The Kern Education Justice Collaborative (KEJC) will be hosting a community action on School Discipline on Saturday March 2nd, at the Arvin Veterans Hall (414 4th St. Arvin Ca 93203), from 2-4pm. This convention will be so we can continue the dialogue, hear testimonies and decide on a course of action to address this issue.

Let’s spread the word! If you have any questions you can call Call, text, message, tweet, send a note on a pigeon; whatever works for you!

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WE Connect was established by former California First Lady Maria Shriver in 2005 and is now run by The California Endowment. WE Connect empowers lower-income families to utilize resources that can help them lead healthier, more financially secure lives.

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In South Kern, a group of active and engaged youth have joined together to spread the word on issues that may otherwise go unnoticed.

South Kern Sol is media website staffed by youth ages 14 to 24 from the areas of Greenfield, Arvin, Lamont and Weedpatch. Together this team researches and reports on matters that impact residents of South Kern including the economy, education, politics, health and the environment.

Recognizing that the mainstream media often overlooks the areas they live in, these youth have been trained in the style of storytelling, photography and video to create a news outlet where citizens can find information on the local news that affects them most.

South Kern Sol was created by New America Media with the help of funders The California Endowment and Knight Foundation.

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You are invited to make one change for 100 days that will improve your health.

Choose one change that will improve you and your family’s health and make that change for 100 days. Begin the challenge on or after January 17th, then join the celebration on April 27th to see how your change has helped create a healthier South Kern!

Todos sabemos que el lugar donde usted vive afecta a su salud-para mejor o para lo peor.

Si su comunidad ofrece alimentos sanos y de calidad, lugares seguros y limpios para jugar y mantenerse activos y, de excelente salud y los servicios de educación, entonces es probable que sean sanos y saludables. Pero, si mala calidad del aire, sustancial de la pobreza, las aceras deterioradas y los parques no, y tiendas que promueven el licor y la comida chatarra en lugar de alimentos nutritivos suena como su comunidad, entonces usted está en riesgo de ser poco saludable.

Construyendo Comunidades Saludables del Sur Kern tiene como objetivo resolver este problema.

The California Endowment se ha asociado con 14 comunidades en todo el estado para mejorar su desarrollo físico, social y económico de los entornos de promoción de la salud general de los niños y las familias para hoy y para que todo el mundo future.When en las bandas de la comunidad para lograr un cambio positivo, que puede construir un lugar donde los jóvenes es seguro, sano y listo para aprender-una donde todo el mundo quiere vivir. Aunque la creación de un verdadero cambio puede ser difícil, sabemos que trabajando juntos en un plan específico, formado y dirigido por nuestra comunidad puede hacer Kern Sur sano, próspero y sostenible!

Invitamos a todo el que vive, trabaja y juega en el Arvin, Lamont, Weedpatch y las comunidades de Greenfield a unirse a nosotros y la comunidad en general para establecer una mejor, más saludable del Sur Kern.

Llamamos a nuestras reuniones colectivas la mesa central. Juventud, organismos, organizaciones, empresas locales y todos los residentes del sur de Kern, están invitados a reunirse y tomar decisiones sobre cómo hacer sana Kern Sur una realidad.

Involúcrese en cualquier forma que pueda! Asista a los entrenamientos, reuniones de toda la comunidad y eventos, únete a un equipo de acción o centrarse en una estrategia específica (recreación, salud, medio ambiente, la educación o el desarrollo económico), y registrarse como un socio que se comprometan a la visión y las metas de construcción de comunidades saludables del Sur Kern.

Misión
Los residentes, organizaciones y empresas ubicadas en Arvin, Greenfield, Lamont y Weedpatch están trabajando juntos para crear comunidades saludables, donde nuestros hijos y todos nosotros, llevan una vida de productos sanos, seguros y fructíferos un fuerte apoyo para crecer y alcanzar nuestros sueños.

We all know that the place where you live affects your health—for the best or for the worst.

If your community provides healthy, quality foods, safe and clean places to play and be active and, excellent health and education services, then you are likely to be healthy and well. But, if poor air quality, substantial poverty, rundown sidewalks and no parks, and stores that promote liquor and junk food rather than nourishing foods sounds like your community—then you’re at risk for being unhealthy.

Building Healthy Communities South Kern aims to solve this problem.

The California Endowment has teamed up with 14 communities throughout the state to improve their physical, social and economic environments—promoting the overall health of children and families for today and for the future.When everyone in the community bands together to make positive change, we can construct a place where youth is safe, healthy and ready to learn—one where everyone wants to live. Although creating real change can be difficult, we know that working together on a specific plan, formed and led by our community can make South Kern healthy, prosperous and sustainable!

We invite everyone who lives, works and plays in the Arvin, Lamont, Weedpatch and Greenfield communities to join with us and the community at-large to establish a better, healthier South Kern.

We call our collective meetings The Central Table. Youth, agencies, organizations, local business and all residents of South Kern are invited to gather and make decisions on how to make healthy South Kern a reality.

Get involved in any way you can! Attend trainings, community-wide meetings and events, join an action team or focus on a specific strategy (recreation, health, environment, education or economic development), and register as a partner to commit to the vision and goals of Building Healthy Communities South Kern.

Mission
Residents, organizations and businesses located in Arvin, Greenfield, Lamont and Weedpatch are working together to create healthy communities where our children and all of us lead healthy, safe and fruitful lives—with strong support to grow and achieve our dreams.