Jessica Romeo, Community Health Education at Mercy Health Sarah Lowry, Healthy Community Partnership/Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley Ira Cross, Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission/CycWard [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Leigh Greene, Mercy Health Youngstown
HCP Partner Spotlight: Leigh Greene Director of Community Health at Mercy Health Youngstown National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2022 National Minority Health Month Header In April, we celebrate National Minority Health Month, Black Maternal Health Week, National Public Health Week, and World Health Day. Which means, we also celebrate one of our public health sheroes who has dedicated her life and [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Stephanie Dyer, Eastgate Regional Council of Governments
HCP Partner Spotlight: Stephanie Dyer Environmental Program Manager at Eastgate Regional Council of Governments Celebrating those who take care of us | Image by Melissa Askew March is a month of celebrating those who take care of us–from our own mothers to the mother of us all, Earth. We recognize the contributions of women and individuals who identify as women during Women’s History Month [...]
PRESS RELEASE HCP Signs on to Regional Recognition of HOPE Week
HCP Signs on to Regional Recognition of HOPE Week YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Trauma-informed care coalitions in the Mahoning Valley are joining together to recognize and celebrate the Week of HOPE from March 7 to 11. Stand Grow Thrive: Mahoning Resiliency Movement and the Trumbull County Trauma Informed Care Steering Committee are celebrating the Week of HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) Movement, which “represents a paradigm shift in [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Miles Jay (Johnson), Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership
HCP Partner Spotlight: Miles Jay (Johnson) Community Organizer with Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership “You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I’m attempting to do right now.” — Angela Davis City of Warren Mayor Doug Franklin and Miles Jay (Johnson) recognizing a member of the [...]
Moment of the Month January/February 2022: From Moments to Movement
Moment of the Month January/February 2022: From Moments to Movement Reaffirming Commitments to Racial Justice and Healthy Communities Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the National Cathedral on March 31, 1968 | Image from cathedral.org/ “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a [...]
Moment of the Month December 2021: Accelerating Active Transportation
Moment of the Month December 2021: Accelerating Active Transportation Cities of Niles, Warren Adopt Active Transportation Plans & WRTA Expands, Enhances Services From L to R: US DOT Secretary Pete Buttegeig, US Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) Almost one year ago to the day, when U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was still a nominee, he was questioned by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), [...]
HCP January 2022 Network News Update
HCP January 2022 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Hoping for a New Year sparkling with opportunity | Image courtesy of Ian Schneider Happy New Year, everyone! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for January 2022 below. A few highlights: CFMV is hiring for THREE positions including at Network Coordinator Position for HCP as well as for [...]
HCP December 2021 Network News Update
HCP December 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for December 2021 below. A few highlights: CFMV's 2022 application cycle is now open and one of their deadlines is January 1st 2022. Click HERE to view their available grants and apply. CFMV is hiring for THREE positions including at Network Coordinator Position for [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: 2021 Wrapped
HCP Partner Spotlight: 2021 Wrapped HCP Celebrates another Successful Year with a 2021 Partner Spotlight Highlights Playlist We've made it through another memorable sometimes breath-taking, sometimes gut-wrenching roller-coaster of a year. Like everyone else, HCP celebrated milestones and accomplishments, but we also experienced setbacks, delays, and lost opportunities. Throughout all of the ups and downs each year rolls out, HCP continues to move forward and onward [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month November 2021: It’s Time to “CHA-CHA,” again
Moment of the Month November 2021: It's Time to "CHA-CHA," again Representatives from Mahoning & Trumbull Counties Kicked-Off the Start of the Next Community Health Assessment Andy Williams popularized the song now signaling the start of the holiday season. It’s that wonderful time again. No, not that wonderful time. It’s time for our public health and healthcare partners to begin to update the Community [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month October 2021: HCP @ OCDCA
October 2021 Moment of the Month: Healthy Community Partnership Members Participate in the Ohio Community Development Corporation Association's Annual Conference Several HCP members presented, participated in conference activities and made connections between public health and community development. Social Drivers of Health Graphic from UCLA Health Many multi-sector collaborations across the country have been working together to recognize and reckon with the unsettling fact that what [...]
