New funding opportunity: People, Parks, and Power—A National Initiative for Green Space, Health Equity, and Racial Justice

Original article written by Jenna Quin for PACEs Connection

"We’re excited to announce the launch of People, Parks, and Power (P3), a national initiative to invest in green space, health equity, and racial justice. People, Parks, and Power seeks to accelerate a national movement for park equity led by communities that have shouldered generations of park inequities and associated health inequities. This initiative is a joint effort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, led and managed by Prevention Institute. We encourage you to share this Call for Proposals with your networks.

'Change comes from organizing and power-building; in that regard P3 breaks new ground. It’s the first national funding initiative that supports community-based organizations to build power for local policy change to eliminate the deplorable park and green space inequities found in urban African American and Latino communities across the U.S. This new investment recognizes just how crucial low-income communities of color are to moving the needle toward equity on issues central to environmental, health, and racial justice. P3 holds the promise of expanding the bench of local leaders and innovators working for park and green space equity and jumpstarting a new movement.' —Manuel Pastor, PhD, director of the University of Southern California’s Equity Research Institute and a grantee of RWJF’s Lead Local Initiative."