A New Partner and Sponsorship of the Youth Film Premiere

Thank You SSCFL! With their commitment to building healthy communities by increasing citizen participation and grass-roots collaboration in mind, the South Sacramento Coalition for Future Leaders (SSCFL) is partnering with ACT-UP and California Voices to help Roll Out the Red Carpet. So who is SSCFL? The SSCFL is oversee and staffed by the Sacramento Mutual Housing Association (SMHA). In their words:

The Community

The area of South Sacramento served by this coalition is bounded by Highway 50 to the north, Elder Creek Road to the south, Highway 99 to the west and Power Inn Road to the east. With a population of approximately 73,000, this is one of the most ethnically diverse and economically challenged areas in Sacramento County.

The Coalition

The South Sacramento Coalition for Future Leaders (SSCFL) strives to create a community where youth are valued and are given the opportunity to grow, be safe and realize their full potential.

We envision a community where youth are able to not only create a positive vision for their future, but also to be actively engaged as leaders in their community. We believe the entire community, working together, can have a major lasting impact on the youth in our community.

As a broad-based neighborhood coalition, our mission is to affect the lives of young people by creating a network of assets and resources, promoting a positive image of youth, and garnering political power to influence broad, sustainable youth development policies.

The SSCFL is made up of youth, parents, educators, service providers, local government, businesses, churches and community leaders. We have worked together through the years, but in spring 2006 we formally joined forces as a REACH Community Action coalition.

The coalition is overseen and organized by the Sacramento Mutual Housing Association, which operates two affordable housing communities in the Lemon Hill neighborhood of South Sacramento.

Fleet Feet Goes Smoke Free

We are proud to be partnered with Fleet Feet Sports. In an interest in protecting their patrons' health, all three major running events are smoke-free this year. Woo Who! Come run the half marathon this March 14th at Railey's Field Sacramento.

Sacramento Smoke-Free Outdoor Eats

Eat well - save yourself the side order of carcinogens!  The SOL project and Sacramento County Tobacco Control Coalition have put together a nice list of smoke-free outdoor dinning:

Paesano's

Tower Cafe

Slocum House

The Firehouse

Danielle's Creperie

Paragary's Bar & Oven - Midtown / Goldriver

Chevy's Bar and Grill

Joe's Crab Schack

Dad's Sandwich Shop

The Cliff House of Folsom

Ettore's

Virgin Sturgeon

Napolitos

Express Metro

Mansion Court Café

Pyramid Alehouse

58 Degrees & Holding Co. / Bar 58

Ernesto's Mexican Food

Hangar 17

Mulvaney's B & L

Sac Natural Food Co-op

Zocalo/Tortugas

Table 260 - Downtown

Louisanna Heaven - Elk Grove

Queen Sheba - Broadway

Alaina Creole Cafe - Arden

Romano's Mac Grill - Stockton

Gaines Grill - Stockton

Sacramento Supports Smoke-Free Outdoor Areas

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ACT-UP Public Opinion Survey:  Smoke-Free Policies in Outdoor Public Areas

During the months of October and November 2008, the Asian Coalition for Tobacco Use Prevention (ACT-UP) Project surveyed 338 members of the public about their opinion of smoke-free policies in outdoor public areas.  Members of ACT-UP conducted the survey at three locations: Cal Expo, Prairie Elementary School, and Sacramento State University.

 

The results of the survey are as follows:

 

·        65% of respondents reported they saw at least one person smoking at the site

·        67% believed that smoking is an issue in the Sacramento community

·        79% reported that the Sacramento community would benefit from stronger non-smoking policies in public outdoor areas

·        50% said they would be more likely to go to a public outdoor area if there was a smoke-free policy in place (only 14% said they would be less likely)

 

It is evident from the survey results that a majority of the public who participated in the survey is in favor of smoke-free policies in outdoor public areas in Sacramento.