Event Materials

  • Program Brochure including SF Facts and Figures
  • Powerpoint Presentation by Rajiv Bhatia on SF Health and Land Use
  • Photos of the Town Hall Meeting - Coming Soon!
  • Remaining Questions from the Audience
  • Lessons learned by SFDPH from organizing this screening of Unnatural Causes
  • Follow Up Meeting on Health and Land Use - Coming Soon!
  • Upcoming Unnatural Causes Screenings in SF
  • Download SF health maps and figures at www.thehdmt.org

    • Event Objectives

  • Support a common understanding of the nexus between health and urban development
  • Profile public and private initiatives to promote health and equity through planning and development
  • Identify shared priorities and key obstacles to achieving healthy and equitable neighborhoods
  • Provide opportunities for networking among city agencies, advocates, developers, researchers & others

    • Date/Location

    Wednesday, January 30, 2008 * 4:00-7:30PM

    The San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium, located on the Library’s lower level

    100 Larkin Street (at Grove), San Francisco * Enter 30 Grove Street, proceed downstairs

    One block from the Civic Center BART/MUNI

    Agenda:

    4:00-4:20 Welcome/Overview of Agenda/Brief Group Exercise

    Mitch Katz, MD, SF Director of Health

    4:20-4:50 Introduction to the New Documentary: “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”

    Rachel Poulain, Director of Outreach, CA Newsreel

    Film Screening of Unnatural Causes Segment: Place Matters, followed by recognition of film contributors

    Brief Description: Our street address can be a powerful predictor of our health. In Richmond, California we witness how one neighborhood exposes its residents to health threats while in Seattle, Washington, another neighborhood is being created that promotes health. What public policies and community actions make the difference?

    4:50-5:00 Partner Discussion Exercise

    5:00-5:20 Health and Land Use in San Francisco: Exploring the Data

    Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, SF Director of Occupational and Environmental Health

    5:20-6:20 Panel Discussion on Film & Challenges/Opportunities with Current SF Development Projects

    Facilitator: Barbara Garcia, SF Deputy Director Health

  • Fred Blackwell, Director, SF Redevelopment Agency
  • Karen Chapple, Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development/UC Berkeley
  • Oscar Grande, Community Organizer, PODER/MAC
  • Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
  • Daniel Murphy, Principal, Urban Green DevCo LLC
  • John Rahaim, Director, SF Planning Department

    • 6:20-6:50 Facilitated Audience Discussion

    6:50-7:00 Wrap-Up/Closing Remarks

    7:00-7:30 Reception/Networking

     

    This event was one of over 100 town hall meetings across the U.S. as part of a national Public Impact Campaign to:

     (1) Foster consideration of underlying social and economic conditions in public health debates and

    (2) Encourage consideration of health consequences in social and economic policy debates.

    For more information visit: www.unnaturalcauses.org

     

    Co-Sponsors to this event include:

    This event was organized by the SF Dept of Public Health and was co-sponsored by: American Institute of Architects - SF Chapter, Asian & Pacific Islander Health Parity Coalition, Asian Neighborhood Design, Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative, Blue Cross of CA State Sponsored Business, CA Newsreel, CA Pacific Medical Center, Hospital Council of Northern & Central CA, Laguna Honda Hospital- Dept of Health Ed., Lan Do Associates, Livable City, Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition, MEDA, PODER, Safety Network, SF ACORN, SF Arts Commission Community Arts & Education, SF Bike Coalition, SF Health Commission, SF Health Plan, SF Planning Dept, SF Redevelopment Agency, SFSU Health Ed. Student Assoc., SFSU Public Health Org. of Grad. Students, Offices of Supervisors Ammiano and Maxwell, Transportation and Land Use Coalition, UC Berkeley Center for Public Health Practice, Walden House.

    This event was free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. Refreshments are not allowed in the Auditorium. This was not a library sponsored program. For more info about this event or future events, please contact Megan Gaydos at megan.gaydos@sfdph.org or 415.252.3919