WELCOME RECEPTION
6:30pm-7:30pm 

Join us on the beachside patio to welcome Healthy Behavior Conference attendees.  We will serve light appetizers and have a cash bar and plenty of good music alongside a beautiful view of Mission Bay. 

This reception will also highlight the work of the AjA Project and its collaborative partners. 

The AjA Project of San Diego is partnering with local media organizations on a new initiative called Speak City Heights, an initiative sponsored by the California Endowment. Speak City Heights is aimed at amplifying the voices of residents in one of San Diego’s most diverse neighborhoods, City Heights. Through reporting and multimedia projects from partners—KPBS, voiceofsandiego.org, The AjA Project and Media Arts Center San Diego—the collaborative will help residents and policymakers frame a discussion about what constitutes a healthy community, its barriers and how they will overcome them in City Heights.

As a part of Speak City Heights, The AjA Project ran an arts-based after-school workshop on Food Justice at Crawford High School. Through photography and writing, AjA teens explored City Heights and learned how their culture was linked to their food practices and their access to healthy, cheap food. Through this participatory process, key learnings emerged that helped to inform and guide the news coverage by media partners.

Thursday, December 8

KEYNOTE: Toni Yancey
8:45am-9:45am

Toni (Antronette K.) Yancey, MD, MPH is currently Professor, Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, and Co-Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. She also directs her department's leadership doctoral degree (DrPH) program. She returned to academia full-time in 2001 after five years in public health practice, first as Director of Public Health for the City of Richmond, VA, and as Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. 

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RECHARGE BREAK: Meet & Greet and Book Signing
9:45am-10:15am

Recharge your energy, browse in the resource Center with our vendors and also have an opportunity to participate in the Meet & Greet and Book Signing with Toni Yancey.

LUNCH & KEYNOTES
12:00pm-1:00pm 

Opening Remarks:

Jason Spencer, Policy Advisor
Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torlakson
California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA

Keynote: Kristen Holm

Kristen Holm has been an elementary school teacher for 18 years, 15 of those years has been in Lawndale School District. Along with being a full time teacher, she is also the Nutrition Liaison for the Network for a Healthy California. During which time she has implemented a School Wellness Committee, Running Club, Fun Fitness Fridays, Family Nutrition Nights, Walk to School Events and an annual Bike Parade/Rodeo. Kristen is also an active member of Lawndale School District Wellness Committee.  She has helped her school earn National Recognition, two years in a row, from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the American Heart Association and the Bill Clinton Foundation. Kristen is currently part of a team that is working with the City of Lawndale to sign on with HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) Cities Campaign. She recently received 2011 Champion Educator of the Year from the Network for a Healthy California and 2011 Gold Medalist Teacher of the Year from the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

SPECIAL EVENT: "Lunch Line" Film Screening
6:30pm-9:30pm

LUNCH LINE Film Screening and post-film discussion with Filmmakers and Founders of Uji Films, Ernie Park and Michael Graziano.

$20 Admission includes networking reception prior to screening with light appetizers and cash bar, film screening, and post-film discussion with filmmakers.

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Friday, December 9

MORNING RECESS ON THE BEACH
7:00am-8:00am

Join old and new friends on the beach overlooking beautiful Mission Bay to energize, invigorate and celebrate YOU!  What a great way to start your day!  Dress comfortably