If you have a vested interest in the health of your community, we invite you to participate in this summit: community advocates, church leaders, members of local school councils and neighborhood associations, health care and service providers, civic and business leaders, and others...
Join us as we imagine a Chicago where physical activity is a natural part of daily life for every person in every neighborhood.
We meet on July 19 to begin to make this vision real in our communities:
- Learn about tools, programs, and policies that work.
- Meet experts and organizations that are committed to this vision.
- Explore ways to remove barriers to physical activity in our city, especially in communities with few resources or fear of crime.
- Propose next steps for a blueprint to transform our neighborhoods.
- Build and expand partnerships committed to this new, healthier Chicago.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago, IL 60607 [See map.]
NO FEE REQUIRED
There is no charge to attend this event. A continental breakfast and boxed lunch will be provided, but only for attendees who preregister. Discounted parking in UIC lots near the Forum will cost $8.00 for summit attendees.
Costs for this event have been paid for with grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Sigmund Edelstone Fund of the Michael Reese Health Trust.*
Registration for the summit is now closed. If you wish to be placed on a waiting list to attend the summit, please contact ReshapingChgo@uic.edu. If space becomes available, you will be notified by Monday afternoon.
AGENDA
Networking and check-in at 8:00 a.m. Program begins at 8:45 a.m. and concludes at 4:30 p.m. Download the agenda here.
The day begins with experts in physical activity and community health transformation:
- Bechara Choucair, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
Using Policy to Promote Physical Activity in Chicago Communities - Martha Pelaez, Health Foundation of South Florida
Transforming a Community to Increase Physical Activity: An Example of Success - Tom Prohaska, University of Illinois at Chicago
Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity in Communities - Ross Brownson, Washington University at St. Louis
Transforming the Neighborhood Environment to Increase Physical Activity
Other sessions will focus on tools and resources that can be used right away to increase physical activity in your community and steps toward a blueprint for further action.
QUESTIONS?
Contact ReshapingChgo@uic.edu.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
*This summit is sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science with funding by the National Center for Research Resources (Award No. UL1RR029879) and supported in part by the Sigmund Edelstone Fund of the Michael Reese Health Trust.
Additional support has been provided by the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, Center for Excellence in Eliminating Health Disparities, and Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement.