One way health advocates are working to make more nutritious food available in neighborhoods without easy access to supermarkets is by trying to get more fruits and vegetables into corner stores. A new website, Market Makeovers, has launched to guide people who might like to organize such a project.
Market Makeovers features the work of some [...]
On this day of Thanksgiving, Jubilee Consortium wants to express its gratitude to everyone that has supported us and helped us grow in our efforts to reduce the inordinately high level of chronic health conditions (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, obesity) that are prevalent in low-income communities around Los Angeles County. You have truly helped us [...]
Read moreby Gary Commins, Jubilee Consortium Board President
When I was in seminary, our very old, very thin, very traditional, and venerable Liturgics Professor always spoke in a very low voice. He enunciated very clearly or taking notes would have been an exercise in futility.
One day he quietly unfurled a story about introducing Sixties “revisions” to [...]
By Sally Lew, Jubilee Board Member
How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment to start improving the world. – Anne Frank, age 14.
Recently, I was introduced to a wonderful youth leadership program – YouthGive, a nonprofit organization that is building a community of giving created and guided by young people. The [...]
Most of us are aware that lack of physical activity and poor nutrition are leading causes of the obesity epidemic that has swept through the United States in the last twenty years, an epidemic that especially affects lower income communities of color. We also realize that obesity, in turn, is a major contributor to poor [...]
Read moreLooking at the growth and development of the Jubilee Consortium during the last two years has been great. It is very gratifying that our understanding of urban churches as an obvious place to promote and support community health has taken hold. The exercise and healthy cooking classes for adults and boxing programs for [...]
Read moreBy Tom Crowe, St. Luke’s Parishioner and Jubilee Consortium Board Member
The City of Long Beach was incorporated in 1888, and remained a sleepy little farming and resort town until after World War II, when thousands of service men and women settled here after being discharged from the Long Beach Naval Base. So many people from [...]
With the nation facing increased rates of hunger and obesity, there is considerable need for nutrition education among low-income families. These families are less likely than those with higher incomes to have a healthy diet, to know about the links of diet and health, and to have the resources to properly feed themselves and their [...]
Read moreBy Sally Lew, Jubilee Consortium Board Member
I have devoted most of my adult life to working with young people – as an educator, a mentor, a coach, a big sister, an auntie, and a godparent as well as a single-parent. It became very clear to me, early on, that guidance is critical in a young [...]
By Joanne Leslie (Board member)
The Heart of Jesus in the Heart of the City. This is the vision of St. John’s ProCathedral in downtown Los Angeles. In November 2007, St. John’s added a new ministry whose goal is to make the hearts of people living in its urban neighborhood healthier. For the last six months, [...]