Healthi Kids knows we cannot do this work alone. We partner with many organizations, neighborhood leaders, residents and families in our region to advance whole child health. In order to advance our agenda, we work collaboratively across multiple sectors. Our grassroots community coalition is comprised of over 60 kids’ advocates including community residents, youth, nonprofit organizations, healthcare, municipal government, transportation and education. We meet biannually to share knowledge and collaborate to leverage and align community resources. Throughout the year, our coalition members team up in a series of workgroups, task forces and in our respective organizations to advance the policies, systems and environmental change solutions highlighted in our advocacy agenda.
Our coalition members:
14621 NE Block Club - Emma Morrison
Action for a Better Community - Meg Humphrey
Aria Strategies, LLC - Aria Camaione-Lind
Baden Street Settlement of Rochester Inc. - Jen Quick
Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C - Nicole Cleary, and Hanna Quigley
Beechwood Neighborhood Association - Mary Lupien
Boy Scouts of America - Jesse Knoth
Cameron Community Ministries - Jonathon Coyle, and Lindsay Jewett
Causewave Community Partners - Aaron Lattanzio
Center for Community Health & Prevention - Daniel Green, and Theresa Green
Child Care Council - Rose Shufelt and Jeff Pier
Children's Institute - Marjorie Allen, Elizabeth Devaney and Dawn Breitung
City of Rochester - Sara Scott, Tremain Harris, and Darin Ramsey
City Roots Land Trust - Joe DiFiore
Coordinated Care Services Inc. - Deb Salamone
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Monroe County - Maggie McHugh and Sandi Bastedo
DEKS Consulting - Dorthea King-Simpson
Empire Justice Center - Yversha Roman
FLRT Block Club - Evette Colon, and Jackie Graham
Foodlink, Inc - Mitch Gruber, and Meg Demment
G2 - Oni Heard
Genesee Pediatrics - Sara Collins-McGowan, MD
Genesee Transportation Council - Lori Maher, and Bob Williams
Greater Accessible Adventures - Anita O'Brien
Greater Rochester After School and Summer Alliance - Carla Stough-Huffman
Greater Rochester Health Foundation - Anita Black and Danette Campbell-Bell
Healthy Baby Network - Adeanna Tazell
Ibero-American Action League - Miguel Melendez Jr.
Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition - Cathy Little
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester - Kristine DiBitetto
ISLA Housing & Development Corp - Mercedes Vazquez-Simmons
Monroe County Department of Public Health - Anne Kern
Monroe County Library System - Tonia Burton
Original Strategies - Kelly Miterko
Parent Advocates - Toyin Anderson, Cherriese Bufis, Heather Feinman, Allen Jackson, Sasha Lewis, Precious Moses, Sharon Peck, Lydia Rivera-Warr, Dorian Smith, and Doreen Young, and Vailma Ramos
Playworks - Andrew Yansen and Daniel Speciale
ROC the Future - Willie Robinson
ReConnect Rochester - Renee Stetzer
Rochester Accessible Adventures - Anita O’Brien
Rochester City School District - Eva Thomas, Jini Figueroa, Nahmese Bacot
Rochester Regional Breastfeeding Coalition - Alka Phatak
Society For the Protection and Care of Children - Melissa Parrish
SRF & Associates - David Kruse
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities - Jennifer Ward
Strong Museum of Play - Tyana Velazquez-Smith
The Children's Agenda - Pete Nabozny, Brittany Read
University of Rochester Medical Center - Cameron Schauf, Steven Cook, MD, Sanford Mayer, MD
URMC Preventative Medicine Residency Program - Alicia Bell
WXXI - Cara Rager