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Members of Destination 2027 and the Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth, & Families present their respective Community Reports, highlighting significant disparities in health and well-being among residents — including a 10-year gap in life expectancy depending on where in the County you live — along with strategies to reduce those disparities.
More info: https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/new-community-reports-identify-significant-disparities/
A
Delighted
to
welcome
all
of
you
here,
I'm
Diane
creche,
and
it's
a
privilege
to
host
today's
release
of
the
2019
community
reports
for
both
destination
2027
and
the
Arlington
Partnership
for
youth,
Children
and
Families.
It's
it's
a
real
privilege
to
be
a
part
of
that.
Our
lling
tania's,
the
heart
of
our
inclusive
and
dynamic
community
and
our
librarians
are
committed
to
their
roles
as
trusted
advisors
in
responding
to
the
needs
of
our
patrons.
The
library
provides
resources
and
services
ranging
from
digital
database
subscriptions
to
electronic
and
physical
books.
A
We
host
fitness
classes
and
nutrition
workshops
and
we
have
a
team
of
experts
ready
to
answer
your
questions
and
refer
you
to
appropriate
resources
free
of
charge.
Just
as
the
library
is
about
more
than
books,
health
is
about
more
than
health
care,
and
increasingly
the
library
finds
itself
emerging
as
a
safe
place
to
discuss
openly
the
challenging
issues
we
face.
As
a
community
last
fall,
APL
partnered
with
DHS
to
co-sponsor
an
event
with
journalist,
beth
macy,
author
of
dopesick,
a
book
about
the
national
opioid
crisis,
from
which
no
community,
including
ours,
has
been
immune.
A
That
evening
macy
spoke
about
those
on
the
frontlines
of
the
crisis.
Doctors,
ambulance,
workers,
addicts,
bereaved
mothers,
all
of
whom
are
dealing
with
a
crisis
that
is
both
merciless
and
senseless.
Attendees
felt
safe,
responding
with
stories
of
their
own
when
Arlington
consistently
rises
to
the
top
of
best
places
to
dot
dot
dot
lists.
It's
sometimes
easy
to
forget
that
there
are
people
in
this
community
who
are
hurting
who
do
not
have
the
resources
they
need
to
lead
productive,
healthy
lives
whose
well-being
is
negatively
affected
by
the
choices
and
decisions.
A
However
well-intentioned
others
make
health
issues
manifest
in
disparate
ways,
and
barriers
to
access
of
quality
care
are
affected
by
our
residents.
Nutrition,
employment
and
education,
level,
skill
and
navigating
services
and
inefficient
communication
between
health
care
providers
in
Arlington
County
healthcare
status
closely
follows
economic
status
with
a
wide
disparity
between
and
within
zip
codes
thanks
to
destination
2027
and
our
partners
around
this
room.
More
of
our
neighbors
receive
quality
care,
making
us
virginia's
second
healthiest
county,
but
inequities
continue.
Our
work
is
not
done.
A
The
work
of
the
task
group
has
had
a
significant
impact
on
the
department
of
libraries.
We
have
used
the
language,
expand,
access
to
the
resources
and
opportunities
needed
for
optimal
health
and
well-being
as
a
call
to
action
using
it
to
drive
our
priorities
towards
identifying
the
needs
of
those
most
at
risk.
A
Our
Lincoln
Public
Library
has
a
unique
role
to
play
in
creating
a
healthier
lling
ttan.
As
a
collaborator
with
all
of
you,
we
pledge
to
provide
our
residents
with
the
tools
they
need
to
make
healthy
choices.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
within
our
community
so
that
every
Arlington
resident
has
a
chance
not
only
to
survive
but
to
thrive.
And
now
it
gives
me
great
pleasure
to
introduce
my
friend
and
colleague,
Anita
Friedman,
director
of
the
Department
of
Human
Services,.
B
We
have
a
special
presentation
today
that
involves
two
seminal
reports.
One
is
the
culmination
of
over
a
year's
worth
of
work
on
planning
for
the
next
ten
years,
for
what
a
healthy
Arlington
will
look
like
in
the
year,
2027
called
and
our
project
was
destination.
2027
and
you'll
be
hearing
more
from
dr.
B
But
the
common
thread
between
these
two
reports
is
equity
and,
as
Diane
so
eloquently
elaborated.
This
is
a
Tale
of
Two
Cities.
This
is
a
tale
of
Arlington
folks
who
have
and
then
Arlington
folks
who
don't
have
and
what
you'll
learn
through
this
very
sort
of
stark
reality
is
that
there
is
a
decade
of
difference
in
life
expectancy,
which
is
the
ultimate
outcome
of
of
health
between
certain
parts
of
Arlington's
and
and
others.
B
That
means
there's
10
years
less
of
family
get-togethers
celebrations,
picnics
time
spent
with
children
and
parents
and
loved
ones,
and
this
group
has
valiantly
determined
that
this
equity
exists
and
it
is
not
okay
and
we
need
to
do
something
about
it
and
they
brought
together
a
broad
swath
of
stakeholders
in
the
community
to
start
looking
at
what
we
can
do
and
you'll
hear
more
about
that.
