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Meeting MinutesAction Team Name: Active Living

Meeting Date: April 4th, 2008 10-12

Note Taker name: Plumb/Brawer/Santana/Smith Telephone #: __________________ e-mail: _________________________

Attendees: Tina Green (Black Women In Sports), Lamar Kendrick, Jessica Anderson (Pa Environmental Council), Natasha Moody, Rickie Brawer, AndyDyson (Neighborhood Bike Works), Ayana Bradshaw (Philadelphia Collaborative Anti-Violence Collaborative), Rob Simmons, CR Robinson(PhiladelphiaHorticulture Society/Philadelphia Green), Ruby Davis (EPRA), Tracore Aboubacar, Ken Smith (PDPH), Abbie Sanatana (Jefferson), Lisa Jones (SchoolDistrict), Karl Ingram, Leona Brown (Project HOME), Sister Quaye (PARRC)Maggie ONeil (Drexel/Citizen), Dottie Wells (Salvation Army), Jim Plumb(Jefferson), Taraya Gibson, Roy Hoffman (PDPH)

Agenda Item Discussion: Main Points Follow-up Actions Responsibility

Introductions Jim Plumb began the meeting by welcoming

everyone on behalf of PUFFA and the Active

Living Action Team (Angie Womack and I as Co-Chairs) and asking each attendee to state name and

organization (if applicable) and note information

on attendance form

Reviewed the agenda attendee check

Ken provided a brief overview of PUFFA for new

attendees

Later there were questions about distribution

of money

How much of the grant money goes to

community groups? Discussion of planning grant contributing to

coalition building and creating plan

(Need to address this more

clearly/openly)

Reminded all about Community Meeting April 16 th

Add new folks to the list Calvin James

Previous Meeting Follow-up Jim Plumb gave a brief review of previous two

meetings and the background for the presentation

by Harjeet Sembhi, based on recommendations

form previous meetings and contacts to do a policy

scan looking at several organizations.

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New Topics Harjeet Sembhi presented ACTIVE LIVING

ASSETS RELATED TO POLICY AND

SYSTEMS CHANGE IN PHILADELPHIA

(see attached)

Importance of SafeScape concepts!!

Discussion followed:

Corner stores owned by immigrants forgenerations, passed down through families;

need to employ neighborhood folks (referred

to Food Systems Action Team)

Plenty of facilities for active living, folks may

have access, but not feel safeneed Police

Department at the table

Have we connected the dots to the Anti

Violence Groups???

Many, many kids in Charter schools and

Independent schools what are requirements

for physical activity? Importance of private sector Fitness facilities

Private sector often hard to engage

Many, many kids in after school programs;

what are opportunities for PA in these

program

Corporate Social Responsibility - PUFFA

needs business and entrepreneurial input;

how to involve major companies in effort;

opportunity Wednesday the 9th at Temple

830-1130 Social Entrepreneurial

Conference;

Larger companies can support and advocate

for policy efforts; Insurers could provide

memberships to local programs, not just

Ballys, etc; how can they disburse funds to

smaller CBOS who promote physical activity

o Corporations developing policies that

support active living in employees

E.g Business could fund PCA to continue

PA activities

Youth have mapped bike trails

Asset mapping parks, recreation centers,

YMCAs, PAL centers

Hard copies distributed to attendees; include in

minutes

Review with Food Systems Action team

Identify their action steps

Investigate

Jim Plumb

Jim Plumb

Jim Plumb

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Next Steps

Review Philadelphia Green with Robert Allen

Follow-up on questions raised

Synergy: List examplesof synergy provided at

meetingsData/Information Requests Baseline data used by Philly Green Plan

Next Meeting Date TBD

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