Oakland, California

The West Oakland Health and Safety Collaborative (WOHSC) will tap into the wisdom, passion, and expertise of community members to ignite and sustain a positive transformation of the Hoover Historic District. The WOHSC path seeks to uproot resignation and seed possibility through campaign actions that integrate marketing, Participatory Action Research (PAR), engagement, building stronger individuals, organizations and coalitions that understand and can address the empirical link between violence and chronic disease, while offering healthy eating and active living solutions that prevent violence and the onset of disease. WOHSC will launch and sustain environmental changes to establish a Safe Route to School; transform a local park into a safer, usable space; and advocate for an AC Transit stops on San Pablo Avenue.