Making Health Equality A Reality
Parishioners from Calvary Victory Bible Church participating in a Visioning session. The next post was written by Bronx Health REACH employee Immaculada Moronta. Recently, I led two visioning classes for the Complete the Grand Concourse Initiative, which can be a work to bring life-saving improvements to the entire Grand Concourse with traffic soothing measures, protected bicycle lanes, curb extensions, and dedicated bus lanes.
The visioning periods were held at two Bronx churches, who are companions in the Bronx Health REACH Faith Based coalition. Visioning classes are a terrific way to listen to from the grouped community about the concerns and improvements needed. Created by James Rojas, a visioning session involves several community members using objects such as small blocks of wood, string, artificial flowers, pipe cleaners etc. to design their ideal community/community. At both visioning classes individuals were instructed to use the material provided and design their community as they might enjoy it, whether that was making roads safer, improvements to the parks or even more places for physical activity in their neighborhood.
The first visioning session included nine parishioners from Christ the King Church located off the Grand Concourse at Marcy Place. It plays an essential role in providing community support for getting the Complete the Grand Concourse Initiative was done dealing with Bronx Health REACH’s partner, Transportation Alternatives. One participant described that the Grand Concourse needs more light since it is quite dangerous to mix the street at night. Others pointed out that the Grand Concourse might use … Read the rest
