East Oakland Building Healthy Communities

1. East Oakland Building Healthy Communities @ Havenscourt Campus, College Coliseum Prep Auditorium Thursday, April 22, 2010

2. The California Endowment Vision 2010-2020 • Building Healthy Communities… • Places where children and youth are healthy, safe and ready to learn

3. Building Healthy Communities • A 10-year, strategic partnership to demonstrate improved health status for children and youth and provide a blueprint for creating healthy communities • Place • Prevention • Policy and systems change • Partnership

4. Del Norte County South Sacramento Richmond East Oakland Southwest Merced/East Merced County East Salinas Central/West Fresno City South Kern County Boyle Heights South Figueroa Corridor/Vermont-Manchester Central Long Beach Central Santa Ana Coachella City Heights 14 Places

5. Why East Oakland? • Social and health needs • Strong presence of committed spiritual and community-based leadership • Evidence of collaboration for problem-solving • Capacity and opportunity

6. What is defined as East Oakland?

7. EOBHC Purpose • Develop a 10-Year Strategic Plan that guides The California Endowment’s (TCE) investment to create a healthier community in East Oakland. • TCE will invest up to $3 million/year for 10 years in EO.

8. EOBHC Guiding Principles • Change in a community begins with the needs and opinions of community members • Build on the important work currently happening in East Oakland. • Plan and invest strategically to address the deepest community challenges.

9. Who is part of EOBHC? EOBHC has a strong emphasis on community member/resident input. The plans’ development has been guided by a Steering Committee that is 75% residents. Steering Committee members are leaders who are residents and /or service providers in CBO’s or city, county agencies. The SC was formed by people nominated or self-nominated.

10. EOBHC Steering Committee • Reverend D. Buford, Allen Temple Baptist Church • Jamal Cole, Youth Resident • Twiggy Damy, Resident • Berta Hernandez, La Clínica de la Raza • Jakada Imani, Ella Baker Center • Nehanda Imara, Resident + Communities for a Better Environment • Regina Jackson, East Oakland Youth Development Center • Deacon Earl Johson, Resident + St. Louis Bertrand • Tupou Mafi, Youth Resident • Stephanie Pepitone, Resident • Ms. Towanda Sherry, Resident • Olis Simmons, Youth UpRising • Sandra Witt, Alameda County Public Health

11. What does ‘healthy’ mean? • “Health” is • physical, spiritual, and mental wellbeing of community residents AND • a thriving educational system, • good employment, • stable housing, • reliable transportation, • safe community, and • smart land use.

12. Developing a 10-year plan • The EOBHC has gathered data from community members, agencies, community and faith based organizations through: • A series of “Area Workgroup” meetings • Community Surveys • Community Engagement Sessions • Interviews with electeds and agency leaders

13. Developing a 10-year plan • We are building upon the priorities that have risen through EOBHC conversations with residents, organizations, and agencies since July 2009. • The EOBHC plan is due in May 2010.

14. Developing a 10-year plan • East Oakland’s 4 outcomes: • Access to health homes • Health-promoting land use, transportation, and community development • Safety in homes and neighborhoods. • Health improvement linked to economic development

15. Developing a 10-year plan • Some East Oakland proposed changes: • Increased early access to primary medical, dental and eye care, mental health services, and pharmacies • Increased access to fresh food and produce for East Oakland residents • Reduction in gun, gang and turf violence in neighborhoods • Increased numbers of living wage jobs for EO residents, with emphasis on formerly incarcerated community members

16. Ortiz Family Facts Jesus + Maria Ortiz, came to the US without status seeking opportunity. They have three US born children, Juan (18), Liz (17), and Miguel (15). Every morning Jesus assembles with other men seeking work as day-laborers off High Street. Maria works as a nanny in Montclair. Neither have health insurance and Jesus has diabetes. Jesus + Maria speak limited English, relying on their children. Liz + Miguel attend Castlemont -- she is college bound while he struggles to find his way. Juan dropped out at 15 after joining a gang -- after three convictions as a minor, Juan was tried as an adult at 17 and sentenced to 10 year in State Prison for 2nd degree murder. The family lives in a residential motel + has a small beat up car to get around, but neither parent has a valid drivers license and the car is uninsured. For fear of being arrested and/or deported, the family primarily relies on public transit. The Ortiz’s are saving money for an apartment + Liz is considering working to help her family instead of going to college. • Data • E. Oakland is 38% Latino • There are 88,000 undocumented immigrants in Alameda County • Many E. Oakland Latino families are of mixed immigration status • 50% of Alameda County’s 90,000 uninsured residents are immigrants • Latinos in US are twice as likely to die from diabetes as whites • Day laborers earn $259 per week on average or $13,000 annually • Latino 7th graders read below levels of White 3rd graders in OUSD • More than 2/5 Latinos 25+ yrs old don’t have high school diploma • 23% of Castlemont students are known to probation

17. JAMAL Facts Jamal, a21 year-old unmarried African-American father of three, is trying to turn his life around. After violent fights between his crack-addicted mom + her on again-off again boyfriend, Jamal was placed in out of home care with his elderly grandmother who lives in public housing and is battling lung cancer after years of smoking. Struggling academically, Jamal dropped out in the 9th grade, barely able to read. To survive, he turned to a life of dealing drugs. He was arrested + detained several times as a minor. When he turned 18 he lost all public benefits, including Medi-cal, + was soon arrested for illegal weapons possession. After coming home from jail, he found his drug convictions prevented him from living with his grandmother, + his mother’s death after a long battle with HIV left him with no family, he has never known his father. As a probationer with limited literacy, no high school diploma, + a suspended driver’s license, Jamal is trying to stay out of trouble and get a job. He struggles to find steady employment so he can secure permanent housing for him and his kids. • Data • E. Oakland is 51% African-American • E. Oaklandhas nearly 3x’s the rate of confirmed CPS cases than county + 75% of children in care are Black • Youth are 2% of County yet 21% of Foster Care • Oakland has 650-750 DV reports monthly but only 125 to 150 arrests • Among seniors in E. Oakland cancer is 2nd leading cause of death • Black 7th graders read below levels of White 3rd graders in OUSD • Homelessness and loss of medical coverage are primary problems for emancipating youth • AIDS is 2nd leading cause of death in E. Oakland among residents ages x to y • Nationally, 50% of Black males don’t finish high school, and of these 72% were jobless in their 20s, and by their mid-thirties, 60% of them have spent time in prison

18. Small Group: Sharing your thoughts • Discuss your thoughts about the 4 Prioritized Outcomes. • Discuss how can we build a healthier East Oakland in 10 years.

19. Next Steps • April 29th, 2010: Complete a draft of the 10-Year Strategic Plan – planning council meeting • May 28th, 2010: Submit a final version to The California Endowment (TCE)