HCP November 2021 Network News Update
HCP November 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for November 2021 below. A few highlights: November is the beginning of the winter holiday season. Keep an eye out for events and opportunities to support the community. Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership has released the Application for their Healthy Snack Fund. Find that HERE. Mahoning [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Deryck Toles, Founder & CEO Inspiring Minds
HCP Partner Spotlight: Deryck Toles, Founder & CEO Inspiring Minds Inspiring Minds works to create a community and a vision for the future that believes anything is possible. Interview with Deryck Toles, Founder & CEO Inspiring Minds Deryck Toles, Inspiring Minds Founder & CEO “You don’t mentor a child for a week, a month, or a year. When you truly mentor someone, [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month September 2021: NLAPH Coach, Dr. Arthur Chen, “Visits” the Valley
September 2021 Moment of the Month: NLAPH Coach, Dr. Arthur Chen, "Visits" the Valley HCP & Mahoning Valley Highlights for National Leadership Academy for the Public's Health Virtual Visit A bright spot at the end of an otherwise dark year was the announcement that members of the Healthy Community Partnership were accepted into the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Leadership Academy for [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month August 2021: Celebrating State & Federal Investments in Nutrition Incentive Programs
August 2021 Moment of the Month: Celebrating State & Federal Investments in Nutrition Incentives Partners and Community Leaders Commemorate Funding Secured for Healthy Foods, Families, and Futures Highlights from the Press Event at the Warren Farmers Market on 08/31/2021 “It always seems impossible until it’s done”— Nelson Mandella There’s always a model, a map, or a method to find, follow, and finesse to overcome, [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Deonte “Tae” Stubbs, Visual Communications Intern
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Deonte "Tae" Stubbs, Visual Communications Intern Welcoming, Recognizing, and Celebrating the Contributions of Our Interns Helen Hayes, legend in the U.S. theater community “The expert at anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner) The Healthy Community Partnership is an ongoing conga of constructive, consistent, contradictions: we simultaneously prioritize working towards a healthier present and [...]
PRESS RELEASE: Celebration for Nutrition Incentive Investments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEALTHY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, CONGRESSMAN RYAN, COMMUNITY LEADERS, CELEBRATE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN NUTRITION INCENTIVE INITIATIVE **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** CONTACT: SARAH LOWRY SLOWRY@CFMV.ORG (330) 743-5555 August 30, 2021 HEALTHY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, CONGRESSMAN RYAN, COMMUNITY LEADERS, CELEBRATE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN NUTRITION INCENTIVE INITIATIVE Warren, OH – The Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley (the Partnership) is celebrating nearly $7 million in state and federal investment in Produce Perks Midwest’s [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Dawn Turnage, City of Youngstown Parks and Recreation
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Dawn Turnage, City of Youngstown Parks and Recreation Promoting, Preserving, and Preparing Our Parks for the Future For nearly 40 years, the United States has celebrated National Parks and Recreation Month in July. The National Recreation and Parks Association describes the purpose of the month long celebration, which is to: promote building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation, [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month June 2021 Victory at the Finish Line
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Victory at the Finish Line Funding Secured for Healthy Foods, Families, and Futures in Ohio Budget What We Won in the Ohio Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget Cycle for the Partnership's Focus Areas All advocacy victories should be cherished and celebrated | Image by Pietro Rampazzo Active Transportation $70 million annually for public transportation Parks and Greenspaces $500 million for brownfield [...]
HCP July 2021 Network News Update
HCP July 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for June 2021 below. A few highlights: Check out and like the Walk the Valley Facebook Page to keep up to date on upcoming events. Many organizations are hiring! Be sure to check the positions and nominations tab and help spread the word. Happy [...]
