Vitalyst Spark

E11: The Continuum of Housing and Health - Part 1

Join us for Part 1 of our two-part series on Housing and Health. You’ll sit-in “live” as two passionate housing practitioners introduce Vitalyst’s Trustees to work being done on the full spectrum of health and housing.

In this episode, we’ll hear from Katie Gentry of Maricopa Association of Governments and Diana “Dede” Yazzie Devine as they share an overview of housing options ranging from shelters to permanent supportive housing.

Use the documents below to follow along, and stay tuned for part two coming soon!

The Housing Spectrum: http://vitalysthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Housing-Spectrum-FINAL.pdf

Speaker Bios, Part 1: http://vitalysthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/HousingPanelistsPart1.pdf

Slides, Katie Gentry: http://vitalysthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/KatieGentry-MAG.pdf

Slides, Diana “Dede” Yazzie Devine: http://vitalysthealth.org/wp-content/uploads/DedeDevine-NAC.pdf

E10: Meet Sonoran Prevention Works (2018 Innovation Grants Minisode Miniseries Episode 4)

In episode four of our minisode miniseries, we sit down with Haley Coles from ACLU from Sonoran Prevention Works (SPW). SPW received a $125,000 grant to support advocacy and education for syringe access programs – a proven harm reduction strategy in response to the opioid crisis and rising hepatitis-C and HIV infection rates. 

Specifically, Sonoran Prevention Works is working to transform the response to the opioid crisis away from a perspective of pure criminalization to a framework focused on public health – and they are doing so by partnering with the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Creosote Partners and Shot in the Dark to destigmatize syringe access programs and understand the comprehensive needs of people who inject drugs. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is also working with Sonoran Prevention Works to implement a needle stick prevention program and to educate law enforcement on injection drug use.

Listen today and learn what Haley means when she says “…it’s not about overdose. At the end of the day what kills people is stigma.”

Sonoran Prevention Works website: https://spwaz.org/

Sonoran Prevention Works Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sonoranpreventionworks/
2018 Innovation Grants web page: http://vitalysthealth.org/grants-2018/

Previous Innovation Grants minisodes:

1. Flower & Bullets Collective: https://goo.gl/Z8hzky
2. Ndee Bikiyaa (the People’s Farm): https://goo.gl/uCcLCK
3. ACLU Demand to Learn: https://gl/WFS8wG

E9: Meet Demand to Learn (2018 Innovation Grants Minisode Miniseries Episode 3)

In episode three of our minisode miniseries, we sit down with Anabel Maldonado from ACLU of Arizona’s Demand to Learn Initiative.

ACLU received $125,000 for Demand to Learn, funded in partnership by Vitalyst and the Arizona Community Foundation, to extend and invest in its partnerships with three key community groups: Black Mothers Forum, Morning Star Leaders, Inc. and Rising Youth Theatre.

Demand to Learn is working to transform disciplinary policies that disproportionately affect people of color. This community group investment is designed to support the capacity for community members to become peers and co-leaders in the movement to keep kids in schools, improve students’ physical and mental health and ultimately provide for greater economic stability.

ACLU of Arizona website: https://www.acluaz.org/es/node/918
Demand to Learn AZ website: https://demandtolearnaz.org/
2018 Innovation Grants web page: http://vitalysthealth.org/grants-2018/

Stay tuned for our fourth episode coming soon!

Previous Innovation Grants minisodes:

1. Flower & Bullets Collective: https://goo.gl/Z8hzky
2. Ndee Bikiyaa (the People’s Farm): https://goo.gl/uCcLCK

E8: Meet Ndee Bikiyaa (2018 Innovation Grants Minisode Miniseries Episode 2)

In episode two of our minisode miniseries, we sit down with the White Mountain Apache tribe’s Clayton Harvey, Greenhouse Manager at Ndee Bikiyaa (The People’s Farm).

Ndee Bikiyaa received $125,000 for the Community Food Pipeline Project, funded in partnership by Vitalyst and the NARBHA Institute. 

In just eight years, the farm has grown from a 10’ x 20’ plot to a six-acre community asset, and now Ndee Bikiyaa is poised to create transformational food policy change. Specifically, farm leadership is pursuing USDA regulation changes in order to produce, package, and sell traditionally prepared, hunted, and foraged foods that aren’t currently allowed – restoring the tribe’s rich cultural heritage and creating opportunities for health and well-being.

Starting with how the farm was (re)born in 2010, Clayton fills this episode with heartfelt stories not just of Ndee Bikiyaa, but of the true meaning behind the quest to honor and restore a rich, wise, and robust food culture. 