It's
important
that
one
of
the
central
themes
that
they'll
focus
on
today
is
what
is
equity
and
what
is
equity
versus
equality.
B
You
know
all
men
are
created
equal,
that's
what
we
always
say
in
this
country
and
you'll,
see
very,
very
simply,
but
very
keenly
put
in
that
bicycle
depiction.
We
are
used
to
giving
everybody
one
of
the
same
thing.
One
size
fits
all
you
get
to
take
out.
You
know
one
of
these
things
from
the
library
one
book.
Let's
just
say
you
get,
you
need
one
of
one
chicken
in
your
pot
right,
we
think
of
an
equal
distribution
amongst
everyone
as
the
right
way
to
proceed.
B
We've
always
been
trained
that
way,
but
actually
that's
kind
of
a
false
premise,
because
what
equality
is
looking
at
is
well.
Everyone
needs
the
same
thing
and
starts
from
the
same
place,
which
is
not
the
case.
That's
not
the
case.
We
all
start
from
different
places
and
we
all
have
different
needs
and
abilities
and
therefore
equity
is
looking
at
what
are
the
particular
needs.
Abilities
circumstances,
experiences
knowledge
of
the
different
subpopulations
who
we
work
with
in
this
community.
B
So,
as
you
can
see,
as
opposed
to
one
bike,
that's
the
same
for
everyone
in
the
equity
picture.
You
have
a
bicycle
that
fits
the
needs
and
abilities
of
the
individuals
who
will
actually
ride
those
so
not
to
take
away
from
the
very
important
statements
that
will
be
coming.
Let
me
say
that
I
will
be
handing
it
over
now
to
Tricia
Rogers
co-chair
of
destination.
2027
steering
committee
and
Sheila
fly
shocker
chair
of
the
Arlington
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families
foundation,
board
away.
C
D
C
D
D
That
was
aggregate
data
and
we
needed
to
move
towards
disaggregate
data
and
the
Northern
Virginia
Health
Foundation
really
provided
the
key
for
this
next
effort
when
they
provided
disaggregated
data
for
the
region,
and
you
discover
that,
although
they
did
confirm,
we
had
overall
good
health,
the
fact
that
there's
a
decade
of
difference
in
life
expectancy.
So
if
you
see
the
image
over
here
and
I
will
walk
to
it,
they
knew
this
was
going
to
happen.
Imagine
that
there's
a
difference.
88
years
in
life
expectancy
for
North,
Rosalyn
and.
G
D
For
Buckingham
and
Kurtz
gonna
raise
that,
so
you
know
10
years
life
difference,
so
you
have
fewer
picnics
family
gatherings
high
school
graduations.
Thank
you.
Hurt
I,
have
to
tell
you
that
as
a
health
care
provider
or
as
a
doctor
for
this
community
that
struck
me,
I
would
conclude
exactly
what
this
community
did
through
the
steering
committee
process.
That
disparities
exist
they
matter.
They
are
not.
D
Okay
and
I
had
the
sneaking
suspicion
that
this
community
would
agree
as
well,
and
that's
really
how
this
process
started
and
we're
launched
the
next
phase
of
the
community
health
assessment,
but
with
a
challenge
of
let's
look
at
it
differently,
because
their
populations
that
are
not
thriving
in
Arlington
and
that's
not
who
we've
said
we
want
to
be.
Let's
live
up
to
who
we
want
to
be
so.
C
D
D
E
Are
celebrating
our
20th
anniversary
so
we're
very
excited
about
the
partnership
having
been
started
in
1999
and
over
that
course
of
time.
We've
actually
done.
Five
different
community
reports
and
our
reports
work
very
closely
with
our
LinkedIn
public
schools
and
our
partners.
There
we
survey
students
in
grades,
6,
8,
10
and
12.
We
do
two
different
surveys.
E
One
is
called
the
youth
risk,
behavior
survey,
and
we
also
now
have
started
doing
something
called
the
your
voice
matters
survey,
and
so
the
bulk
of
our
data
comes
from
those
surveys,
but
in
our
community
report
we
really
try
to
pull
together
a
variety
of
different
data,
so
we
work
very
closely
with
housing
with
the
police
on
arrest
data.
We
work
with
ApS
for
graduation
data.
We
work
with
a
wide
number
of
our
nonprofits
in
housing
and
food
insecurities,
and
things
like
that.
E
C
E
C
D
Be
happy
to
start
so
as
Anita
Friedman
talked
about
the
bicycle
image
and
how
people
take
a
look
at
that.
We're
really
trying
to
shift
our
decision-making
in
the
government,
for-profit
and
nonprofit
sectors
from
inequality
lends
to
the
equity
web.
So
just
as
a
reminder
pretend
the
purpose
of
our
policy
is
to
ride
a
bicycle
to
good
or
optimal
health
and
well-being.
