Every day, talented, dedicated professionals and volunteers are making the places we live, work, and play healthier. Across the country people are tackling similar challenges, yet the barriers of geography and time keep our common victories apart. What would happen if it was easier to hear about, and learn from, the hard work and successes of others travelling similar paths?
Using the power of the web, Prevention Speaks aims to connect people working to build healthier communities. After all, it’s our peers who often influence, inspire, and teach us the most, yet they can’t do that if we never meet them! In an innovative partnership with Wisconsin Public Television, the Wisconsin Clearinghouse will produce stories profiling what (and who) is working on the front lines of prevention. In particular, we’ll highlight successes in tackling obesity and smoking as supported by the Communities Putting Prevention to Work and the US Centers for Disease Control.
We hear so many powerful stories that never make it beyond the bounds of the training room and to the ears of those who would be so very moved and inspired by them. Just like a mentor, the story of another can encourage change, whether that translates into a boost of confidence for approaching an elected official, a shot of persistence for changing the way food choices are made within an entire school district, or a dose of courage to take on the tobacco industry!
Each month, we’ll be introducing a handful of stories and connecting them to helpful resources. We hope these stories humanize, affirm, inspire, teach and leave us all just a little more hopeful and ready to go that extra mile to put prevention to work in our own lives and communities.
Carrie Sullivan, MPH
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Using the power of the web, Prevention Speaks aims to connect people working to build healthier communities. After all, it’s our peers who often influence, inspire, and teach us the most, yet they can’t do that if we never meet them! In an innovative partnership with Wisconsin Public Television, the Wisconsin Clearinghouse will produce stories profiling what (and who) is working on the front lines of prevention. In particular, we’ll highlight successes in tackling obesity and smoking as supported by the Communities Putting Prevention to Work and the US Centers for Disease Control.
We hear so many powerful stories that never make it beyond the bounds of the training room and to the ears of those who would be so very moved and inspired by them. Just like a mentor, the story of another can encourage change, whether that translates into a boost of confidence for approaching an elected official, a shot of persistence for changing the way food choices are made within an entire school district, or a dose of courage to take on the tobacco industry!
Each month, we’ll be introducing a handful of stories and connecting them to helpful resources. We hope these stories humanize, affirm, inspire, teach and leave us all just a little more hopeful and ready to go that extra mile to put prevention to work in our own lives and communities.
Carrie Sullivan, MPH
Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention
University of Wisconsin, Madison