HCP Releases 2021 Walk & Ride the Valley Calendar
HCP Releases 2021 Walk & Ride the Valley Calendar HCP & Community Partners Promote Community Walks, Rides to Improve Physical & Mental Health Members of HCP and community partners are excited to release the 2021 Walk & Ride the Valley Calendar! All walks and rides are free and open to anyone interested to connect with others, interested in exploring our communities, making new connections, and improving physical [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Cassandra Clevenger, Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Cassandra Clevenger--Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership Community Resource Coordinator: Convening, Collaborating & Connecting Cassandra Clevenger distributing seeds and information about TNP's programming The season has shifted into summer: temperatures are warming, flowers blooming, strawberries are heavy and ready for harvesting, busy bees are buzzing here and there--our June Partner Spotlight shines on Cassandra Clevenger, TNP's Community Resource Coordinator, who is at the center of [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month May 2021 Turning the Tassel: Student Researches Complete Capstone Projects
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Turning the Tassel Student Researchers Complete Capstone Projects “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela In order to achieve the Healthy Community Partnership’s ambitious, Bold Goals and mission to improve health, wellbeing, and health equity in the Mahoning Valley, the following items must be included in the mix: New, fresh perspectives, data, [...]
HCP June 2021 Network News Update
HCP June 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for June 2021 below. A few highlights: Check out and like the Walk the Valley Facebook Page to keep up to date on upcoming events. Ohio EPA has 6 grant programs that they are holding information sessions for on June 10th at 1PM and [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month April 2021: Progress & Produce—Mahoning Valley Community Store Initiative Marks More Milestones
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Progress & Produce Led by Healthy Food Access Coordinators, Mahoning Valley Community Store Initiative Marks More Milestones Food access, more so the lack of it, has been an all too familiar talking point, tension point, and point of contention in the Mahoning Valley for some time. As has been shared in previous stories (Putting Food Access Resources on the Map & Collab-blog: [...]
HCP May 2021 Network News Update
HCP May 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for May 2021 below. A few highlights: ACTION Pop-Up market is looking for gently used Kitchenware and Vendors for their June 19th Health Fair. ACTION is also seeking vendors for their June 19th Health Fair. To Learn more click HERE and HERE. WRTA is [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Urban Forestry
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Urban Forestry Planting Seeds, Growing a Culture of Conservation in the Mahoning Valley Celebrating Minority Health Month & National Poetry Month with an excerpt from Langston Hughes' "April Rain Song" As the sayings go, “April’s showers bring May’s flowers,” and “when it rains, it pours.” April has been a busy, fruitful month for HCP and [...]
HCP Publishes 2020 Year in Review
HCP Members Reflect on Shared Challenges & Celebrations in 2020 The Healthy Community Partnership recently published a review of its work and collaborative efforts throughout 2020. Although that work looks very different in the midst of the current health crisis, it is inspiring to reflect on how much is accomplished when partners come together to create community solutions and support each other. Watch HCP's [...]
Centering Sidewalks
Centering Sidewalks Partners Respond to Mahoning Matters Community Column about Proposal for American Rescue Plan Resources Members of the Healthy Community Partnership (Partnership) responded to recent column published in Mahoning Matters, which offered a proposal that some of the American Rescue Plan funds to be used to pay off debt on downtown Youngstown's Covelli Center. The column concludes by suggesting that the savings to the city could [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month March 2021: Three Cheers for Transit
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Three Cheers for Transit Ohio Passes 2022-2023 Transportation Budget with Restored Resources for Public Transit A scene from Schoolhouse Rocks! "I'm Just a Bill."ABC Advocacy journeys do not always, or even often, lead to happily-ever-afters or victorious celebrations. There are countless advocacy stories that end in heartache, heartbreak, and mourning. Much like the story told by "Bill" in the beginning [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Mahoning & Trumbull County Land Banks
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Mahoning & Trumbull County Land Banks A Decade of Demolitions to Grow a Greener Mahoning Valley A lot has changed over the last 10 years. Common sights in 2011 are artifacts by 2021 standards. Technology is always a reliable place to look for what’s new, different, updated, and upgraded—iPods are no more; much of our data and entertainment floats in a cloud or through [...]
