This is a guest blog post by Marie Miguel for our monthly theme of First Steps to Better Health . Marie has been a writing and research expert for nearly a decade, covering a variety of health- related topics. Currently, she is contributing to the expansion and growth of a free online mental health resource with…
This is a guest blog post from America Walks for the monthly theme Commit to Action. America Walks is a national non-profit organization advancing safe, equitable, accessible, and enjoyable places to walk and move by giving people and communities the resources to effectively advocate for change. For more on this month’s theme, join the conversation…
This is a guest post by Jenny Cox, Conservation Program Manager at National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). NRPA is a lead organization for this month’s theme of “Turn Your Community Green.” Follow the conversation with #Walk4Change. It finally seems to have cooled off here on the East Coast, and while most of us are…
This is a guest blog post by Margaux Mennesson for the Every Body Walk! July Monthly Theme “Green Your Commute” for the #Walk4Change quarter. Margaux is communications and marketing manager for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, a national non-profit that works to advance safe walking and bicycling to and from schools, to improve…
This is a guest blog post by Pam Eidson, executive director of the National Physical Activity Society, a lead organization for the February monthly theme of Walking to Connect to You (#Walk2Connect). The National Physical Activity Society provides education for professionals who use public health approaches to physical activity. Pam is co-chair of the Every Body Walk!…
This is a guest blog post by Darcy Kitching of Walk2Connect, lead organization for January’s monthly theme. Darcy serves as Collaborative Storyteller and Program Coordinator for the Walk2Connect Cooperative. She creates walking invitations for people in her own neighborhood and beyond, collects walking stories, and collaborates with the City of Boulder, Colorado. Every Tuesday morning for five…
We sat down with the leaders of three national active transportation advocacy organizations, America Walks, the League of American Bicyclists, and Safe Routes to School National Partnership, to discuss the current climate of mobility advocacy, opportunities to collaborate, and what comes next. What work is the passion that drives your organizations’ work? The shared vision…
This is a guest blog post by Amanda Merck as part of our #10MinuteWalk monthly themes campaign exploring walkable access to transit. Merck completed her MPH with a concentration in Physical Activity and Health. She curates content for Salud America! (@SaludAmerica), a Latino childhood health project based at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at…
Lisa Schamess is the Communications Manager of The Congress for the New Urbanism, lead organization for the month of September. The opinions expressed in this essay are her own. When I was in college in Dallas, we had a professor who lived about a mile and a half from school. Much to our bewilderment, he…
This is a blog post by Margaux Mennesson, Communications and Marketing Manager at Safe Routes to School National Partnership, lead organization for September’s monthly theme “Change the Way You Commute.” School mornings can be chaotic, even for the most organized families. Preparing meals, getting dressed, and getting the kids out the door – often while one…
