!Alliances!with!community!and!labor!
organizing:!Building!people!power!to!
address!fundamental!causes!of!
obesity!
Jim$Bloyd,$MPH$Cook!County,!Illinois,!Department!of!Public!Health!Bonnie$Rateree,$Harvey,!Illinois,!Community!Leader,!Human!AcCon!
Community!OrganizaCon!Felipe$Tendick9Matesanz,$Restaurant!Opportunity!Centers!United!
“…pinpoinCng!which!dietary!factors!are!!directly!!responsible!!for!!obesity!!has!proved!!difficult.!!Food!paLerns!!are!!the!result!of!complex!
interacCons!between!!the!person!!and!!the!!social!and!!economic!environment.!!Although!!
individual!!behavior!!is!!clearly!!involved,""diet""quality""is""reliably"predicted""by"educa1on,""occupa1on,""incomes""and""by"other,""o6en"unobserved,""indices"of"social"class”[emphasis!added]!!
Adam$Drewnowski$(2012)$
Felipe!Tendick!Matesanz,!ROC!
United!High!Road!Coordinator!
Bonnie!Rateree:!School!Bd!MemberTMaster!GardenerTLeader,!Human!AcCon!Community!OrganizaCon!
PLACE!MATTERS!Model!
Source:$G.$
Christopher,$
V.$LaFronza,$
N.$Burke$
(2010)$
Cook!County!PLACE!MATTERS!
RecogniCon!from!Cook!County,!Illinois,!Board!President!Toni!Preckwinkle!
• “I!want!to!thank!the!Cook!County!PLACE!MATTERS!team!for!this!report…It’s!shameful!that!we!live!in!one!of!the!wealthiest!countries!in!the!world!and!that!a!person’s!life!can!be!cut!short!by!more!than!a!decade!because!of!factors!outside!her!or!his!control.”!
April!26,!2012! Cook!County!Place!MaLers! 1!
73.2!
78.8!79.9! 79.9!
87.0!
65
70
75
80
85
90
Less than 25k 25k - 35k 35k - 44k 44k - 53k Greater than 53k
Life
exp
ecta
ncy
at b
irth
in y
ears
Median$Income
Average Life Expectancy (2003-2007) by Median Income of Census Tract/Municipality (2009),
Cook County
Source: Life expectancy calculated by the VCU Center on Human Needs from 2003-2007 data provided by Cook County Health Department: Median Income from 2009 Geolytics Premium Estimates.
13.8$
Years$
9.2$7.1$7.1$
7.1$
20.4$
45.4$
5.5$ 13.8$
31.9$
16.6$
30.3$
56.4$
0$
10$
20$
30$
40$
50$
60$
North$Suburban$Cook$County$
South$Suburban$Cook$County$
Harvey$
ChildPoverty$%$
%Poverty$100%$FPL$
%Poverty$200%$FPL$
Child!poverty!more!than!6!Cmes!greater!in!
Harvey,!IL!vs.!North!Suburban!Cook!County!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
12.1$14.9$ 15.9$
20.4$
26.9$
21.8$
0$
5$
10$
15$
20$
25$
30$
Kindergarten* 6th*Grade* 9th*Grade*
North$Suburban$Cook$
South$Suburban$Cook$
Obesity!Rates:!North!and!South!
Suburban!Cook!County!(2010T2012)!
Source:!CCDPH!Brief,!September!2013!
11.5$
33.7$52.4$
1.2$
South$Suburban$Cook$Percent$Racial$Composi=on$2010$
%"La%no"
%"White"
%"Black"
%"Asian/Pacific"Islander"
Two!thirds!of!residents!of!south!suburban!
Cook!County,!IL!are!people!of!color!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
14.6%
68.2%
2.5%
13.3%
North&Suburban&Cook&Percent&Racial&Composi7on&2010&
%%La-no%
%%White%
%%Black%
%%Asian/Pacific%Islander%
Two!thirds!of!residents!of!north!suburban!
Cook!County,!IL!are!white!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
Metro!Chicago:!!Poverty!ComposiCon!of!Neighborhoods!of!Poor!Children!By!Race!
Source:!!Diversitydata.org,!(2011,!from!2000!Census!Data)!
Neighborhood!poverty!level!
State$sponsored$segregaTon$through$
finance91930s$HOLC$Map$
“Geography$does$the$work$of$Jim$Crow$laws.”$
john$powell$
Restaurant!
Workers!
&!
!A!Human!
Rights!
Movement!
Strengthening!Voices!in!Policy!on!EducaCon,!NutriCon,!and!
Neighborhood!CondiCons!
Thank!you!• Bonnie!Rateree!!!!!!!ExecuCve!Director!Human!AcCon!Community!OrganizaCon!!
!!!!!16028!S.!Halsted,!Harvey,!IL!60426!!
[email protected]!(708)!825T1116!(708)!953T1071!
• Felipe!TendickTMatesanz!!!!!!!Restaurant!Opportunity!Centers!United!!
• Jim!Bloyd!!!!!!Cook!County!Department!of!Public!Health!!
!!!!!15900!S.!Cicero!Av.,!Oak!Forest!IL!60452!!
[email protected]!(708)!633T8314!
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Daniel!Block,!PhD!!Chicago"State"University""
Jim!Bloyd,!MPH!!Cook"County"Department"of"Public"Health"
Sheila!CasCllo,!MUPP!Midwest"La1no"Health,"Research,"Training"and"Policy"Center"
Sheelah!Muhammad,!DN!Food"Jus1ce"Ac1vist"and"Consultant"
Johnnie!Owens,!Jr.!Centers"For"New"Horizons"
Kathryn!Saclarides!Bocanegra,!
LCSW!ENLACE"Chicago"
!
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Natalie!Chadwell,!MBA!Alpha"Kappa"Alpha"Sorority"
Bonnie!Rateree!Human"Ac1on"Community"Organiza1on"
Agnes!Markos!Communica1ons"Specialist"
!
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Christopher,!G.,!LaFronza,!V.,!Burke,!N.!(2010).!Place"MaNers:"Building!Partnerships!among!CommuniCes!and!Local!Health!Departments.!In!
Hofrichter,!R.,!and!BhaCa,!R.!(Eds.),!!Tackling"Health"Inequi1es"through"Public"Health"Prac1ce:"Theory"to"Ac1on"(pp.!458T474).!Oxford:!New!York.!!Drewnowski,!A.!(2012).!The!economics!of!food!choice!behavior:!!!Why!
poverty!and!obesity!are!linked.!Nestlé"Nutri1on"Ins1tute"Workshop"Series,!73,!95T112.!doi:10.1159/00034130!!
Joint!Center!For!PoliCcal!and!Economic!Studies!(2012).!PLACE!MATTERS!
FOR!HEALTH!IN!COOK!COUNTY:!Ensuring!OpportuniCes!for!Good!Health!for!All.!hLp://jointcenter.org/sites/default/files/Place%20MaLers%20for
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