HCP April 2021 Network News Update
HCP April 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View What's New! April is Minority Health Month, Poetry Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, Lawn and Garden Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Stress Awareness Month. A few April highlights: The Community Foundation has opened the first round for grant cycles of 2021. Applications are due by April 19th at 11:59PM Eastgate Regional Council of Governments is [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month February 2021: Building a Healthy Budget
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Building a Healthy Budget Prioritizing Policies that Put People First Jim Wallis speaks at U.S. Capitol vigil on March 29. Photo by JP Keenan / Sojourners In 2017, Sojourners founder, Jim Wallis, wrote a piece titled “Truth that Bears Repeating: A Budget Is a Moral Document” in response to the cruel budget proposals introduced by the then newly minted Trump [...]
HCP March 2021 Network News Update
HCP March 2021 Network News Update Click the Link to View the Update! Click HERE for the March 2021 Network News Update. A few highlights: The YWCA of the Mahoning Valley is organizing a 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge starting March 1. WRTA is updating its coordinated service plan for Mahoning & Trumbull Counties and will be holding stakeholder meetings for transit users March 2 and 4. [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: The D5 Group
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: The D5 Group Celebrating One Year Working with the D5 Group to Share Our Stories World renowned author and Ohio-native Maya Angelou warns us that, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." An important part of the work of the Healthy Community Partnership is to remember that that while we pool and pull together data, we don't forget about our [...]
HCP-MV Moment of the Month January 2021: Leading by Leaning in & Lifting up
HCP-MV Moment of the Month: Leading by Leaning in & Lifting up The Healthy Community Partnership Is 1 of 14 Collaboratives Accepted into National Leadership Program—National Leadership Academy for Public Health The Healthy Community Partnership was created because we know we can do more when we come together than we can if we stay separated. Challenges to living a long, healthy, fulfilling lives are more complicated, complex, [...]
HCP Moment of the Month December 2020: We Made It!
We Made It! HCP-MV Partners Look Back on 2020 and Look Ahead to 2021 The year started off with clever quips about 2020 being a year for vision, with promises of perfect sight, focus, and precision. Goals were going to be crushed. We’ve since found ourselves ending the year with a smoldering pile of tired, trying phrases like: “during these challenging/difficult/uncertain/unprecedented times;” we’ve had to pivot;” and [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Community Health Heroes
Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Community Health Heroes The Healthy Community Partnership Says Thank You! to Our Community Health Heroes for Their Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic For our final Partner Spotlight of 2020, it seemed not only appropriate but essential to recognize our partners who have been standing in the spotlight this entire year: our Community Health Heroes. Powerful image of a healthcare worker keeping a [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Lake to River Food Cooperative
Partner Spotlight: Lake to River Food Cooperative It’s November, which signals the shifting from fall’s golden hours to the silvery shades of winter. And, for many, November is also the beginning of the holiday season. Though our holiday celebrations will look very different this year, one of the essential elements at the center of many holiday traditions will stay the same: food. At HCP, we always have food [...]
HCP Moment of the Month October 2020: Trumbull County Partners Transforming Convenience Stores to Community Stores
Trumbull County Partners Transforming Convenience Stores to Community Stores HCP-MV Partners Bring Resources, Partners, and Healthy Foods to Trumbull County Convenience Stores Corner Stores. Convenience Stores. Bodegas. Mom and Pops. Everybody’s seen them, probably even stopped in to grab a soda, a sweet treat, or a scratch off. Though there is likely one within a short distance of your home or office. But, though these small stores [...]
HCP Collab-blog: Creative Crosswalks Take Shape
Creative Crosswalks Take Shape HCP-MV Partners Transform Crosswalks from Black and White and Invisible to Bright and Colorful and Visible More than 6,000 pedestrians are killed every year on American streets, according to a report issued by the Governor's Highway Safety Association, representing an enormous 50 percent increase from the first part of the decade. In Ohio, the Ohio State Highway Patrol reports that pedestrian deaths spiked [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Bill McMahon & Francine McBride—Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley
Partner Spotlight: Bill McMahon & Francine McBride Community Outreach and Education at Akron Children's Mahoning Valley October is National Children’s Health Month, and the week of October 19-23 is Health Education Week. So, for the October Partner Spotlight, HCP would like to recognize two members of our team whose work focuses on providing outreach and educational opportunities that highlight the importance of protecting and promoting our children’s [...]
