‘Health’ Archives
Shining Light on the Backyard Initiative”'s TEENS Project
Carl Lobley (BYI Resource Center) & Sergio Nahun (BYIÂ TEEN Project CHAT) and Minkara Tezet (BYI Circle of Healing) preparing to participate in a KMOJ Radio show. (KMOJ) What is the goal or purpose of this CHAT? TEENS stands for Teenagers Entering Existing Networking Systems. We are a youth leadership and entrepreneurial skills development program that develops our members”' capacity to produce various youth engagement programs. TEENS Projects programming is designed by the youth, for the youth-to enhance the basic networking skills of its members via community engagement. The TEENS Project and The Backyard Initiative Resource Center The Backyard Initiative (BYI) Community Resource Center is important to the Backyard Initiative because it is a place where members of the community can come and participate in discussions, knowledge shares about health, and other activities important to developing health consciousness to improve the health of self and community. TEENS [...]
Getting to Know the Backyard Initiative Resource Center
Teens gather in the BYI Resource Center to here about some of the results of the Backyard Initiative”'s research project from one of the BYI Research Team members, Dimpho Orizoni, Allina Health. by Carl Lobley, Rose Lobley, Deena Anders and Minkara Tezet The Backyard Initiative Resource Center The Backyard Initiative (BYI) Resource Center is the central location for the Backyard Initiative activities and communications. It is located inside the Midtown Global Market (near the Lake and 10th Ave entrance). The BYI Resource Center is where all the BYI resources are compiled, displayed, and shared with our community.  The Resource Center is a place for community members of the Backyard Initiative to visit, gain knowledge, and share information about activities and resources available in the Backyard. This Backyard Initiative Resource Center is essential to the goal of connecting with the 42,000 members of the Backyard community and to connect them with one [...]
HARVEST TIME FOR GROWING THE BACKYARD
Growing the Backyard”'s Farm Stand at the Midtown Global Market by Candis Mckelvy, member of Growing the Backyard Community Health Action Team The original plan in 2010 for Growing the Backyard, a Community Healthy Action Team or CHAT involved since the early days of the Backyard Initiative, was to support local residents who wanted to grow their own produce and assist by helping them with the work. Farming is hard work. The original CHAT leaders of this team set out to work with families in the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood and provide them with fresh produce. There was also support for other neighborhoods to receive fresh produce. The focus of this CHAT has continued to work to achieve this original goal though some of the activities have changed. Our activities for this year included reaching out to additional BYI community residents to grow food and join the farm stand at the Midtown Global Market. We also wanted to have youth sell produce they had grown and [...]
