Blog
Listening to Families and Communities to Address Childhood Obesity
Renee Boynton-Jarrett, MD, ScD, believes that children’s health and well-being are intricately and inextricably connected to their family and community.
A Deep Dive: Vital Village’s Service-Learning and Leadership Model
“Fundamental to the development of a community is the enrichment of the individuals that call it home.” —Vital Village Member, 2014 Our Network uses a Service Learning and Leadership Model to create...
News Clips
Breastfeeding Coalition Targets Racial Disparities, Workforce Development
By Karen Morales · Boston Medical Center: Health City ·With drop-in support groups and a service-learning program, the Vital Village Network seeks to support breastfeeding and create economic opportunity.
Boston Globe: ‘The school has a soul’: Urban College of Boston graduates reflect on their journeys
By Gal Tziperman Lotan · The Boston Globe ·When Arlene Wilhite of Mattapan enrolled at the Urban College of Boston in 2002, she was 24 and five months pregnant. She gave birth to her son, Kendrick, and left school. Over the next 14 years she got married, took a job in early child...
Newsletters
Network Connector Volume 6, Issue 12