HCP Moment of the Month September 2020: Active Transportation Goes Off Road and Online
Active Transportation Goes Off Road and Online HCP-MV Partners Find New Avenues to Engage Residents in Active Transportation Activities September is always a month of transitions. Summer’s bright lemon-yellows darken to become the well-known mature golden, mustard hues of autumn. Planting season becomes harvest season, a time to enjoy the fruits—and veggies— of our labors. Days grow shorter, shadows longer, mornings crisper, and evenings chiller. Perfect for [...]
HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Robin Perry, HCP-MV Network Coordinator
Partner Spotlight: Robin Perry, HCP-MV Network Coordinator The Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley is very excited to welcome a new member to our team. Robin Perry will be joining the Partnership as a full-year AmeriCorps VISTA beginning her term on August 31, 2020 and concluding the following year. She will be serving in a role titled the HCP-MV Network Coordinator, where she will enhance HCP-MV’s ability to effectively manage [...]
HCP Moment of the Month August 2020: A New Day for WRTA
A New Day for WRTA HCP-MV Applauds the Trumbull County Commissioners for Taking the First Step towards Becoming an Official Member of WRTA The Western Reserve Transit Authority, more commonly known as WRTA, is about to celebrate its 50th birthday next year. But, the party has already started. Just during the summer months this year, WRTA has been gifted nearly $2.6 million for transportation improvement projects to [...]
HCP Publishes Where Sidewalks End Digital Digest
Learn about the Where Sidewalks End Art Exhibit and What You Can Do to Make the Mahoning Valley a More Walkable, More Equitable, Healthier Community The Healthy Community Partnership recently published the Where Sidewalks End Digital Digest, which preserves and presents the Where Sidewalks End art as activism exhibition in a digital format. The publication also acts as an educational resource about recent local efforts and investments to [...]
HCP Collab-blog | Walking On: The Mahoning Valley’s Journey towards Becoming a More Walkable Community
Walking On: The Mahoning Valley's Journey towards Becoming a More Walkable Region Throughout 2019, the Mahoning Valley was buzzing with activities promoting the benefits of creating more walkable, more connected, healthier communities throughout the region. Walk & Bike To School Day occurs in May every year. For more information visit walkbiketoschool.org In May, as flowers began to bloom, so too did events and activities celebrating walking [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Farmers Market Managers
HCP Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Farmers Market Managers This week, August 2-8, is National Farmers Market Week. Farmers Markets have become an anticipated summer staple across the Mahoning Valley. These spaces offer farmers, gardeners, bakers, and creators of all kinds a place to come together to connect with the community and to share good food and stories. 2020 National Farmers Market Week Infographic The National Farmers [...]
HCP Moment of the Month July 2020: Putting Food Access Resources on the Map
Putting Food Access Resources on the Map Members of HCP-MV and Community Partners Plot Out Food Access Locations to Show Residents and Social Service Organizations Where to Go to Get Good Food The Mahoning Valley has been pinned on the map, so to speak, for a lot of things over the years. Unfortunately, some of these recognitions are less than glamorous, especially when the focus is on the [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: From Green to Great—Resident Leaders Improving Neighborhoods One Green Space at a Time
HCP Partner Spotlight: From Green to Great—Three Resident Leaders Improving Their Neighborhoods One Green Space at a Time Mary Danus, Boulevard Park Neighborhood Association Marguerite Douglas, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch Bobby Reynolds, Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Over the past 5 years, neighborhoods throughout the Mahoning Valley have seen hundreds of images of ugly abandoned, blighted houses disappear to be replaced by green space. Though these green [...]
HCP Collab-blog: Collaboration in a Time of Crisis—Thinking Inside the Box
In times of crisis, we are reminded to “look for the helpers.” And, we’ve certainly heard that quite a lot over the last few months. It is worth saying it again, because we are very fortunate in the Mahoning Valley to have so many helpers here. And, we have helpers who are ready and willing not only to help those with the greatest but also to help each other. [...]
