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The Power of Stories

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The Power of Stories is an archive of projects submitted every year to Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Statewide Convening. It showcases work created throughout California highlighting the power of individual and collective efforts to promote health and demonstrates how stories have the power to re-imagine and transform our communities. Produced in partnership with the California Endowment.

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This video, produced by the Weingart YMCA Youth Institute, is a soap opera styled piece that dramatizes the everyday need for health care insurance.
Sukari reflects on growing up in one of Richmond's most notorious neighborhoods and expresses the pain she felt after losing her best friend to gun violence at age ten.
A community in South Kern comes together to make their park a safe and healthy place for everyone.
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In the communities of South Kern County, residents and community stakeholders stitched together their hopes and dreams of a healthy community for the next generation, creating a 11'9" x 9'2" communal quilt.
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A daughter interviews her mother about working in the agricultural fields of the Eastern Coachella Valley.
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Young people in Del Norte identify easy access to alcohol as an issue that impacts them and their peers.
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Community leaders and health advocates stand together to save the healthcare safety net in Fresno County.
Juana Paredes, a Fresno County resident, urges the county to continue serving the undocumented through the MISP program. Credit Diana Aguilera / Valley Public Radio
In 2013, a judge ruled that Fresno County is no longer required to offer healthcare services and eliminated funding for the Medically Indigent Services Program (MISP) which provides free medical services to an estimated 6,000 undocumented residents.
Fresno Sons and Brothers Camp - 2014
The Sons and Brothers Camp in Fresno seeks to empower young men of color by bringing together youth from Fresno, Merced and South Kern County and holding workshops on a variety of topics such as building personal self-esteem.
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BHC Sacramento's Charrette consisted of week-long activities to gather community input for an action plan that was presented to the City council and the County Board of supervisors.
The cast of 'Tangle' gather for a script reading
Personal narratives become part of a series of plays exploring harsh school discipline policies and their impact on students and their communities.
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Youth involvement and leadership leads to successful passage of the School Discipline Resolution in Long Beach Unified School District.
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