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Empowering Communities: Building Self-Governance and Health in High-Risk Areas

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CANDLe3 focuses on engaging and empowering neighborhoods in at-risk areas of Oklahoma. By fostering education and collaboration, we aim to enhance physical, mental, economic, spiritual, and social health. Inspired by principles of democracy and community responsibility, our mission involves identifying needs and resources, mobilizing support, and establishing local advocates for sustainable growth. We're committed to transforming vulnerable communities into united, healthy environments where residents can thrive and govern themselves effectively.

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Empowering Communities: Building Self-Governance and Health in High-Risk Areas

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  1. CANDLe3 Community and Neighborhood Development Liaison engage educate empower Kim Coon Michelle Hovis Jennifer Morris Tim Onarecker Katie Shoush Will Welch Margaret Zwicker

  2. “If you believe in democracy, which I do, you have to believe that people have the capacity within themselves to develop the ability to govern themselves… Because of this, you have to build a program that will deal with things as they are and as they ought to be at the same time.” -Myles Horton 1905, The Long Haul

  3. Mission Engaging the community so they can Educate us to Empower them

  4. Relevance United communities are healthy communities • Physical health • Mental health • Economic health • Spiritual health • Cultural and Social Capital Gains • Improving health in these areas could save • up to 90,000 additional lives per year Mitka, 2007

  5. Vulnerable & At-Risk Areas • 21 zip codes in Oklahoma defined as High-Risk • 9 of those 21 located in NE Oklahoma • High-Risk defined as: • Sub-standard housing • High proportion living in poverty • High elevated blood lead level prevalence • High proportion of minority residents Mitka, 2007 OCLPPP, 2008

  6. What We Propose • Identify target neighborhoods • Identify needs, wants, gifts • Mobilize outside resources • Establish Neighborhood Advocate • Departure after stabilization • Healthcare • Education • Social Services • Legal • Law Enforcement • Social Capital

  7. Local Resources Neighborhood Leaders CANDLe3 Community

  8. So what? “We have a stake in one another, and what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart, and if enough people believe in the truth of that proposition and act on it, then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done.” -Barack Obama 2006, The Audacity of Hope

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