The Marin County HEAL Collaborative’s goal is to advance our shared priority of advancing work that supports community empowerment (control over decision-making processes, self-determination, community leadership, etc.) within the local food system and promotes leadership from low-income Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
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West Marin
West Marin encompasses Bolinas, Point Reyes Station, Olema, Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Inverness, and the San Geronimo Valley.
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MarinHEAL News
Spring Newsletter 2022
As the season transitions from Winter into Spring, we watch the shift as plants and animals awake from a state of dormancy, to blossom, to movement, to action. Similarly, our work with the Marin County HEAL Collaborative has moved from strategy, into implementation on...
Nutrition & Wellness Program: HEAL Collaborative Funded Work
Over the past year, the Nutrition Wellness Program has been developing an online educational program to promote healthy eating and community leadership within the local food systems. We have partnered with two local leaders to facilitate workshops around MyPlate...
HEAL Collaborative Community Action Teams
We have shifted our structure to ensure that the work is being driven by processes that support community empowerment within a local and equitable food system. The Community Action Teams are designed to create a space that can co-create solutions with community...
Spring 2022 Events
HEAL Collaborative Potluck! May 6th at San Geronimo Valley Community CenterWe are planning to gather over food and community now that Covid cases seem to be at more safe levels for in-person gatherings. Please join us if you can! Sign up for a dish here. To RSVP,...
Welcome to the Team: Nutrition & Wellness Program Staff Spotlight
Jesica Rodriguez joined the County of Marin Health and Human Services in the winter of 2021. She was hired as the Food Security Program Coordinator within the Nutrition & Wellness Program in the Community Health & Prevention branch of Public Health. She was...
HEAL Collaborative Steering Committee Spotlight
Our Steering Committee has gone through a transition as we shifted our focus from addressing missing meals in Marin to promoting food equity through a community-driven food system. Our new governing principles have identified 12 seats for our Steering Committee, of...