So
that's
the
purpose
of
our
policies,
the
Equality
one
and
those
are
for
different
populations
of
purple
people.
D
Okay,
only
one
of
those
purple
people
can
actually
ride
that
bicycle
comfortably
to
optimal
health
and
well-being.
Two
of
them
actually
could
actually
get
injured
on
the
way
to
that
goal.
That
doesn't
seem
to
be
the
right
thing.
If
our
goal
was
optimal,
health
and
one
can't
participate
at
all,
that's
the
one-size-fits-all.
D
So
if
we
can
start
shifting
our
public
policy
decisions
and
when
I
say
public,
its
group
decisions,
government
for
profit,
nonprofit
sectors
to
an
equity
perspective
where
let's
look
at
the
needs
of
the
various
populations,
if
our
objective
is
optimal
health
and
well-being,
let's
make
sure
that
they
have
the
resources
to
get
to
that
goal.
Let's
me
not
only
have
good
intention,
let's
also
have
good
impact
and.
E
So
there's
so
many
different
ways
that
you
can
look
at
this
new
data
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
seeing,
because
what
works
at
one
school
might
not
work
at
another
school
or
what
works
at
one
community
or
within
one
rec
center
or
one
library
might
not
be
that
one
size
fits
all.
And
so
we're
looking
forward
to
going
out
into
the
various
communities
to
talk
about
the
data
that
they
are
seeing
in
their
communities
and
what
is
the
appropriate
response
so
being
able
to
break
it
down
like
this
is
very
exciting
to
us.
H
G
D
We'll
try
our
best
hello.
First
of
all,
when
we
do
community
health
processes
in
public
health,
we
try
to
bring
as
broad
a
coalition
of
people
to
the
table.
What
people
have
to
realize
is
more
disciplines
deal
with
health
than
they're
aware,
so
most
health
is
not
in
the
hands
of
the
public
health
department
or
doctors
or
nurses,
with
a
hospital
system,
so
both
in
2007
and
in
2018.
We
brought
together
a
diverse
group
of
stakeholders
from
many
of
the
different
sectors
and
you'll
even
see
it.
D
On
the
back
of
a
report
with
perspectives
of
housing,
the
education
system,
health
care,
neighborhoods
that
sort
of
concept
to
get
these
different
players
to
the
table
to
realize.
Let's
share
that
information.
We
had
made
the
assessment
that
there's
a
decade
of
difference
based
on
this
data.
The
we
in
public
health
were
not
going
to
have
as
the
division
the
solutions
to
how
it
was
created
here
in
Arlington.
So
we
brought
together
people
from
different
organizations
to
get
share
this
information,
so
my
assessment
may
have
been
disparities
exist.
They
matter
they're,
not
okay.
D
However,
we
need
that
coalition
to
come
to
the
same
conclusion
and
by
having
monthly
meetings
showing
them
data
getting
their
input
asking
people
in
this
room
and
others
does
this
really
matter?
Do
you
agree
with
our
assessment
because
it
really
needs
to
become
our
assessment,
not
just
my
assessment,
and
that
was
the
process
in
a
sense,
in
a
short
form
of
how
we
got
to
this
point
in
this
report.
D
A
different
way
to
look
at
this
so
going
back
to
the
life
expectancy
map.
So
that's
the
health
outcome.
When
you
look
at
the
community
conditions.
Similarly,
to
at
the
economy,
education,
environment,
you
will
see,
one
of
the
graphics
is
about
childhood
poverty.
We
have
certainly
census
tracts
in
Arlington
that
have
a
much
higher
rate
of
childhood
poverty
than
others,
and
yet
our
reputation
is
that
we
have
very
low
rates
of
childhood
poverty
for
whole
County
and
especially
in
comparison
to
the
rest
of
Virginia.
D
So
it's
a
tale
of
two
cities,
a
tale
of
two
counties
actually,
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
start
looking
at
that,
because
the
experience
of
those
children
in
the
areas
of
poverty
or
higher
poverty
versus
others
they're
going
to
have
different
health
opportunities,
and
we
need
to
figure
out
confirm
that
suspicion.
So
we're
not
done
yet.
We
need
to
find
out,
as
in
was
saying
you
go
talk
to
those
communities,
so
activities
like
community
progress
network
where
they
bring
people
to
the
table
are
the
types
of
activities.
D
We
need
to
see
what
the
lived
experience
in
certain
of
the
more
disenfranchised
populations
or
Geographic
centers,
so
that
we
learn
what
their
true
experiences
and
what
are
their
opportunities
for
help.
That's
how
we
put
equity
into
action.
We
find
out
the
real
experience
and
if
it's
true,
how
do
we
start
improving
their
choice
of
opportunities?
One
opportunity
is
not
choice.
Other
neighborhoods
have
several.
Let's
give
everyone
the
same
opportunities
in
one
sense
that
meet
their
needs.
Yes,.
