RARE Monday Mailing Year 27 | Issue 01
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“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Oregon Fast Fact Oregon is for lovers. Her birthday is Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1859.
How Local Governments Can Advance Health Equity through Their Built Environments (Emme Shoup) Goats Take Up the Cause of Fire Prevention in Oregon (Eva Kahn) The Age of Megafires: The World Hits a Climate Tipping Point Helping, Fixing, or Serving? (Emme Shoup) It’s Time to Move On From Community Consensus Oregon Could Better Reach Out to Bike, Pedestrian Groups Before Construction Projects, Audit Finds The West’s Wildfires Collide With Its Housing Crisis The Weather Chills, and Restaurants Face a Choice: Invest in Extending Outdoor Dining or Let the Changing Seasons Shut Them Down How Solar Survives Without Government Backing PODCAST: Serving in Common Purpose
How Local Governments Can Advance Health Equity through Their Built Environments
Urban Institute The buildings we live in, the parks we play in, the streets we walk on, and the pipes that run under our homes are all components of the built environment that influence our health outcomes. Our neighborhoods, our incomes, and our race often determine the quality of the built environment around us. Communities of color and neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty are most likely to experience barriers to accessing quality housing, transportation, parks, recreation facilities, and other health-promoting aspects of the built environment because of systemic disinvestment, racist policies, and a lack of resident input in local decisionmaking. These barriers can lead to health inequities between white communities and communities of color, as well as between neighborhoods with higher incomes and those with lower incomes. Read the full story. RARE AmeriCorps Program Monday Mailing | Page 1 of 4