HEZ Learning Community Participatory Budgeting

Budget: $3,000

This day will be all about celebrating culture at the Learning Community incorporating flags, music, and artistic expression from different cultures. Our cultures and communities can impact our perceptions of health –so let’s talk about it! If this project is funded, we will host a series of resident-led workshops designed to dive into how our culture and community impacts our perceptions of health and health equity, lead by cultural and/or affinity group such as people who are refugees, immigrants, youth, women and more. Costs Include: 1) Honorarium for Resident Presenters 2) Transportation for Resident Presenters 3) Printing and Materials for Presenters Total: $3000

Budget: $3,000

To engage more residents in the Learning Community, we need them to see it advertised in their feed and hear about it on their radio stations! If funded, we propose to increase the engagement of HEZ residents at the Learning Community by livestreaming about the event on social media, creating a radio add, talking about it on podcasts, and/or other Media platforms. Costs Include: a) Radio Ad b) Podcast speakers c) Translation Total: $3000

Budget: $3,000

Summer is the perfect time to engage young people in the Learning Community, but how do we get them involved? If this project is funded, we will partner with a local youth program to teach young people about health equity over the week leading up to the Learning Community. The week will culminate with these youth having a field trip to the Learning Community. This learning community will further offer a space for young people interested in health equity to come together and may kick of a youth Community of Practice. Costs Include: 1) Transportation to and from Youth Program to RIC 2) Youth Health Equity Take-Away bags 3) Paid day of youth facilitator 4) Financial support for Local experts for youth focused workshops Total: $3000

Budget: $3,000

As a first step to making the Learning Communities multilingual, we proposed making August’s Learning community a fully bilingual (Spanish/English) event. This includes translation of all presentations and printed materials in addition to real time interpretation services for anyone who may need it. In addition to providing translation and interpretation, we will be recruiting for the Learning Community in both Spanish and English to encourage Spanish speaking residents to come to our event -ensuring that it will be accessible to them. At this Learning Community we would encourage Spanish-speaking presenters with translation to English. Costs include: 1) In person interpretation 2) Translation of Printed materials/Presentations Total: $3000

Budget: $3,000

All Health Equity Zones have resident leaders who are actively engaged in the work. Unfortunately, transportation to and from the learning community can be a barrier to coming to our event. If funded, this projects would allow for each HEZ to support the transportation costs (i.e. Uber Rides) for two resident leaders to come to the August learning Community. At this learning community, we will host a mixer so that residents from across HEZs can come together and get to know each other! Costs Include : Round-trip ride share service for 2 residents from each HEZ Total= $3000