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Instant Recess by Toni Yancey

Paul — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:34:23 +0000

Check out Instant Recess. Scheduled for publication in November, this lively, inspiring, and informative book zeroes in on the state of American fitness—persistently sedentary, plagued by obesity—and issues a clarion call to action that reaches across economic, racial, and educational lines. It is written by Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD, MPH, Professor in the UCLA Department of Health Services, Co-Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity at the School of Public Health and good friend to the Jubilee Consortium. In a warm, reader-friendly narrative that draws on solid scientific research, personal experience and her own poetry, Yancey calls for a radically different approach to fitness promotion: one that respects diversity and is grounded in the cultures of those most at risk. Instant Recess proposes regular ten-minute exercise breaks that utilize music and dance and are easily incorporated into school, work, and community life.

National Public Health Week

Paul — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:27:44 +0000

National Public Health Week comes every year at the beginning of Spring. What a perfect time to take out our walking shoes, shop for fresh fruits and vegetables and look around our neighborhoods to see how they can be made more health-friendly. Check out some ideas at the National Public Health Week web site and see what folks are doing in other communities: http://www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm. Then join with us at the Jubilee Consortium to make all communities in Los Angeles healthier and stronger.

Canada’s Fitness Tax Credit

Paul — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:39:58 +0000

As everyone south of the Canadian border prepares their annual tax returns, our friends north of the border can take advantage of a new tax incentive worth $500 a year.

Read more about Canada’s fitness credit online at MacLeans.ca

One Email Account at a Time

Jason — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:59:59 +0000

I am ordinary. I would say I am quite ordinary but I wouldn’t want to attach such a robust modifier to a description of myself. So today, when Dom got a job and stood up in front of everyone in the computer lab to announce that he’d gained employment through “trusting the wisdom and guidance of Addison” I was floored. Now, I’ve been thanked for my near constant supply of breath mints before, and for my uncanny ability to guess the time of day to the nearest 15-20 minutes, but I’ve never been thanked for anything like “wisdom” or “guidance.” It felt strange. Dom got the job himself. He worked hard, applying to multiple jobs every day and never giving in when no one called him back for weeks on end. I had set him up with an email account and tried to help him feel more comfortable with computers, but he did the real work.

I feel like I had nothing to do with Dom’s success. I’ve noticed this is a constant, reoccurring feeling I have while at Chrysalis. I work hard, but I feel like I am always just scratching the surface. In my mind, I am never doing enough. The gratitude I get from the population I serve, however, suggests otherwise. I find this feeling alternately inspirational and a little unnerving. Inspirational because I see that I can make a difference in the lives of my fellow humans, even if I don’t feel I’m doing enough. It’s unnerving because I can’t help but wonder why I don’t always try to work a little harder, or why we don’t all try to do just a little bit more for one another.

Addison Callahan, EUIP Intern09-10