Stay tuned for two more episodes coming soon!

2018 Innovation Grants web page: http://vitalysthealth.org/grants-2018/
Ndee Bikiyaa Website: https://goo.gl/LYyUd2
Ndee Bikiyaa Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ndeebikiyaathepeoplesfarm/

Previous minisodes in this miniseries:

1. Flower & Bullets Collective: https://goo.gl/Z8hzky

E7: Meet Flowers & Bullets Collective (2018 Innovation Grants Minisode Miniseries Episode 1)

Join us as we sit down with Jacob Robles, one of the founders of Flowers & Bullets Collective. The arts and sustainability collective received $125,000 in partnership with the Arizona Community Foundation as one of four 2018 Innovation Grant recipients. Jacob tells the stories of his neighborhood, the origins of the Flowers & Bullets Collective – including the significance of the name – brings us up to speed on what’s happened since the May announcement, and shares his vision for building a more sustainable, healthier community. 

This is the first episode of our 2018 innovation grants minisode miniseries. Stay tuned for three more episodes coming soon! 

Show Links:

• 2018 Innovation Grants web page: http://vitalysthealth.org/grants-2018/
• Flowers & Bullets Collective Website: https://www.flowersandbullets.com/
• Flowers & Bullets Collective Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FlowersBullets/

E6: In Conversation: The Farm at Los Olivos Park

Join us as we sit down with two Phoenix entrepreneurs and hear the story of how a city of Phoenix park is getting ready for a transformation that rethinks the role of parks in improving health and well-being.

Aren’t parks already healthy, you ask? Of course. But what would it look like if a project was conceived at the intersection of healthy foods and parks? It would probably look a lot like The Farm at Los Olivos Park (28th Street, north of Indian School Road), a proposed project that combines an urban working farm, a produce stand, an art and education center, and a park concession. It’s a pretty big stretch of an idea, and a pretty bold plan. Hey, nowhere else are you going to experience a conversation that blends farming, art, hospitality, Top Gun, and maybe even a secret about parsnips in Arizona. Learn more:

• Project website: https://www.losolivospark.com/
• Project FAQ:https://goo.gl/PczxHj 
• City of Phoenix Parks & Rec: https://www.phoenix.gov/parks/parks/alphabetical/l-parks/los-olivos-park 

E5: Minisode! Year of Healthy Communities Wrap-Up, The Good Life, Northern Arizona University, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Obamacare Results

Welcome back to - and happy holidays from - the Vitalyst Spark podcast. We’re back with another Minisode: where we make the most of your time by packing five items of news you can really use into about 15 minutes - plus a little holiday cheer this time around. Here are the links you need to follow along and follow up.

01:10 - The 2017 Year of Healthy Communities Wrap-Up

• The Live Well Arizona website: http://livewellaz.org
• Webinar playbacks: http://livewellaz.org/webinars/
• January 16 webinar registration: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/kj0h76ls9zgz&eom

04:36 - Where to Find the Good Life

• National Geographic summary: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/11/where-to-find-the-good-life/
• Gallup-Healthways State Well-Being Rankings Report: http://info.healthways.com/hubfs/Gallup-Healthways%20State%20of%20American%20Well-Being_2016%20State%20Rankings%20vFINAL.pdf

06:34 - Northern Arizona University News

• The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) grant award announcement: http://news.nau.edu/health-disparities-grant/
• NARBHA Institute James Wurgler MD Chair of Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health announcement: http://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/nau-gets-funding-for-new-professor-of-criminal-behavior/article_1fb70318-969b-5f51-9bcf-8ea8ea431db2.html
• NAU Interdisciplinary Health PhD: https://www.nau.edu/SBS/Interdisciplinary-Health-PhD-Program/

08:53 - Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Environmental Reporting Grant

• The Grand AZ Announcement: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/03/24/grandaz-environmental-reporting-arizona-republic-nina-mason-pulliam-trust/99569560/
• Article: Phoenix’s Heat is Rising, and So is the Danger: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2017/10/18/deadly-heat-phoenix-getting-hotter-so-danger/694283001/
• Article: How Heat Discriminates: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2017/10/19/heres-how-heat-discriminates-what-phoenix-doing-help-those-risk/561116001/
• Article: The Heat Killed More People in 2016 Then Ever Before: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2017/10/19/human-cost-heat-those-who-paid-record-year-deaths-metro-phoenix/646194001/

11:08 - 2017 Obamacare Enrollment Results

• Compilation of open enrollment results coverage from 12/22/17 via Kaiser Health News: https://khn.org/morning-briefing/friday-december-22-2017/#breakout-800732

14:08 - Minisode Wrap Up and Announcements

• January 16 webinar registration: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/kj0h76ls9zgz&eom

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E4: Cover Arizona: Meet the People Behind the Connector

Today's episode is timely and important. With just 30 days left until the Obamacare Open Enrollment period ends, we're giving you an exclusive look at the "who" and the "how:" the people who power the Cover Arizona Coalition's enrollment process.

