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A little over a year ago, these four eople often think of partners came together to apply for health as a personal matthe Robert Wood Johnson Foundater, but it’s not quite as tion’s Culture of Health Prize. Their simple as that. While individhard work paid off. The city of Louisual decisions—like, say, choosville was one of seven cities recognized for its efforts to ensure all residents have ing to eat fresh fruit instead of a Health & the opportunity to live longer, healthier box of Twinkies, or training for Wellness and more productive lives. In addition a 10K instead of a Netflix marato joining a network of prize-winning NICHOLAS thon—certainly matter, equally communities, Louisville will receive SIEGEL $25,000. as important is the culture surrounding those individuals. Does the comIDEAS xLab Co-Founder Josh Miller has always munity support and encourage an active thought of Louisville as a prime contestant for this award. “A lot of the things that the Robert Wood lifestyle? Johnson Foundation highlighted as particularly interesting to them were also the drivers to why we The folks at IDEAS xLab, the Greater Louis- were interested in pursuing this application,” Miller ville Project, the Community Foundation of Lou- says. “The Center for Health Equity, which we’ve isville and KentuckyOne Health believe that Lou- had in Louisville for 10 years, is the first center isville already does, and they have joined forces to for health equity as part of a metro government in build upon the connections between community the U.S. So, that’s a really unique aspect.” and health. went on to describe what makes Louisville WomenFirst-3D-TOMO_The Voice_Oct-6-2016_FINAL2.pdf Miller 1 10/4/16 11:05 AM
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particularly worthy of the prize: “One of the things we were personally excited about was all of the ways artists and culture are being engaged as a strategy to improve health. Tying in with the innovation of using artists to engage health is also that overlap with youth violence prevention.” Miller gave the example of the Roots & Wings organization and the work they are doing for the city. Roots & Wings is a theatre project that uses art and performance as catalysts for restoration of self and community in West Louisville neighborhoods. To continue the conversation, the Culture of Health partners will host a free public event, “Louisville’s Culture of Health: Putting Good Health Within Everyone’s Reach,” at the Muhammad Ali Center on November 7. The two-part event will begin with a learning-and-sharing section hosted by Renee Shaw of KET. Delegates who will be going to the Culture of Health event in Princeton in late October will share what they learned. There will also be feedback from Joe Marx, senior advisor and senior communications officer of the Robert Wood