D
We
will
unpack
the
term
health
equity,
I
use
the
word
health
equity
because
that's
the
health
director
at
law,
I'm
not
going
to
talk
about
broad
equity,
I
put
the
word
health
in
it,
but
let's
work
backwards.
So
what
is
equity?
It
goes
back
to
this
definition.
Here,
equity
would
exist
when
everyone
has
access
to
the
community
conditions
needed
for
optimal
health
and
well-being.
Okay,
we
have
to
realize
the
results
of
the
things
you
do
in
your
work,
whether
you're
in
the
economic
sector,
the
education
sector,
the
environment
sector,
healthcare,
housing,
neighborhood
or
social
connections.
D
Your
policy
decisions
their
how
they
interact,
how
they
interact.
How
we
make
decisions
have
impacts
on
people's
health
and
there
are
biases
there
and
so
we're
trying
to
start
recognizing.
How
do
we
reduce
those
biases
and
change
our
policies
so
that
we
have
better
outcomes,
so
health
was
put
in
front
of
it,
but
really
it's
a
symptom
of
the
inequities
phrase.
A
different
way.
Inequities
are
making
us
ill
and
we
need
to
stop
that
because
it's
in
our
control,
we
as
people
together
to
make
this
work.
Thank.
H
E
E
E
We
work
with
a
lot
of
different
initiatives:
the
childcare
initiative,
the
bridges
out
of
poverty
destination
2027,
so
that
we
really
are
trying
to
bring
everybody
together
so
that
we
are
coordinating
our
efforts
and,
when
possible,
collaborating
to
create
new
ideas
and
opportunities
and
then
how
we
institutionalize
that
I
think
we're
still
figuring
out.
But
we're
excited
for
that
piggyback.
D
On
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
to
realize
a
number
of
the
groups
that
we
brought
to
the
table,
we
all
share
often
the
same
clients,
the
same
at-risk
individuals.
So
there
is
value
in
continuing
the
things
we
each
do
individually
and
asking
the
larger
question:
how
can
we
serve
the
vulnerable
populations
that
we
all
serve
better
so
that
more
people
are
better
off
and
we
can
work
together
further
upstream
in
our
policymaking.
C
F
D
Six
so,
as
Tricia
reminded
us,
life
expectancy,
in
my
mind,
is
the
ultimate
health
outcome.
I
suspect.
All
of
you
will
have
that
same
assessment.
So
in
addition
to
that,
for
example,
another
I'm
going
to
mention
two
other
health
outcomes-
asthma,
illness
and
the
rates
of
hospitalization
Arlington-
does
very
well.
When
you
compare
ourselves
to
hospitalization
in
Northern
Virginia
for
the
number
of
Arlington
ian's
getting
hospitalized
for
asthma,
we
have
half
the
rate
of
Northern
Virginia
when
you
disaggregate
and
look
further.
D
We
have
an
Eightfold
higher
rate
among
our
black
African
residents
compared
to
white
residents.
We
need
to
understand
why
we
haven't
mailed
to
do
that
yet,
but
that's
one
of
the
first
things
you
find
out.
Why
should
that
be?
Secondly,
mental,
health
and
I
know?
This
is
an
important
issue
for
our
community
and
I
know.
It
shows
up
in
your
report
as
well:
mental
health
among
adults,
the
number
of
adults
or
percentage
reporting,
eight
or
more
poor
mental
health
days
a
month.
We
rank
very
well
we're
at
the
very
bottom.
G
D
Actually
a
good
thing
in
aggregate,
but
when
you
look
at
the
disaggregated
data
among
people
who
make
$50,000
or
less
versus
those
who
make
more
to
fold
higher
rate
reporting
poor
mental
health
days,
so
that's
outcomes
the
same
thing
for
community
conditions,
the
children
living
in
poverty,
for
example,
we're
the
third
best.
We
have
the
fewest
number
of
kids
living
in
poverty.
We
should
be
very
happy
about
that
and
the
dark
side
of
it
is
there
are
certain
neighborhoods,
where
it's
five
times
higher
in
certain
neighborhoods
than
others.
D
What's
the
health
impact
of
that
for
those
children
and
their
families,
how
do
we
make
sure
they
have
the
same
health
Aubry's
or
the
the
opportunities
to
get
to
optimal
health
and
well-being
and
health
insurance
coverage?
10%
uncarpeted
in
health
here
doesn't
sound
like
a
lot
and
in
Virginia.
That
is
a
very
small
number.
That's
still
about
22,000
people
and
then,
within
that
the
disparities
there
among
Hispanic
residents
versus
non-hispanic
residence.
It's
an
11
times
the
rate
so.
H
D
E
First
I
forgot
to
mention
on
your
chairs
on
most
of
your
chairs.
There
is
something
called
the
community
report
in
introduction,
and
this
is
our
sort
of
executive
summary
for
everybody
didn't
have.
We
also
have
our
full
community
report.
We
do
have
some
copies
for
folks
if
you're
interested
in
a
full
report,
but
if
you
like,
it
is
also
available
online.
