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When the only full-service grocery store in Red Hook closed in 2001, Added Value began a farmer's market to bring healthy, affordable food back to the neighborhood. And in 2003, they started the Red Hook Community Farm, which employs young people from the neighborhood.
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Adetokunbo "Toks" Omishakin, Director of Healthy Living Initiatives in the Office of the Mayor of Nashville, TN, speaks at Keeping Kids Moving event in Washington, DC
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Fourteen-year-old transportation advocate Julia Lopez urges policymakers to reach out to young people at the Keeping Kids Moving event in Washington, DC
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Stephen Bradberry of the Alliance Institute in New Orleans talks about the BP disaster in the Gulf, and lets viewers know what can be done to help
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The 2010 US Social Forum was held in Detriot, and PolicyLink was there to see what people across the country are doing to promote equity in their communities
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Ariana reflects on her neighborhood growing up and talks about the work she is doing to ensure that every child has an opportunity to grow up in a safe and healthy environment
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Joe reflects on his neighborhood growing up and talks about the work he is doing to ensure that every child has an opportunity to grow up in a safe and healthy environment
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Dana reflects on his neighborhood growing up and talks about the work he is doing to ensure that every child has an opportunity to grow up in a safe and healthy environment
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Jean reflects on his neighborhood growing up and talks about the work he is doing to ensure that every child has an opportunity to grow up in a safe and healthy environment
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Charles reflects on his neighborhood growing up and talks about the work he is doing to ensure that every child has an opportunity to grow up in a safe and healthy environment
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Starting in 1994, nearly 5,000 very poor families in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York were given the opportunity to move to higher-income communities. This was a uniquely American experiment to test theories about what it takes to overcome persistent ghetto poverty. Moving to Opportunity is the story of that experiment
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RWJF Center Deputy Director Mildred Thompson and program associate Erin Hagan participated in a push-up pilgrimage sponsored by the American Sports Institute (ASI) through Marin County, California to raise awareness about the childhood obesity epidemic as well as the lack of physical activity in schools.
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A key sponsor of a federal bill creating a National Infrastructure Bank, Rep. Ellison helped unveil the PolicyLink Center for Infrastructure Equity during this month's 1,800 strong Regional Equity '08 Summit in New Orleans
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PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell talks about the work of the Harlem Children's Zone at the 'Changing the Odds' Conference in November of 2009
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Watch Summit participants who share a commitment to full economic and social inclusion and the belief that everyone in a democratic society should have the opportunity to participate and prosper