You might be surprised to know that making an appointment at coveraz.org/connector using your zip code will put you in touch with people just like you who are ready to provide FREE enrollment help.

Learn more about who these people are, and just how much better that enrollment appointment is than you might think. Listen today! And be sure to pass this episode on to everyone who needs to hear it and get enrolled by December 15.

Important Links:

The Get Covered Connector: coveraz.org/connector
To Get Enrollment Appointments by Phone: 1-800-377-3536

Our Featured Guests:

Allen Gjersvig from The Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers
Claudia Maldanado from Keogh Health Connection
Layal Rabat from Asian Pacific Community in Action

 

DON'T FORGET: Open Enrollment is only available until December 15. Help us spread the word. Share this podcast far and wide. And let's all get covered!

E3: Minisode! Obamacare, Piper Trust, Health Affairs, City of Tempe, City of Bisbee

Welcome to epsiode 2 of the Vitalyst Spark podcast. This time we’re back with a Minisode: where we make the most of your time by packing five items of news you can really use into just 15 minutes. Here are the links you need to follow along and follow up.

00:30 - Obamacare and the Cover Arizona Coalition

• The Get Covered Connector: http://coveraz.org/connector/
• The Cover Arizona Coalition Statewide Toll-Free Number: 1-800-377-3536

04:00 - Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and Resilience

• Piper Trust web site: http://pipertrust.org/
• Building Community Resilience in Maricopa County: http://pipertrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ISC-Report-PiperResilienceAssessmentProject-10-11-16-web-version.pdf

05:55 - Health Affairs Magazine and Affordable Quality Food

• To Improve Health and Lower Costs for Low-Income Seniors, Invest Upstream: http://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20171024.786928/full/

07:40 - The City of Tempe and the 20-Minute City

• The Shaping of a 20-Minute City http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-tempe-arizona-efficient-sustainable-transportation-20-minute-city.html

09:55 - The City of Bisbee and Plastic Bags

• Bisbee Must Repeal Plastic Bag Ban or Lose Funding, Arizona AG Says: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/10/24/bisbee-must-repeal-plastic-grocery-bag-ban-lose-funding-arizona-ag-says/795970001/

12:30 - Minisode Wrap Up and Announcements

• November 9 Year of Healthy Communities Webinar: https://cc.readytalk.com/registration/#/?meeting=vp50u30n8qr0&campaign=4dwgklai08hc

 

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E2: Transportation in Our Daily Lives

Welcome to the first episode of the Vitalyst Spark podcast. We're on a journey to explore the many aspects of health and well-being in Arizona, and we're excited to have you join us. 

 

In this episode, host Jon Ford sits down with guests to look at transportation from several different angles, mixing some fun with the important role transportation plays in our everyday lives. 

 

About our guests:

 

Leslie Dornfeld is from Plan*et, a Phoenix-based community focused on providing high-quality planning, policy and design expertise to governments, non-profit and private clients. In our discussion, Leslie lends her 30 years of experience to a dialogue that includes Health Impact Assessments, Complete Streets and Health Equity. Learn more and connect with Leslie at http://plan-et.us/

Xanthia Walker and Paula Ortega from Rising Youth Theatre joined the pod to talk about the intersection of theatre, youth engagement, and light rail. You can learn more about the work of Rising Youth Theatre and their annual Light Rail Plays at http://risingyouththeatre.org/current-projects/ - you can also follow them on social media at https://www.facebook.com/RisingYouthTheatre/

This is our first shot at making an engaging and informative podcast for YOU. Let us know how we're doing. We love hearing what you have to say, especially the comments that help us understand how to be better at telling Arizona's stories of health and well-being. Send us your input - praise, comments, ideas for future episodes and more. Send your emails to feedback@vitalysthealth.org

Episode 2? We're taking a look at the future of transportation, including the topic of autonomous vehicles. So get subscribed to the podcast today, and we'll see you back on the road to well-being soon.