E
So
in
our
full
report
and
thinking
about
where
the
big
disparities
are,
you
really
touched
on
it.
It's
for
us.
It's
really
the
concern
about
the
youth
mental
health
and
on
page
36
and
page
38.
If
you
had
one
of
these
in
front
of
you,
you
can
see.
Actually
all
of
these
little
tabs
are
where
I've
been
highlighting,
where
we've
got
some
big
disparities
that
we're
talking
about,
but
the
mental
health
one
is
really
of
concern
for
our
youth
of
color,
because
there's
all
of
our
youth
are
having
some
difficulties
around
mental
health
issues.
E
But
if
you
look
at
page
36,
if
I
can
find
it
quickly,
what
we
see
is
that
one
of
the
indicators
is
feeling
sad
or
hopeless,
and
this
is
36
percent
of
our
Asian
student
28
percent
of
our
black
students.
37
percent
of
our
Hispanic
students
and
23
percent
of
our
white
students
are
feeling
sad
or
hopeless
in
the
past
year
in
the
past
two
weeks.
So
those
are
all
startling
numbers.
E
C
D
D
What
sort
of
educational,
environment
or
opportunities
do
they
have
in
their
environment,
the
actual
physical
environment,
green
space,
air
quality,
those
sorts
of
things
healthcare
I've
already
mentioned
the
quality
of
their
housing,
crowded
conditions,
lead
paint,
those
sorts
of
things,
neighborhood
structure,
the
built
environment,
sidewalks,
green
spaces
there
and
social
connectedness
people
forget
about
that.
We
are
not
in
just
solely
individuals.
We
are
social
creatures,
we
need
to
feel
connected
and
the
more
connected
we
feel
we'll
have
better
mental
health,
social,
health
and
physical
health.
So
those
are
all
factors
that
we
need
to
consider.
D
H
E
We
are
three
words:
our
research
engage
and
advocate,
and
the
research
really.
This
is
the
culmination
of
some
of
our
research.
Now
we're
excited
to
do
the
engagement
and
we
really
want
to
get
out
into
the
community
and
talk
with
folks
about
this
data
and
really
find
out
what
are
their
concerns.
What
makes
them
go?
E
Who
I
wonder
what
this
means
and
so
that
we
can
start
to
think
about
it
in
a
deeper
way,
and
then,
from
that
engagement
and
gathering
more
data,
then
we
are
in
a
place
where
we
can
build
our
advocacy
plan,
because
it's
a
community
led
organization
with
our
chairs
Sheila
and
our
incoming
Vice
Chair
Bart.
They
can
do
some
advocacy
to
the
school
board
and
the
county
board
based
on
what
we're
hearing
from
the
community.
So
it
really
is
so
important
for
us
to
be
out
where
people
are.
E
We
used
to
use
a
model
of
bringing
people
to
us,
but
I
think
we're
really
looking
forward
to
going
where
people
are
now,
and
so,
if
you
have
a
meeting
or
a
group
that
is
interested
in
this,
please
invite
us
I'm,
throwing
Rebecca
helm
into
the
ring
with
me
and
the
rest
of
my
team.
We
are
excited
to
go
out
and
meet
with
people.
We
meet
with
the
teens
on
a
regular
basis
to
talk
about
this
data
as
well,
because
what
better
group
of
people
to
talk
about
you
know.
Why
are
you
feeling
depressed?
E
D
So,
first
of
all,
the
steering
committee
concluded
that
in
2019,
the
county
board
adopts
a
health
equity
policy
and
government
has
a
very
large
role
in
stimulating
these
sorts
of
activities
in
trying
to
change
the
perspective,
we're
building
and
within
that
policy
there
are
four
pillars
that
I
want
to
make
sure
as
I
do
three
four
pillars
to
achieve
health
equity.
First
of
all
is
making
sure
that
people
have
access
to
the
disaggregated
data
and
continue
to
disaggregate
to
a
certain
level.
We
don't
need
to
go
to
such
granularity
by
person.
D
What
are
the
general
trends?
How
do
we
start
making
disaggregated
data
like
this
available
to
decision
makers?
The
next
step
is
building
awareness,
so
in
a
sense
today,
we've
shared
with
you
data
and
we're
building
awareness
that
needs
to
continue
throughout
this
process
and
expand
the
circles
of
people
who
are
aware
that
disparities
exist
because
they
can
make
better
decisions,
hopefully
once
they
know
the
impacts
of
their
policies.
The
third
pillar
embrace
a
culture
of
collaboration
and
coordination.
D
We
don't
always
need
new
resources.
We
know
that
it's
that
we
have
the
resources
at
the
table.
How
do
we
coordinate
those
and
collaborate,
so
we
can
make
the
best
use
of
that?
And
finally,
how
do
you?
The
goal
is
really
to
expand
access
to
opportunities
for
those
who
are
vulnerable
and
the
resources.
So
we
have
to
remember
those
are
the
goals
that
are
happening
here
and,
finally,
to
do
all
of
that.
So
we
set
the
policies
and
the
pillars.
