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Tales From the Garden #13
Council focuses on promoting solutions to racial, ethnic inequality
By: The Minnesota Department of Human Services
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) recently hosted a weeklong workshop aimed at guiding and empowering policymakers and community leaders to develop and promote solutions to racism and racial and ethnic inequity. Participants, including DHS and Minnesota Department of Health staff, community leaders and members of the Cultural and Ethnic Communities Leadership Council (CECLC) received training on problem structuring and policy analysis tools related to racial and ethnic inequity.
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[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”ball-cam”]BALL Announcements
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”ball-cam”]1. Successfully kicked off the BALL Campaign at the Mall of America during Pan Asian Heritage month
More than 5,000 people had a chance to peek into bicultural healthy living lifestyle at May 14th Pan Asian Arts Festival at the Mall of America. This Festival is a kick off for the Bicultural Active Living Lifestyle (BALL) Campaign, through collaboration among Asian American & Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) cultural groups, to present and demonstrate cultural dances, in order to support better understanding and access to cultural integration physical exercises.
With the TV Wall’s showcasing of the BALL activities, life-size BALL Posters hanging over the stage, along with information booth to present information cards and printed booklets/brochures/fact sheet, participants had a chance to fully understand the importance of cultures impact on health, and how to utilize cultural exercises to mobilize immigrants and refugees to exercise more and provide the opportunity for the mainstream community to see the possibilities of using cultures to improve their healthy living through a bicultural lens.
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_center” accent_color=”#4f6a35″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”ball-cam”]2. BALL eNewsletter has won 2nd Place!
BALL submitted our monthly eNewsletter (yes, the one you received just now) to Neighborhood USA’s eNewsletter award competition and we are proud to announce that we won 2nd place! With as much pleasure we receive from just providing you with upcoming outlets to live a Bicultural Active Living Lifestyle we also like to receive recognition for our efforts.
About Neighborhood USA: Neighborhoods, USA is a national non-profit organization committed to building and strengthening neighborhood organizations. Created in 1975 to share information and experiences used to build stronger communities, NUSA continues to encourage networking and information-sharing to facilitate the development of partnerships among neighborhood organizations, government and the private sector for the ultimate goal of strengthening every neighborhood.
In addition to the award, we also attended the conference which this year was hosted in Memphis, TN. There were representatives from Neighborhood Organizations, Non-Profits, and Government from all over the US. Workshops covering a variety of topics filled each day of the 4 day conference and we took back a lot of useful information which we hope to leverage back home here in Minneapolis.
Congratulations to BALL!
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[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_center” accent_color=”#4f6a35″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”ball-cam”]3. BALL awarded Park Leadership Fund to expand more Cultural Physical Activities in Minneapolis parks
Bicultural Active Living Lifestyle (BALL) recently applied for the Parks Leadership Funds Program from the Minneapolis Parks & Rec Board. We were awarded $8,000 to conduct a pilot project to incorporate cultural exercise in the parks as a way to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
[mk_image src=”https://ballequity.amamedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/0-1799×480.jpg” image_width=”1799″ image_height=”480″ crop=”true” svg=”false” lightbox=”false” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” title=”” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″ margin_top=”10″]In partnership with Pathway Learning Center (PLC), and the Minneapolis Parks & Rec Board (MPRB), St Mary’s Health Clinic, Ummah Project and Fairview Health Services: Webber, Bottineau, VanCleve and Farview, we were able to secure the funding for this pilot project. This pilot project will start in July to encourage the community to take part in the activities and also explore what the Rec Centers have to offer the neighborhood with cultural exercise opportunities throughout Minneapolis parks, at:
Monday
5:30p -6:30p – Zumba @ Bottineau
Tuesday
11:30-12:45 – Walking @ Van Cleve
6pm-7pm – Zumba @ Farview
6pm-7pm – Zumba @ Windom NE
Wednesday
5:30p-6:30p – Yoga @ Van Cleve
Thursday
10am-12pm – Walking @ Bottineau
5:30p-6:30p – Hip Hop @ Bottineau
6pm-7pm – Zumba @ Farview
6pm-7pm – Yoga @ Webber
Friday
pending scheduling – Yoga @ Jackson Square
Saturday
pending scheduling – Asian Dance @ Farview
pending scheduling – Zumba @ Logan (adults)
pending scheduling – Zumba @ Logan (Kids)
This pilot project interweaved the green prescription concept as a way for the clinics to prescribe their patients to maintain a healthy lifestyle through utilizing the parks more and participating more the physical activities at Rec Centers. Green prescription assist the medical professionals and their patients to find holistically ways beyond just the medicine to improve their health. The BALL Initiative encourages everyone in the community to partake in this pilot project towards a healthy lifestyle. If you are interested, please contact one of the parks to sign up or we will be having an celebratory event on: Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 11 – 3pm at Minneapolis Logan Park, 690 13th Ave. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413. Come and celebrate with your neighbors with a bicultural healthier lifestyle. [/vc_column_text][mk_image src=”https://ballequity.amamedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Postcard-1-640×478.jpg” image_width=”640″ image_height=”478″ crop=”true” svg=”false” lightbox=”true” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” title=”Get Active” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″][mk_image src=”https://ballequity.amamedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Postcard-2-640×380.jpg” image_width=”640″ image_height=”380″ crop=”true” svg=”false” lightbox=”true” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”35″ title=”Exercise”][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″ el_class=”ball-cam”] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]