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...
Open Position: Public Health Program Coordinator
Are you passionate about food equity? Looking for a career in Public Health? There's a new job opening in our Nutrition and Wellness Program. This recruitment is set to close Wednesday, October 13th at 4:00 PM. View the full job posting
Respondiendo a COVID-19
Recursos Comunitarios del Condado de Marín Durante COVID-19 Condado de Marin Health & Human Services COVID-19 Website: https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/ Recursos de Comida Disponible a Marin: https://www.marinhhs.org/food-resources-marin Marin Recovers Website:...
HEAL Statement on Black Lives Matter and Racial Equity – Spring 2020 Newsletter
We are living in unprecedented times as we have had to learn to shelter in place under a global pandemic and many in the Bay Area facing mandatory curfews as thousands or people desperately seek outlets crying out for change. Cries that have fallen on deaf ears for...
A Resilient Local Food System – Spring 2020 Newsletter
by Andy Naja-Riese, HEAL Steering Committee Co-Chair Back in March—which feels like a year ago—Governor Newsom declared farmers markets, food banks, and school foods as essential services, thereby allowing us to inclusively serve more children and families to achieve...
Responding to COVID-19 – Spring 2020 Newsletter
Marin County Resources During COVID-19 Marin County Health & Human Services COVID-19 Website: https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/ Food Resources available in Marin County: https://www.marinhhs.org/food-resources-marin Marin Recovers Website:...
Built Environment – November 2019 Newsletter
Marin City's Intergenerational Garden Program Successfully Implements "Train the Trainer" Model This summer, 80 youth enrolled in the Marin City summer recreation program attended garden nutrition classes coupled with hands-on gardening. Youth prepared their buckets...