D
We
need
to
make
sure
that
there's
an
accountability
mechanism,
and
so
we're
also
recommending
that
the
county
establish
an
entity
either
within
or
outside
of
county
government,
to
implement
this
policy
and
to
make
all
of
this
happen.
In
the
short
term.
We're
going
to
have
a
implementation
task
force
to
get
the
policy
finalized
to
send
to
award
for
consideration
and
making
recommendations
of
what
an
entity
would
actually
look
like.
What
are
the
pros
and
cons
of
the
different
ways
of
doing
things.
C
E
Like
that
one
of
the
pillars
talks
about
that
awareness,
because
I
think
that
that's
where
you
all
really
do
come
into
play
is
helping
raise
the
awareness
and
making
sure
that
the
entire
community
has
an
opportunity
to
buy
in
and
participate
fully
and
really
engage
with
the
data
in
a
way
that
they
might
not
have
I
mean
I.
Never
thought
I
was
a
data
person,
but
this
really
is
exciting
to
think
about
all
of
the
different
things
that
we
can
do
with
this
information.
D
Likewise,
I
think
this
is
really
we
want
to
turn
this
into
action.
This
is
not
a
static
report
and
so,
in
the
back,
it
says,
equity
in
action.
There
are
four
questions
that
any
of
you
in
the
community
can
ask
with
it
for
yourselves
or
your
organization's,
who
benefits.
This
is
disaggregating
the
data
asking
those
questions
who
is
burdened.
Who
is
missing
and
the
reminder?
How
do
you
know
stop
making
it
a
thought?
Experiment
go
talk
to
real
people
and
find
out
how
this
impacts
people
and
then
keep
doing
it.
D
D
The
data
that
populates
the
partnership
rapport
and
the
destination
2027
report,
the
vast
majority-
comes
from
census
data,
collecting
things
that
race
and
ethnicity,
information,
other
socio-economic
demographic
factors.
Without
that
data
we
will
not
be
able
to
see
who
is
disenfranchised,
the
perspective
will
always
be.
Everyone
is
enfranchised,
and
we
know
that
is
not
the
reality.
So
that
is
why
every
census,
matters
and
I'm
so
pleased
that
our
County
is
being
aggressive
on
this
to
collect
the
data
and
get
people
and
franchise,
at
least
in
Arlington,
spread
the
word.
C
F
You
thank
you
very
much.
We
are
going
to
have
time
for
a
few
questions.
So
if
you
have
a
question,
please
come
on
up
to
the
microphone
and
while
you
are
doing
that,
I
would
like
to
recognize
the
leadership
of
this
group
of
folks
in
achieving
health
equity
in
Arlington,
so
to
Sheila
and
Tricia
and
Kim
and
Rubin.
Thank
you
so
much
for
leading
these
efforts.
Let's
give
them
a
round
of
applause.
F
And
as
Ruben
mentioned,
collaboration
is
such
an
important
part
of
achieving
health
equity
and
really
in
anything
that
we're
going
to
do
in
any
community
to
be
successful,
and
these
two
reports
were
the
result
of
tremendous
collaboration
among
Arlington,
County
government,
Arlington,
Public
Schools,
the
nonprofit
sector
and
lots
of
citizens,
and
many
of
you
who
worked
on
these
reports
are
here
today.
So
if
you
work
in
any
way
with
a
partnership
for
children,
youth
and
families,
will
you
please
stand
up.
F
I
Right
ahead,
hi,
my
name
is
anne-marie
Douglas
I
serve
on
the
school
health
advisory
board
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
working
with
a
lot
of
you
and
looking
at
the
data.
We
just
started
a
Subcommittee
on
screen
use
and
not
just
in
schools
that
at
home
and
I've
been
following
the
APA,
the
aao,
the
AP,
all
the
different
acronyms,
it's
their
own
language,
but
it
our
teens
said
they
spend
approximately
10
hours
on
screen
per
day.
I
The
NIH
study
that
just
came
out
on
eleven
thousand
kids
showed
the
brain
effects
of
screen
use.
The
American
Psychological
Association
has
a
longitudinal
studies
from
the
1990s
on
1
million
teens
and
show
when
the
critical
mass
of
us
got
a
smartphone.
There
was
a
spike
in
depression
and
suicide
attempts
looking
at
not
only
that,
but
the
other
things
that
are
hitting
the
fan
right
now,
in
the
way
of
the
epidemic
of
myopia
the
effects
of
blue
light
and
near
screen
on
the
retina,
which
could
lead
to
age-related
macular
degeneration.
I
Anything
we
make
a
discovery,
we
find
out
the
perks
and
then
we
find
out
the
detriment
and
that
pattern
shows
a
cross
like
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
years
of
what
what
we
do
as
as
humans.
We
are
curious
group.
So,
when
I
look
at
this
equity
and
equality,
thing
I
do
think
about
handing
everyone
an
iPad,
and
we
look
at
that.
