The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership charts a pathway to strengthen and transform our local democracies. Thriving, diverse, equitable communities are possible through deep participation, particularly by communities commonly excluded from democratic voice & power. The stronger our local democracies, the more capacity we can unleash to address our toughest challenges, and the more capable we are of surviving and thriving through economic, ecological, and social crises. It is going to ...

This toolkit will review asset-framing and ethical storytelling approaches and provide recommended resources to apply these practices to evaluation data narratives. By sharing these resources and approaches, the developers hope to reinforce principles of inclusion and equity so that the evaluation stories we tell are aspirational and convincing. Tools shared here will provide examples of how to connect disparities and community-wide problems to systemic causes, transforming harmful narratives and reducing stigma. To be most effective, these practices must be integrated into program planning ...

This toolkit addresses the need to include an equity component in the planning and implementation of Policy, Systems, and Environmental change approaches (PSE) undertaken to curb adverse trends in obesity and related health consequences.

The toolkit is based on the Getting to Equity in Obesity Prevention Framework (GTE) for planning and evaluating equity-focused PSE change approaches that support:

• Food acquisition and healthy eating
• Active living and meeting physical acti ...

Resources to support the implementation of the CFHL Equity Strategic Framework

Tune in to the latest episode of Stocking the Pantry, titled “Nutrition and Community in Substance Use Prevention & Recovery.” In this episode, hosts Colby and Tee sit down with Michelle Frye-Spray, MS, CPS, Senior Manager of Workforce Development at the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT)