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Young People Really Are Our Future: Making It a Bright One

Robert Ross | Posted 05.10.2013 | Impact
Read More: School Discipline, Boys and Men of Color, Presidential Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans, Robert Ross, Ucla, Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color, The California Endowment, Impact News
Robert Ross

The course to all of our health and prosperity starts with changing the odds for our sons and brothers which will build opportunity for all of us. There are real signs of hope and momentum building around the country.

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Prevention First: A Physician's Prescription for Safer Schools

Robert Ross | Posted 04.17.2013 | Impact
Read More: School Nurses, Newtown, School-Based Clinic, Sandy Hook Elementary School, School Counselors, President Obama, School Violence, State of the Union, The California Endowment, Prevention-Oriented, Senator Marco Rubio, Impact News
Robert Ross

There are no shortage of ideas on the subject, and the debate has been robust. But I'd argue that our national conversation has been missing one essential element: a physician's focus on prevention.

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White House Holds Call With Major Foundations About Gun Control

Posted 01.11.2013 | Impact
Read More: Sandy Hook Gun Control, The McCormick Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Obama Gun Debate, Joe Biden Gun Control, Gun Debate, Gun Control Debate, White House Gun Control, Open Society Institute, Newtown Gun Control, The California Endowment, Impact News

President Obama may be tapping the philanthropic sector for support in gun violence prevention measures. As part of President Barack Obama’s gun...

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California Teens 'Demand A Real Plan' To Keep Schools Safe: 'More Guns Are Not The Answer'

Posted 12.21.2012 | Home
Read More: Nra Arm Schools, National Rifle Association, Demand a Plan Campaign, Demand a Plan Video, Guns in Schools, Demand a Plan, Nra, The California Endowment, Nra Guns in Schools, Video, Home News

A group of California teens are coming together in a passionate call to action: for a "real plan" to keep schools as safe havens for students and educ...

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Now We Can Finally Fix Health Care!

Robert Ross | Posted 01.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Obamacare, Obama Health Care, Robert Ross, The California Endowment, President Obama, Politics News
Robert Ross

Two years after the law was passed, and six months after the Supreme Court affirmed its legality, only now do we have the opportunity to explain the benefits of Obamacare to families, workers, and employees -- without the noise, distraction, and confusion of a political campaign getting in the way.

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Please, Don't Diss the Water

Larry_Cohen | Posted 11.13.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Public Health, Sugary Beverages, California, Seattle, Prevention, Prevention Institute, The California Endowment, Water, Soda, Personal Health, Drinking Water, Children's Health, Wellness, Water Health, Healthy Living News
Larry_Cohen

We all deserve water and the more we drink it, the better. It's time to teach our children and ourselves that when it comes to quenching thirst and hydrating the body, nothing beats good old H2O.

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Health Happens in the Workplace: Employee Wellness Program to Improve Lives and Save Money

Robert Ross | Posted 07.15.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: State-Controller-John-Chiang, California-State-Treasurer, Workplace Wellness, The California Endowment, Seiu, Healthy Living Health News, Video, Public Health, Workplace Health, Workplace Wellness Programs, Wellness in Workplace, Healthy Living News
Robert Ross

We know health happens in the workplace, and there is plenty of research now telling us that savings happen with prevention.

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Teaching Gardens are Sprouting

Kelly Meyer | Posted 07.01.2012 | Parents
Read More: American Heart Association, The California Endowment, Mom Congress, Kelly Meyer, Teaching Gardens, Washington DC, Parenting, The Lorax, Los Angeles, Dr. Seuss, Gardens, Parents News
Kelly Meyer

I draw an invisible circle around my body and say, "the environment starts here." To kids living in inner cities where trees and plants are scarce, personalizing the environment is crucial.

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Schools Must Pull Kids in, Not Turn Them Away

Robert Ross | Posted 05.30.2012 | Home
Read More: Oakland, Education News, School Discipline, Public Schools, California, South Los Angeles, California Teachers Association, Fresno, Boyle Heights, School Suspensions, Schools, The California Endowment, Home News
Robert Ross

For each day that a young person is suspended from school, his or her educational attainment experiences a setback.

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Public-private Partnership in California Tackles Obesity, Hunger Epidemics

Araceli Ruano | Posted 04.22.2012 | Impact
Read More: Michelle Obama, Hunger, Obesity, The California Endowment, California Freshworks Fund, Healthy Eating, Healthy Food, Food Insecurity, Michelle Obama Food, Food, California Food Deserts, Food Deserts, Impact News
Araceli Ruano

California's Freshworks Fund serves as a model for an innovative public-private partnership loan fund with the potential to increase access to healthy and affordable food throughout the state.

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Aurelia Fierros

Latino Teens Write Stories Telling Full Tale Of Their 'Hood

HuffingtonPost.com | Aurelia Fierros | Posted 12.14.2011 | Latino Voices
Read More: Latinos, Annenberg School, Homeboy Industries, Newspapers, Boyle Heights Beat, Spanish, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Gangs, The California Endowment, Teenagers, La Opinion, Latino Voices News

In the Latino neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, a group of high school students write and produce a newspaper looking at their own communi...

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An Open Letter To President Obama About The Importance Of The Prevention And Public Health Fund

Robert Ross | Posted 06.11.2011 | Home
Read More: Affordable Care Act, Prevention and Public Health Fund, The California Endowment, Home News
Robert Ross

I write to strongly urge you to stand firm in the face of attempts to eliminate or reduce the Prevention and Public Health Fund created by the Affordable Care Act.

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Two Profiles in Courage

Robert Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Los Angeles, Holy Family Adoption Services, Arizona-Anti-Immigrant-Bill, Proposition 8, Catholicism, Robert Ross, The California Endowment, Los Angeles News
Robert Ross

Community-based nonprofit organizations are struggling for their organizational lives these days. The oppressive economic downturn has made it hard t...

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A Shared Vision of Health

Robert Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Barak Obama, Heathcare Reform, Bill Clinton, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, The California Endowment, Los Angeles News
Robert Ross

We all know to call 911 to reach the fire department. But who do we call to help address the nationwide health crisis we all face?

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