I
would
think
that
would
fit
in
the
Equality
part,
whereas
the
equity
part
would
be
looking
at
each
individual
child
and
for
some
children
that
I
know
quite
well.
E
So
if
anybody
is
interested
in
helping
to
make
sure
that
Arlington
is
focused
on
this
in
a
meaningful
way,
please
let
us
know,
because
we
are
really
trying
to
get
some
efforts
towards
this,
to
find
out
more
to
educate
ourselves
to
make
sure
that
we're
spreading
the
word
about
not
just
you
know,
technology
isn't
all
bad,
but
what
is
the
appropriateness
of
it?
And
what
are
we
doing?
E
H
F
C
People
have
not
been
aware
of
the
disparities,
and
until
the
data
became
available
we
we
did
believe
that
we
were
number
1,
2
3
whatever
in
in
so
many
different
metrics,
and
that's
not
the
case
and
so
to
to
me
at
least
raising
awareness
is,
is
foundational.
If
you
don't
know,
there's
a
problem
you're
not
going
to
do
anything
about
it.
The.
D
We
need
to
be
aware
of
that,
and
that
is
another
thing.
That's
really
hard
for
people
to
think
about
that.
Our
actions
as
a
society
have
as
much
impact
on
our
health
as
our
own
actions,
and
so
that's
another
awareness
that
we
need
to
embrace
and
that
we
can
solve
this.
We
may
not
have
created
it.
However,
we
can
all
solve
this
and.
E
And
if
I
don't
lose,
my
thought
I
think
it's
also.
We
need
to
step
outside
of
our
comfort
zone
a
little
bit
because
it's
so
easy
to
do
things.
The
way
we've
always
done
them
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
stretch
ourselves
a
little
bit
and
really
think
beyond
the
way.
We've
always
done
things,
because
the
way
we've
always
done
things
is
not
always
going
to
get
us
to
the
results
that
we
now.
We
can't
continue
to
do
things.
The
way
we've
always
done
them
and
expect
to
be
able
to
do
these
things.
E
F
H
D
D
We've
had
a
tradition,
though
also
of
working
on
things,
so
when
you
know
that
we've
tackled
things
like
the
ten
year
plan
to
end
homelessness
here
in
Arlington
the
childcare
initiative
trying
to
deal
with
the
achievement
gap
in
Arlington
Public
Schools,
there
is
an
ethic
here
to
help
our
neighbors
when
we
responded
after
9/11
to
being
attacked,
we
pulled
together,
so
we
I
think
valley,
resilience
and
I.
Think
people
realized
that
we
are
more
than
the
sum
of
our
parts
and
so
people
matter
here
populations
matter.
D
We
need
to
build
on
that
energy
and
keep
people
letting
people
know
that
the
health
of
other
people
impacts
our
health
as
a
community.
We
are
only
as
strong
as
our
weakest
link,
let's
make
sure
we're
as
resilient
as
possible
and
I
think
Andreea.
That's
the
way
that
we
need
to
remind
people
of
their
self-interest,
health.
You
know
just
like
communicable
disease.
You
want
everyone
else
to
be
vaccinated
to
make
sure
that
those
who
can't
be
vaccinated
can
be
protected
as
well,
so
in
a
sense,
we're
now
doing
equity
vaccinations,
hopefully
for
or
Arlington
County.
H
And
I
would
just
echo
just
never
assumed
that
they
don't
care.
Sometimes
people
just
need
some
ways
that
they
can
operationalize
or
you
know
practical
examples
of
how
to
engage
an
issue
that
may
not
impact
them
so
I
think.
Sometimes
we
have
to
trust.
People
have
good
hearts
and
you
know
really
just
need
some
concrete
ways
to
help
and.
C
There
is
a
lot
of
data
that
exists
in
other
communities
where
they
have
looked
at
the
return
on
investment
in
addressing
health
equity
issues
in
communities
where
there
are
significant
disparities.
It
has
an
impact
on
tax
revenues
that
come
in,
etc,
etc,
etc,
and
so
for
some
people
we
may
need
to
be
making
the
business
case.
I
think
we
need
to
appeal
both
to
the
heart
and
to
the
mine
and
to
the
pocketbook
movement.
Absolutely.
F
F
G
G
I,
intend
this
not
to
just
simply
be
one-year
initiative
that
is
coterminous
with
my
time
as
chair,
but
really
to
be
a
new
way
of
thinking
as
County
government
as
to
how
we
can
do
our
mission
and
deliver
our
programs
and
services
better
for
the
foreseeable
future
and
I'd
like
to
just,
even
though
I
wasn't
able
to
be
here
for
the
entire
conversation
and
I'm.
Sorry,
for
that
I
am
a
little
bit
familiar
with
the
content.
G
So
I,
don't
think
you
know
I
missed
anything
substantively,
but
the
importance
of
this
work
I
just
can't
really
overstate
how
critical
this
is
for
Arlington
as
we
seek
to
move
to
the
next
level
as
elected
officials,
we
are
frequently
inclined
to
want
to
hear
good
news
or
through
public
processes.
