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Community Economic Development Or: How Public Health can get its groove on in the Neighborhood

Jakarta Declaration 1997. Pre-requisites for health are peace, shelter, education, social security, social relations, food, income, empowerment of women, a stable eco-system, sustainable resource use, social justice, respect for human rights and equity. Above all, poverty is the greatest threat to

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Community Economic Development Or: How Public Health can get its groove on in the Neighborhood

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    1. Community Economic Development (Or: How Public Health can get its groove on in the Neighborhood!) Presenter: E. Vicente Sanabria, Director, Central MA Center for Healthy Communities

    2. Jakarta Declaration 1997 Pre-requisites for health are peace, shelter, education, social security, social relations, food, income, empowerment of women, a stable eco-system, sustainable resource use, social justice, respect for human rights and equity. Above all, poverty is the greatest threat to health. Underline areas are specific focus areas of Community Development Corp.

    3. Unnatural Causes “Part of good public health is empowering communities to create conditions where people make the changes they need to control their lives. Power is a public health issue.” Dr. Troutman

    4. ‘Domains’ of Risk and Protective Factors Community School Family Individual/Peer

    5. Community Level Risk Factors Community Risk factors : Availability of Drugs Community laws and norms favorable to drug use Extreme economic and social deprivation Transition and mobility Low neighborhood attachment and community disorganization Unemployment and underemployment Discrimination Pro-drug use messages in the media Highlighted factors are associated with the work of Community Development Corp.

    6. Community Level Protective Factors Community Protective factors : Opportunities for participation as active members of the community Decreasing substance accessibility Cultural norms that set high expectations for youth Social networks and support systems within the community Media Literacy Increased pricing through taxation Raised purchasing age and enforcement Stricter driving under-the –influence laws

    7. Community Economic Development What do these words mean to you ?

    8. Definition of CED “a process by which a community and its institutions organize economic activity in ways that benefit the community as a whole and leads to community and personal empowerment through strategies which encourage cooperation and interdependence and which seek to equalize resources among its rich and poor populations.” Development Leadership Network (1991)  

    9. Vicente’s Definition of CED Community Economic Development is the building of relationships between neighborhood residents and land, labor and capital.

    10. There are six guiding principles associated with CED work 1. Enhancing democracy and justice for low-income residents 2. Enhancing community empowerment (the ability to choose and act on one’s choices) 3. Enhancing personal empowerment 4. Enhancing civic participation 5. Enhancing cooperation, collaboration, and partnerships among and across sectors 6. Enhancing community income and creation of assets and wealth

    11. Poverty Legislation          

    12. Urban Development Legislation        

    13. What was lacking were the mechanisms to provide the “how” to localize that legislation Community Development Corporations (CDC) have arisen as the vehicles to bridge the gap There are thousands of CEDs operating in all of our urban and many rural, suburban and Tribal areas

    14. Two Examples of Effective Community Development Corporations Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (BSRC), Brooklyn, NY The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), Chicago, IL

    15. Resources

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