LOCATION: San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

ORGANIZATION TYPE: Non-for-profit advocacy

FOCUS AREA: Children / Families, Food security / Nutrition, Health Care Delivery, Public Health, Public Policy, Race / Ethnicity

HEALTH EQUITY INITIATIVES: Our mission is to improve the health status of people of African-Americans in California by influencing policies and programs that advance health promotion and disease prevention. Our statewide community-based research project is examining affects of living in a segregated neighborhood on health and tobacco-use. In Sacramento our we are working to reduce secondhand smoke in cars and homes of African Americans and providing services and resources to help African American smokers to stop smoking.