HCP Moment of the Month: Mahoning Valley Leaders Recognize Racism as a Public Health Crisis
It's Time The Mayor, Youngstown City Council Members, and City Health Officials declare racism a public health crisis in Youngstown On Friday, June 19, 2020, the City of Youngstown declared racism as a public health crisis. In an historic vote held on the historic Junteenth holiday, which celebrates the liberation of African Americans from slavery in the United States, all seven council members voiced their support for this [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Christian Bennett
HCP Partner Spotlight: Christian Bennett As Trumbull County’s Food Access Coordinator, I hope to accomplish finding sustainable solutions to alleviate the food gaps within the community. Every day I wake up determine to think outside of the box for new opportunities that will make our communities healthier. So far, I have built relationships with 7 independent-locally owned convenience stores within Warren, Oh that is passionate of selling healthier [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Sophia Buggs
HCP Partner Spotlight: Sophia Buggs What an amazing time to be alive and working in the valley. Much of my farming, cooking, and wellness consulting have been about connecting folk to the soil, plants, and wellbeing. I’ve always shared my resources off-site at other gardens, kitchens, and businesses. This year plant medicine and land stewardship is the focus. It’s kind of always been the focus of my small [...]
Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley Message Condemning Impacts of Racism on Health & Commitment to Working Together to Improve Health Equity in the Mahoning Valley
Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley Message Condemning Impacts of Racism on Health & Commitment to Working Together to Improve Health Equity in the Mahoning Valley HCP Responds to Recent National Tragedies and Reaffirms Collective Commitment to Address Racism as a Public Health Emergency Over the past two years, members of the Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley have been journeying together towards an ambitious destination: To improve health, wellbeing, and [...]
HCP Moment of the Month May 2020: In Praise of Our Parks
Moment of the Month: In Praise of Our Parks Members of the Healthy Community Partnership celebrate spring with a new parks action plan and community challenge that promotes the power of parks and public spaces to improve physical and mental health Map of Park Locations in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties The May Moment of the Month celebrates collaborative efforts that encourage residents to get out [...]
Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 2 | Kelan Bilal & Justin Mondok
HCP Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 2 | Justin Mondok & Kelan Bilal HCP Members Participate in Multi-Day Yay Bikes! Community Ride Leader Training and Create Ride On! An Inclusive Bicycle Advocacy and Education Group By spring of 2018, the Healthy Community Partnership was about to have our training wheels taken off as we set out to begin our journey towards creating a healthier, more [...]
HCP Collab-blog: Celebrating Bicycling in Warren—A Cycle in Evolution
HCP Highlights: Celebrating Bicycling in Warren—A Cycle in Evolution Reflecting on a Proud History with Bike to Work Warren to a Promising Future with Trumbull County Bike Fest at the Warren-Trumbull County Library, Walk and Bike to School Days, and Beyond Contributors: Jenna Amerine and Denise Rising Though the Healthy Community Partnership is still relatively new, the partners and their work have been present and pushing [...]
Director’s Note: Caring about Nature, Neighborhoods, and Our Neighbors during and after COVID-19
Caring about Nature, Neighborhoods, and Our Neighbors HCP-MV efforts highlight interconnectedness of parks, public spaces, people, and policy The world is in a time of transition and transformation. Winter has become spring, for the most part. Our lives and routines are continuing to adapt to existing in a world with physical distancing. A world where holidays are celebrated on screens. A world where some of us now [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 1 | Jenna Amerine & Ira Cross
HCP Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 1 | Jenna Amerine & Ira Cross HCP Members Participate in Multi-Day Yay Bikes! Community Ride Leader Training and Create Ride On! An Inclusive Bicycle Advocacy and Education Group By spring of 2018, the Healthy Community Partnership was about to have our training wheels taken off as we set out to begin our journey towards creating a healthier, more equitable [...]
HCP Publishes 2019 Year in Review
Check Out HCP's Work in 2019 The Healthy Community Partnership recently published a review of its work and collaborative efforts throughout 2019. Although that work looks very different in the midst of the current health crisis, it is inspiring to reflect on how much is accomplished when partners come together to create community solutions. Read the full 2019 Year in Review here! [...]
