- Harmonium’s Resident Leadership Academy (RLA) focuses on building healthy, safe and thriving communities.
- A curriculum-based, community health organizing project, the RLA empowers residents to make positive changes in their communities through policy, systems, and environmental changes.
- Participants benefit from the program by;
- Earning community service credit
- Gaining experience with community building which can be added to their resume
- Making changes in their own communities on issues they care about
- Earning gift card incentives
- The 10 session curriculum includes a combination of core health information, community health strategies that support individual health and lifestyle choices, and practical ways to improve community health.
- Community residents then work collaboratively on community improvement projects to remove identified barriers to health, safety and well-being in their communities.
- The ten session topics are as follows:
- Session 1: Orientation
- Session 2: Community Building Principles
- Session 3: Social Determinants of Health
- Session 4: Safe Walkable Communities
- Session 5: Healthy Food Systems
- Session 6: Land Use & Community Planning
- Session 7: Leadership, Advocacy & Policy Development
- Session 8: Community Improvement Project Needs & Opportunity Assessment
- Session 9 (Assessment): Community Improvement Project Planning & Implementation
- Session 10 (Assessment): Community Improvement Project Evaluation & Celebration
- Followed by 10 Community Improvement Project Graduate meetings
Contact RLA Program Specialist, Julie Dedman at jdedman@harmoniumsd.org for more information.
