Healthy Behaviors Conference - Changing Lives, Saving Lives

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2011 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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

Thursday, December 8, 2011

6:30-9:30pm

$20 Admission includes networking reception prior to screening with light appetizers and cash bar.

Bahia Resort Hotel
Mission Ballroom
998 W. Mission Bay Drive
San Diego, CA 92109

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2011 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kristen_Holms 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.

WELCOME RECEPTION

Wednesday, December 7
6:30pm-8:00pm

AjA_project Speak_City_Heights

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.

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2011 HEALTHY BEHAVIORS CONFERENCE

The BOOST Collaborative & the Center for Collaborative Solutions (CCS) continue their collaboration to provide enhanced support and lead national K-12 educators in the out-of-school time field to promote healthy lifestyles for youth. As a result of this collaboration, the organizations will provide the second Annual Healthy Behaviors Conference- Changing Lives, Saving Lives December 7-9, 2011 in San Diego, CA.

This conference is part of the BOOST family of conferences and co-sponsored by the Center for Collaborative Solutions, which developed the Healthy Behaviors Initiative that has demonstrated the power of afterschool programs in addressing the childhood obesity crisis. Our Healthy Behaviors Conference carries a level of credibility and quality that will appeal to the leaders supporting youth in the out-of-school field.

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Center for Collaborative Solutions