Health Policy Coalition in Launched in Flagstaff’s Sunnyside Neighborhood

North Country HealthCare, the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and Flagstaff Medical Center would like to announce the first meeting of the newly formed “Hermosa Vida Policy Coalition,” an initiative of the “A Beautiful Life – Hermosa Vida – Nizhóní Iiná” project. Funded by a 3-year $750,000 Kresge Foundation Grant, The Hermosa Vida project promotes healthy lifestyles in recognition that a healthy life is a beautiful life. The policy coalition will hold its first meeting June 1st, 5:30-7:30 at the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.

Attendees of the June 1st Hermosa Vida Policy Coalition meeting will discuss the term “policy” and address how policy relates to peoples’ capacity to lead healthy lives. Future meetings will focus on identifying specific policies that could be developed, changed or implemented in order to support healthy lifestyles. The coalition will then work to impact local, state and national change. Most importantly, the coalition’s work will reflect the words and experiences of Sunnyside residents that the Hermosa Vida team identifies through ongoing community-engaged research.

The project partners appreciate the public’s interest and participation in the project. For more information about “A Beautiful Life” or the program launch, contact Julio Quezada by email, jquezada@northcountryhealtchare.org; by mail, 2304 North Third Street, Flagstaff AZ 86004; by fax, 928-213-5460; or by phone, 928-525-6060.