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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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"Invisible to Invincible" tells the story of 6 homeless youth in Los Angeles and their journey to end their personal cycles of homelessness.
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This short music video made by the local Boys and Men of Color (BMOC) of Merced explains the importance of getting Health Coverage through Obama Care.
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Established in 2005, Grupo Folklorico Juan Colorado seeks to provide folk dance instruction to the children of Merced County in an effort to keep them active and healthy and ensure that the culture of folklore dancing stays in their lives.
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"The Air We Breathe" (TAWB) is a collaborative performance about Long Beach, CA's air quality, its impact, and the resilience of the community.
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This youth-developed narrative short film focused on the elements of Local Control Funding Formula in the local school district addresses the important issue of mental illness in youth.
Casa 0101's production of 'Trio Los Machos' written by Josefina Lopez
"Simply Maria" is a play about Maria who recounts her emigration from Mexico at age 5 to the City of Angels, that she thought was up in heaven.
Roosevelt High School - Credit by: Jorge Tobar, Senior
Our teens are taking pictures of the environments within Roosevelt High School that influence their eating and physical activity choices. Their pictures give insight into where we can begin to focus to fight obesity and Type II diabetes
Yurok elders at demonstration.
As we got together with the youth to discuss what kind of video they might want to work on, they said they wanted to do something that was important to our people. So we decided to make this an opportunity to let our youth lead us.
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