The Urban Seminar Series
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What light does 10 years of experience with the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) shed on how advocates can realign public opinion, public decision making, and public funding to support large-scale social change? The UHI, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, aims to spur measurable improvement in the health and safety of children in five cities nationwide. The initiative’s ambitious strategy is systems change: a fundamental shift in policies and funding that propels the well-being of children to the top of the public agenda.
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