Share Your Smile, Not Your Space Press Release
HEALTHY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP-MAHONING VALLEY LAUNCHES COVID-19 HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE GUIDE AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CHALLENGE Resources and Activities to Help Residents Be Safe, Active while Staying Home FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Lowry Director of the Healthy Community Partnership Mahoning Valley Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley (330) 540-1022 SLowry@cfmv.org HEALTHY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP-MAHONING VALLEY LAUNCHES COVID-19 HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCE GUIDE AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CHALLENGE Resources and [...]
HCP Moment of the Month: Partners Help Families Access Food during COVID-19 Crisis
Moment of the Month: COVID-19 Food Distribution Efforts HCP Partners organize food distribution efforts to help families access food during COVID-19 crisis As the seasons changed, so did all aspects of our lives, everything was flipped upside down seemingly overnight. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous amounts of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear throughout our communities. Everyone is adjusting to living in the “new normal," which has diverted [...]
HCP Partner Spotlight: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
Partner Spotlight: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley With support from the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its three supporting organizations, the Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley (HCP-MV) is a collaboration of organizations and members who share a commitment to a healthier Mahoning Valley. The partnership’s work has been guided by a steering committee made up of Mahoning Valley residents representing a variety of sectors including the [...]
HCP-MV Responds to COVID-19 Crisis
HCP-MV Responds to COVID-19 Crisis March 2020 came in and left like a very angry lion. Causing tremendous amounts of upheaval, chaos, and fear in the process. Everyone is adjusting to living in the “new normal” because of COVID-19, which has diverted businesses, non-profits, governments, and residents from their plans and piled on more stress than we’re used to shouldering. Partners of the Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley (HCP-MV) [...]
WRTA Adds Six New Fixed Routes in Warren
WRTA Adds Six New Fixed Routes in Warren Shari Harrell attended WRTA's kick off of it's six new Warren routes on March 2 at the Trumbull Art Gallery. Bus rides will reach most retail and medical centers within the city limits and were free for the first week! Check out WRTA's website for a map and schedules for the new Warren Routes: https://www.wrtaonline.com/services/warren-service/ Photo credit: Trumbull [...]
Ground Breaking for Lincoln Knolls Community Park
Lincoln Knolls Ground Breaking Ceremony On Thursday, July 18, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch and many partners broke ground on improvements to Lincoln Knolls Community Park. Residents from the Lincoln Knolls Community Watch have been working closely with the City of Youngstown, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), Healthy Community Partnership, and other community leaders to develop a plan and generate support to upgrade the amenities and condition of [...]
May is Bike Month!
HCP Members Put Together Bike Month Events On Wednesday, April 24, Warren City Council passed a resolution, proclaiming May 2019 as Bike Month. Two Healthy Community Partnership Members, Denise Rising of Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership and Jenna Amerine with the Trumbull County Combined Health District (pictured above), have worked hard with other partners to make May an exciting month for Trumbull County! Walk and Bike [...]
HCP Partners Participate at 2019 Innovations Conference
Safe Routes to Parks walk audit attendees learning about recent infrastructure investments at Crandall Park. (Left to Right) Doris Bullock, Dawn Turnage, Denise Rising, and Danielle Lewis lead a group of Innovations attendees on a Safe Routes to Parks walk audit from the JCC to Crandall Park. Deb Flora, Executive Director of the Mahoning County Land Bank, shares green space projects in Youngstown, Campbell neighborhoods. [...]
Summer 2018 ODOT Active Transportation Workshops
Valley Residents Learn about Transportation Safety. ODOT Local Technical Assistance Program Workshop with Eastgate Regional Council of Governments trained Valley residents on how to identify and enhance transportation safety. Follow your instincts Aliquam fringilla molestie nisi ut porttitor. Maecenas viverra velit id cursus rhoncus. Mauris sit amet semper enim, quis hendrerit ex. Maecenas eu neque non lectus varius tristique sed ac tortor. Interdum et malesuada fames ac [...]