Meeting Information:
Next meeting:
North County
TBD
South Bay (Cambios con Fe)
TBD
Visit the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
Calendar for a complete schedule
of upcoming meetings.
COI Staff Contact:
Cheryl Moder, Director, 858.609.7961, email
JuliAnna Arnett, Food Policy Manager, Healthy
Works, 858.609.7962, email
Melanie Cohn, Manager, 858.609.7963, email
Erica Salcuni, Coordinator, 858.609.7964, email
Council Summary:
Faith Advisory Councils are comprised of faith leaders
and community agencies from throughout San Diego County.
These regionally-based workgroups operate within the framework of
the Community Domain, and currently convene in the North County and
South Bay. Faith Advisory Councils are designed to support faith
leaders in modeling healthy practices and advocating for
improvements in the food and physical activity environment. Regular
meetings provide faith leaders a venue for learning about childhood
obesity, networking, connecting to and sharing resources, and
developing community-based, policy and environmental solutions to
childhood obesity.
In alignment with the Community Domain (Domain), Faith
Advisory Councils work cooperatively with COI partners to
promote the adoption of healthy policy and environmental changes
recommended as part of the Community Domain strategies. For a
complete overview of this domain's objectives and activities, click
here.
Accomplishments:
- Creating faith advisory councils.
- Providing tools to enhance the community's role in obesity
prevention and building healthier communities, including a
faith-based wellness policy template and implementation tip
sheet.
- Providing a forum for faith leaders and city
representatives to come together to promote healthy community
development and safety enhancements in the built-environment.