National Safe Routes to School Partnership Webinar: Empowering Low-Income Communities to take advantage of MAP-21 Funds

On Thursday, November 21st, from 2-3 p.m. Eastern, the Safe Routes to School National Partnership is hosting a free webinar:

Empowering Low-Income Communities to take advantage of MAP-21 Funds

REGISTER HERE:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8367894069511939842

More street scale projects can be built in lower-income communities and communities of color by training advocates nationwide on how to access existing funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects, including the new MAP-21 funds. Speakers will provide perspective on the importance of MAP-21 funding in underserved communities, overcoming disparity and violence and increasing health benefits through street scale improvements, and identifying tools and best practices for implementation on the regional, state and local levels.

SPEAKERS:

• Introduction by Congressman Steve Cohen, 9th District, Tennessee
• Keith Benjamin, Street Scale Campaign Manager, Safe Routes to School National Partnership
• Mandela Barnes, State Representative, 11th Assembly District, Wisconsin
• Jamecca Marshall, Policy Manager, Advancement Project
• Chigozie Udemgba, Safe Routes Program Manager at Mississippi State Department of Health

To register for this free webinar, click on this link:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8367894069511939842

This free webinar is part of the Voices for Healthy Kids: Active Places initiative to advance policies that support healthy community design, shared use and street-scale policies in underserved communities and schools. The Active Places initiative is focused on increasing access to parks, playgrounds, walking paths, bike lanes and other opportunities to create active places and increase physical activity.

Voices for Healthy Kids is a national advocacy initiative focused on uniting the movement to prevent childhood obesity. A collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and American Heart Association, the initiative seeks to help reverse the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic by 2015 by ensuring children have access to healthy foods and beverages, as well as safe opportunities for physical activity. Learn more about the childhood obesity epidemic and how you can help turn it around at www.voicesforhealthykids.org.