Title: Letters to the Editor

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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Enjoyed Steen's article Universal Health Care Revisited in Spring 2005 issue


CAPITAL edition of our Section (Spring 2005) newsletter --thanks to you both! I particularly enjoyed John Steen's article on Universal Healthcare Revisited......The new Working Group on Trade & Health has planned a plenary and two scientific sessions on the topic for the Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Karen Valenzuela, Executive Board Liaison

YMCA Activate America expanded to 34 cities

I wanted to bring your attention to an important announcement about the advancement of the YMCA Activate America: Pioneering Healthier Communities Project, a grassroots mobilization of communities to respond to the public health challenge of obesity and physical inactivity. One year after launching the Project, YMCA of the USA, the expansion of the initiative to 20 additional communities, spreading the movement to 34 cities. Combined with the earlier 14 participants, these newly named communities are forming the foundation of an aggressive social movement that is mobilizing leaders in communities to respond to public health issues. For more information, visit http://www.ymca.net/activateamerica

Julie Grandstaff, Account Coordinator, Stanton Crenshaw Communications, <jgrandstaff@stantoncrenshaw.com>