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The videos created by HEAC’s Youth Ambassadors were screened extensively. The “Where Do I Get My Five?” DVD continues to be used as a teaching tool for health professionals. A news story about how HEAC Youth Ambassador Selma Lozaya helped her mother lose 60 pounds by applying lessons learned in HEAC became an international story. Local media and radio showcased the students and featured them on air.
Exhibitions of their work were held locally and in San Francisco as part of “The Gatherers” show at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The trip to the Bay Area for a panel accompanying the opening of “The Gatherers” was the first trip to the region for several HEAC Youth.
Through HEAC’s network, HEAC Youth also presented their work at state conferences in Sacramento, met with state representatives and participated in youth development conferences. Locally, they spoke to municipal officials and planners.
Collectively, these experiences for the HEAC Youth were not simply empowering they were life changing. They opened up networks, let youth know that they had the ability to make a difference, and validated their efforts. For HEAC, they moved all policy efforts forward.
From 2007 to 2011, public exhibitions, screenings, presentations + conferences included:
July 30-September 10, 2011: Transformer Display for Community Fundraising, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Highland Park, CA
A collaborative project between artists Andrea Bowers and Olga Koumoundouros that features Public Matters’ Market Makeovers work with UCLA-USC CPHHD in East Los Angeles and South LA Healthy Eating Active Communities (HEAC) Initiative in South Los Angeles.
November 2010: Public Interest: Projects + Prototypes, Presentation + Discussion, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
November 2010: Imaginative Commons, Los Angeles County Arts Commission + California Community Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Presentation by Public Matters’ Mike Blockstein with Lark Galloway-Gilliam, Community Health Councils
August 2010: Food Rendezvous, SPARC, Venice, CA.
July 2010: Navigating LA’s Food Deserts, KPCC, Panel with South LA HEAC Alum Magali Bravo, hosted by Patt Morrison
April 2010: Sustainable Sundays, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA
February 2010: Market Makeovers Presentation, City Year, Los Angeles, CA
November 2009: Marketmakeovers.org Launch, The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
November 2009: Hungry Urbanism 3: Edible Activism Convention, Project Food | LA, MAK Center, Los Angeles, CA
November 2009: Food Activism + Art Panel, Pitzer College, Pomona, CA
October 2009: Healthy Neighborhood Festival, Los Angeles, CA
September 2009: Market Makeovers @ 30 Years and Growing! Celebrating 30 Years of Farmers’ Markets, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
September 2009: 2009 California REACH US Conference, Long Beach, CA
September 2009: Inaugural Salud America! Scientific Summit, San Antonio, TX
August 2009: Public Matters Presentation, NetSquared, Los Angeles, CA
August 2009: Minority Youth In Los Angeles (MYLA), Los Angeles, CA
August 2009: Los Angeles County Adolescent Health Collaborative Conference, Los Angeles, CA
July 2009: Network for a Healthy California, Anaheim, CA
June 2009: Childhood Obesity Conference, Los Angeles, CA
June 2009: California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness, Los Angeles, CA
June 2009: PLANet Youth Conference 2009, Berkeley, CA
May 2009: Who Glues Your Community Together through Food? A Night of Hidden Kitchens Featuring The Kitchen Sisters, The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
May 2009: Big City Forum #4, Los Angeles, CA
March 2009: The Story + Struggle Behind Food Deserts and the Success of Market Makeovers, National YMCA Conference Call
March 2009: Compton Family Health Collaborative, Los Angeles, CA
January 2009: Panel Discussion with Public Matters + South LA HEAC Youth, in conjunction with The Gatherers exhibit, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
December 2008: Market Makeover Grand Re-Opening | Los Compadres Market, Los Angeles, CA
The Honorable Councilwoman Jan Perry (CD-9) spoke at the Los Compadres Re-Opening, while South LA HEAC Youth Ambassadors (left to right) Adriana Moreno, Jessica Orellana, Andrea Vazquez, Jonathan Contreras and Britanni Dighero backed her up.
November 2008-January 2009: Where Do I Get My 5? + South LA Market Makeover videos @ The Gatherers Exhibit, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
October 2008: Los Angeles County Public Health Department Meeting, SPA 5 + 6, Los Angeles, CA
October 2008: Annual American Public Health Association (APHA) Conference, California Endowment table, San Diego, CA
October 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? DVD Screening, Healthy Corner Store Network/Food Security Coalition, Philadelphia, PA
September 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? DVD Screening, Adolescent Health Conference, The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
September 2008 – ONGOING: The South Central Diet, broadcast on CurrentTV, viewable online. See the video: The South Central Diet
June-October 2008: Food Fight: Youth Advocates Transform Local Food Environments Exhibition, Big Sur Educational Gallery, The California Endowment, Los Angeles, CA
May 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? DVD Screening, Healthy Teens on the Move, Baldwin Park, CA
May 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? DVD Screening for Master of Public Health Students + Professors, UCLA School of Public Health, Westwood, CA
April 2008: Neighborhood Narratives: Telling a Community’s Story + Setting the Stage for Change, Web Presentation + Call with Public Matters’ Mike Blockstein, Grassroots Grantmakers Topical Conference Call
April 2008: Presentation @ Community Planning School Workshop, Los Angeles, C
March 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? Parent Screening, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
March 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? Parent Screening, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
March 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? Screening, PolicyLink Regional Equity 2008: 3rd National Summit on Equitable Development + Social Justice + Smart Growth, New Orleans, LA
February 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? Student Screening, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
January 2008: Where Do I Get My 5? Parent Screening, The Accelerated School, Los Angeles, CA
December 2007: Fast Food Moratorium Testimony before the L.A. Planning + Land Use Management Commission (PLUM), City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
November 2007: Market Grand Re-Opening + Press Conference in conjunction with Councilwoman Jan Perry’s Office (CD-9), Coronado Market, Los Angeles, CA
November 2007: Where Do I Get My 5? Premiere Screening, Tom Bradley Room, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
South LA HEAC Youth Ambassadors Cameron McCaa, Janell Smith, Adriana Moreno, HEAC Neighborhood Sector Coordinator Aurora Flores, Youth Magali Bravo and Lae Schmidt had a captive audience for their premiere.
October 2007: Many Visions, Many Voices: One Community, NeighborWorks America Community Leadership Institute, Boston, MA