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. - Jennifer Quick
Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C - Nicole Cleary
Beechwood Neighborhood Association - Mary Lupien
Best Buddies WNY - Lindsay Jewett
Boy Scouts of America - Jesse Knoth
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 Health Home of Upstate NY - Nicole Bryl
Children's Institute - Marjorie Allen, Dawn Breitung, Elizabeth Devaney, and Mary Louise Musler
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 - Wayne County - Sandi Bastedo, and Adam Ray Bullock
DEKS Consulting - Dorthea King-Simpson
Empire Justice Center - Yversha Roman
FLRT Block Club - Evette Colon, and Jackie Graham
Foodlink, Inc - Mitch Gruber, and Camille Verbofsky
Genesee Transportation Council - Lori Maher, and Bob Williams
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 - Gildred Aponte, and Miguel Melendez Jr.
Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition - Mona Isler, and 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, Nahmese Bacot, Cherriese Bufis, Candace Cabral, Ramona Colon, Heather Feinman, Jini Figueroa, Allan Jackson, Sasha Lewis, Debbie McCoy, Precious Moses, Sharon Peck, Lydia Rivera-Warr, Vailma Ramos, Dorian Smith, and Doreen Young
Passero Associates - David Kruse
Playworks- New York/New Jersey - Andrew Yansen, and Daniel Speciale
ROC the Future - Willie Robinson, and Kilolo Moyo-White
ReConnect Rochester - Mary Staropoli
Rochester Accessible Adventures - Anita O’Brien
Rochester City School District - Eva Thomas
Rochester Regional Breastfeeding Coalition - Alka Phatak
Society For the Protection and Care of Children - Melissa Parrish
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities - Suzannah Ladarola, and Adriana Verwey
Strong National Museum of Play - Tyana Velazquez-Smith
The Children's Agenda - Pete Nabozny, and Brittany Read
University of Rochester Medical Center - Sarah Collins-McGowan, MD, Stephen Cook, MD, Sanford Mayer, MD, and Cameron Schauf
URMC, Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Rochester - Kristine DiBitetto
URMC Preventative Medicine Residency Program - Alicia Bell
WXXI - Cara Rager