H. e. a. l convening 2017

On May 17 Mr. Randolph, Diamond and Ms. Cathy traveled to Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, NC for the Healthy Eating Active Living Convening, sponsored by our partner Resourceful Communities. The theme of this year's convening was HEALing Ourselves: Take it Home Strategies. The goals of this convening was to

• Learn through experimental HEAL- focused demonstrations
• Increase awareness of HEAL resources
• Strengthen network connections
• Build skills to strengthen HEAL programming.

The workshops and speakers were very engaging. The speakers pushed the importance of community- based efforts in addressing the social determinants of health. This is why we here at Men and Women United for Youth and Families thrive to encourage sustainable living by promoting environmental education, resource awareness and to provide services to assist in creating independent and self–sufficient youth and families.
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We are very excited about all the knowledge and connections that were gained at the HEAL Convening.