Welcome to This Week in Equity Engagement on Twitter (TWEET) for the week of October 5, 2015. There was so much bill-signing excitement last week that we’re a couple days late for this anxiously anticipated edition of TWEET. Don’t worry, we still have a lot of great stuff in here, including:
Great feature in the New York Times about how soda consumption is decreasing.
http://twitter.com/jamiefoodfdnUSA/status/651109708154077184
While most people drive to work, alternative forms of transportation (walking, biking, etc.) are becoming more popular.
http://twitter.com/BrookingsMetro/status/651151132199284737
There are more sobering statistics about mass incarceration in America, particularly among African American young men.
http://twitter.com/FordFoundation/status/651143605101268992
Another great feature looks at the discrepancies between prison and education spending across the country.
http://twitter.com/AfAmEducation/status/651800669825970176
Here is a neat visual on the impact of air pollution and what can be done to clean our air.
http://twitter.com/SouthCoastAQMD/status/649699269025239040
Displacement in low-income areas and communities of color has a lot of consequences, as illustrated by this interactive skit.
http://twitter.com/Urban_Habitat/status/651143491859320832
This great new initiative is helping empower young Black girls.
http://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/651164989605044225
A new report from the California HealthCare Foundation looks at how long patients have to wait to see a physician.
http://twitter.com/CHCFNews/status/651156948566433792
This great new resource from ChangeLab Solutions looks at food environments in rural communities.
http://twitter.com/ChangeLabWorks/status/652241938628804608
Our friends at First 5 LA have released their Intergenerational Learning Family Guide.
http://twitter.com/First5LA/status/652251151409258499
