‘Health’ Archives
LOOK! Just Half of the BACKYARD INITIATIVE Activities in March!!!
A partial sampling of the activities hosted by the leaders and members of the BYI Community Health Action Teams (CHATs). Watch for the activities from the other CHATs to be featured on the BYI Back Page in the May issue! There is so much happening, there was not room to list all of the exciting happenings! Anchor Families MIDTOWN EXCHANGE 1. Roundtable Connection: Helping elders and mothers to come together to talk (Every Tuesday) 2. Learn How to Learn: understanding how to learn and why for many of us it”'s hard to learn. (Once a week) 3. Homework Help: Helping kids and adults with their homework. (Every Wednesday) 4. Parenting for Success; How to parent in a new country and at same time to keep what we come with ”“ our culture and language. (Every Saturday) (more…)
What is the Backyard Initiative?
By Susan Gust, Communications CHAT Editorial Note by BYI Communications CHAT Leader, Susan Gust: I recently had a conversation with some community workers who work in the Phillips Community who said: “I have heard about the “Backyard Initiative” and I know it is covered on the back page of The Alley Newspaper but I don”'t know what the Backyard Initiative is or why it exists.” The following was my answer”¦ The History of the Backyard Initiative: This initiative began in 2008. There is long and rich context to this story that can”'t be conveyed in a few, brief paragraphs. The short version-Allina Health wanted to launch an initiative to improve the health of residents “in their backyard”. Allina Health was willing to put some dollars behind this initiative. Long-term residents and nonprofit organizations responded in various ways: A few organizations began lobbying, even competing to be contracted to “represent [...]
What is the purpose of the BYI Communications CHAT?
“This CHAT works to lessen and ultimately eliminate the divide between people who have information and those who do not so that everyone has the opportunity to be engaged in a healthy community.” What is the role of the Communications CHAT as part of the BYI? The BYI Communications CHAT is a resource to the BYI in two important, general ways 1. Internal to BYI: Assists in CHAT teams learning about the activities of other CHAT teams and to discover ways to lend expertise to each other. This internal communication helps to strengthen the relationships between individuals within the BYI and thereby strengthens the entire Backyard Initiative. 2. External to the BYI: We also support the CHAT teams communicating in their own words and ideas to the 42,000 residents and 15,000 households in the Backyard area. The Communications CHAT continues to employ methods of conveying what the Backyard Initiative is, its history, its governance structure, and the knowledge it [...]
