We Seek to Build a Healthy and Thriving Equitable Community for All
We envision a future in which a person’s neighborhood, income, race,
ethnicity, primary language, and/or immigration status no longer serve as a
predictor of health outcomes.
GAVA provides opportunities for residents to engage and take ownership of efforts for their built environment, health promotion, economic development and anti-displacement. The GAVA network encourages peers, friends, neighbors, organizations, and institutions to champion a culture of health in their daily lives, and to civically and socially engage to support positive changes in their community environment.
We accomplish this work through community organizing in four portfolios. These portfolios are powered by community and they intersect with one another, existing within a resilience and health equity framework.
Portfolios
Each portfolio is comprised of projects and initiatives that seek to improve community health through partnerships, policies, and changes to the built-in environment. We focus on quality of life issues that are important to our wellbeing and threatened by economic, environmental, and political stressors.