If
we
can't
get
the
good
news,
we
want
it
to
deliver
a
very
clear
determinant
of
what
we
need
to
do
next
and
this
process,
this
destination
20:27
process
was
neither
of
those
things.
G
The
news
wasn't
entirely
good,
nor
did
it
necessarily
deliver
us
the
dispositive
answers
for
what
we
need
to
do.
Next.
There
is
a
messiness
with
uncovering
disparities
that
exist,
principally
when
it
comes
to
something
as
fundamental
as
someone's
well-being,
and
it
also
delivered
with
us
a
whole
host
of
questions
and
other
areas
of
inquiry
to
figure
out
what
exactly
is
going
on.
Those
are
not
necessarily
comfortable
places
to
be,
but
they
are
absolutely
necessary.
G
Government
has
to
actually
orient
itself
towards
making
sure
we
take
the
resources
that
we're
entrusted
with
to
doing
the
public
good,
and
if
we
think
about
what
that
means,
that
means
doing
not
good
things
are
beneficial
things
for
a
certain
segment
or
for
a
powerful
segment
or
for
a
geographically
important
segment.
It
means
for
everyone
and
if
we
think
about
everyone,
you
can't
just
simply
look
at
overall
data
without
disaggregating
it
to
find
out,
what's
actually
happening
to
people
as
they
live
their
lives.
G
So
this
this
health
work
is
incredibly
important,
but
I
intend
for
this
to
be
the
norm
to
which
we
apply
all
of
government's
actions,
policies
and
services,
and
when
we
think
about
applying
that
equity
lens,
it
means
a
couple
of
fundamental
things
and
to
speak
to
one
of
the
questions
earlier.
What
does
someone
who's
better
off
have
to
gain
from
this
exploration
of
trying
to
make
sure
we're
not
just
focused
on
broad
equality
but
individual
equity?
G
Well,
I,
think
what
everybody
has
to
gain
is
a
fundamental
recognition
that
a
my
resources
that
I'm
committing
to
government
are
actually
performing
the
maximum
good.
Everyone
should
have
that
as
a
fundamental
self-interest,
but
to
the
inquiry
of
discovering
how
government
actions
and
policies
and
investments
can
affect
disparities
and
affect
outcomes.
G
It's
important
to
know
the
answer
to
that
question,
so
you
can
be
an
effective
civic,
engagement
or
community
to
know
what
to
support
what
to
oppose
what
to
advocate
for
because,
if
you
don't
know
how
government
impacts
people's
lives,
then
you're
really
kind
of
twisting
in
the
wind
to
figure
out
whether
or
not
government
is
being
effective.
So,
quite
frankly,
I
think
this
equity
work
is
not
simply
about
dealing
with
disparities
and
orienting
government
towards
not
perpetuating
inequities
and
to
no
longer
creating
marginalized
populations.
G
It's
to
actually
get
government
to
perform
to
a
higher
level,
which
is
in
everyone's
interest,
regardless
of
where
you
fall
on
a
particular
issue.
So
I
just
like
to
thank
everyone
involved
with
this
effort
for
the
work
of
bringing
up
uncomfortable
truths
and
further
areas
of
work.
Even
though
that's
something
you
know,
we
can't
check
off
the
box
and
say
mission
accomplished,
I
think
absolutely
necessary
for
us
to
be
the
kind
of
community
that
we
all
intend
Arlington
to
be,
and
we
all
hope
Arlington
to
be.
So.
G
F
Thank
you
I'd
also
like
to
recognize
George
Barker
senator
Barker.
Thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
appreciate
you
crossing
over
here
into
Arlington
that
was
kind
of
you
and
Christian.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
and
for
your
comments
and,
as
Ruben
said
before,
there's
a
role
for
each
of
us
to
play
whether
you're
working
with
a
PTA
or
a
youth
group
or
a
church
group
in
your
office,
whatever
you
are
doing
in
your
life
and
your
work,
to
ask
those
questions
who
benefits
whose
burdened
who's
missing.
F
And
how
do
you
know
if
you
do
that
in
your
lives,
we're
applying
equity
to
everything
that
we
do
and
that's
how
this
is
going
to
infuse
through
the
community?
The
government
work
is
key
and
we
are
advocating
a
destination
2027
for
a
policy
and
an
entity
on
that.
But
it's
work
that
we
all
have
to
be
doing
so.
I
want
to
thank
everybody
and
I
want
to
give
the
last
word
to
Anita
Friedman.
B
B
Who
is
burdened?
How
do
we
know
if
we
want
to
be
informed
citizens?
Let's
ask
these
questions.
It's
not
going
to
be
comfortable,
but
growth
depends.
Personal
growth,
as
you
know,
depends
on
asking
important
questions
and
community
growth
depends
on
asking
these
questions.
So
let's
take
this
as
a
call
to
action
to
get
out
there
not
wait
for
a
presentation
coming
to
your
organization,
go
ahead
and
be
brave
and
lead.
It
yourself.