Vitalyst Spark

The coronavirus pandemic has placed several elements of a healthy community center stage, and not the least of these is affordable, accessible, healthy food. That’s why, a few weeks ago, we sat down with two members of the Maricopa County Food System Coalition to learn about local food production. 

Were it not for COVID-19, the Coalition was all set to hold a big five-year anniversary event this past March. Today, we’re moving part of the purpose of that celebration online, by introducing you to the coalition’s breadth and depth, illuminating key concepts and issues, and sharing with you the fantastic work the coalition has been doing.

Listen now, as we talk about the role of food systems in creating healthy communities – especially in the context of COVID-19 – and discover what we can do together to improve health and well-being in Arizona.

Links:

The Maricopa Food System Coalition: https://marcofoodcoalition.org/

Local First Arizona Foundation's Good Food Finder AZ: https://www.goodfoodfinderaz.com/ 

Pinnacle Prevention COVID-19 Resources: http://www.pinnacleprevention.org/covid-19-resources.html

Grab n' Go Free School Meals during COVID-19: https://www.azhealthzone.org/summerfood/

Double Up Food Bucks Unlimited during COVID-19: https://www.doubleupaz.org/blog/2020/3/19/unlimited-double-up-covid19

The COVID-19 Roundtable returns: Will Humble from the American Public Health Association, Marcus Johnson from Vitalyst Health Foundation and Emergency Room Physician Dr. Nick Vasquez.

This episode is expansive, touching on testing, hospital capacity, PPE, contact tracing, the economy, governance, and recent innovations. 

This episode was recorded at 1pm on April 13, 2020. In just the hours spent editing new data and information has come to light. While can’t be perfectly of the moment, rest assured that each roundtable episode is designed to catch you up on what has happened that over the past two weeks that you may have missed, and to provide new insights. Listen now.

Show Links:

US Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality

Main page: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html 

Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home

US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htm

Census 2020 is underway in Arizona. In 2010 Arizonans were significantly undercounted. This time we need to get it right, because each person counted brings about $3,000 in additional resources that come to Arizona each year. Join us as we get the details, how-tos, and insights from Vitalyst’s David Martinez and NALEO Educational Fund’s Anakarina Rodriguez. 

Links for this show:

NALEO Education Fund census page

Azcensus2020.gov

U.S. 2020census.gov

Phone numbers to respond in English: 844-330-2020 and Spanish:844-468-2020

Census Count maps

ONE Arizona

Hashtag: #ArizonaCensusChallenge

This episode is another special "of-the-moment" roundtable conversation with two public health professionals and a front line Emergency Room physician.

Learn about the best data and treatment experience we have today, and what it - and the models developed from it - are telling us. Listen now.

Show Links:

US Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality

Main page: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html 

Latest COVID-19 report (as of 3/31): https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e2.htm?s_cid=mm6913e2_w

Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home

US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

This episode is a special one: an "of-the-moment" conversation with two public health professionals who have been looking closely at the data and developments related to Coronavirus for months now.

Learn about the best data we have today, and what it - and the models developed from it - are telling us. Listen now.

Show Links:

Advice from our Italian Friends: https://youtu.be/o_cImRzKXOs 

Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home

US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

We’re back with our latest Minisode – covering five health topics in 15 minutes. Here are links to follow along.

Coronavirus Op-Ed by Will Humble and Dr. Bob England

Meet MarCo (Maricopa County Food System Coalition) 5th Anniversary: event details, event registration link

7th Annual Arizona Healthy Communities Conference: event details, event registration link

Catherine Reagor reporting:

Phoenix has long been the West's most affordable city. That might change (Squeezed Out Part 1)

Squeezed Out: Arizona needs at least 100,000 more affordable homes now

Proposed HUD cuts another hit for affordable homes and homeless in Arizona

Census 2020

What’s the census video

What does the census mean for Arizona?

Completing the census online: English, Spanish

azcensus2020.gov

In this episode we are continuing our journey of introducing you to key community health partners and resources by introducing you to the leaders behind a statewide nonprofit called The Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities. In case the name didn’t give it away, the AALC focuses on making our communities more livable, more healthy, and more likely to support all aspects of well-being. And they do it by focusing on community design, the built environment, and policy levers like municipal general plans and zoning. In other words, the Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities is all about the intersection of planning and health.  

Listen now, and use the links below, to get to know the 800-member strong Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities.

Website: http://livableaz.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/livableaz

Join us for Part two of our two-part series with reflections and insights into the complex world of coalitions. You’ll sit-in “live” as we talk with Sara Brenner, President of Community Wealth Partners – a consultancy born from the nonprofit Share Our Strength. For more than two decades Community Wealth Partners has been working to lift up what’s working when it comes to creating large scale social change. And we were lucky enough to get Sara to spend some time sharing what has been learned so far.

Part 2 picks up where we left off in part 1. After a brief discussion of Communities in Schools, we get back to the Social Transformation Lifecycle and decode the ten key elements needed for success.

 

Community Wealth Partners: https://communitywealth.com/

The Social Transformation Lifecycle: https://communitywealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Community-Wealth-Partners-Social-Transformation-Lifecycle.pdf

Join us for part one of our two-part series with reflections and insights into the complex world of coalitions. You’ll sit-in “live” as we talk with Sara Brenner, President of Community Wealth Partners – a consultancy born from the nonprofit Share Our Strength. For more than two decades Community Wealth Partners has been working to lift up what’s working when it comes to creating large scale social change. And we were lucky enough to get Sara to spend some time sharing what has been learned so far.

Part 1 focuses on the four stages of the Social Transformation Lifecycle, as well as a coalition success story that can be found right here in Arizona. Coming soon, part 2 will continue the discussion about coalition work and delve into the ten key elements for coalition success.

Community Wealth Partners: https://communitywealth.com/The Social Transformation Lifecycle: https://communitywealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Community-Wealth-Partners-Social-Transformation-Lifecycle.pdf

Join us for Part Four of our four-part series with reflections and insights on the Live Well Arizona Incubator project. You’ll sit-in “live” as Penny Pestle shares the story of the newly re-branded Better Together Southern Arizona Coalition (referred to in this recording by its previous name – the Sustainable Families Coalition) and its experience with the Live Well Incubator.

In 2018, Vitalyst collaborated with the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities to establish the Live Well Arizona Incubator and take our support of place-based community health improvement to a new level: specifically, to help facilitate the creation of more cross-sector collaborations focused on community-informed and community-driven solutions.

In a nutshell, the idea was to identify early-stage cross-sector community health projects and provide technical assistance over time, using a series of full cohort face-to-face meetings, but also by providing a facilitator/coach/consultant for about 10 months to help each project develop its new collaborative, and also to produce a solid strategy and work plan going forward.

So how is it going so far? That’s what this fourth incubator-focused episode of the Vitalyst Spark podcast is all about.

Better Together Southern Arizona Coalition: to connect and learn more, email [email protected] Live Well Arizona Incubator: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/our-story/incubator/Live Well Arizona: http://livewellaz.org/The Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/ 

Previously posted -> Live Well Arizona Incubator Part 1: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qf2cp-aac2bfPart 2: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fw9ja-ab6440Part 3: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e7dwb-adc159