-Ron Lapitan, Former Community Outreach Coordinator
Today, I joined a meeting of the Fairfax County’s Committee on Children and Youth to discuss such local issues as human trafficking and domestic violence.
“Hi Ron!” said the various county representatives in their cubicles, who hugged me in my suit and tie as I walked through the hall of the government building to the meeting room. We are always the same faces at many of the community’s spaces of conversation to talk about change. Overtime, we greet each other as old friends.
I gave a short presentation about the Health as Right Program during the meeting. “So far we have youth teams in 6 high schools and have started having conversations with 17 others,” I said.
“Let us connect you to a coalition of school administrators in the county. They should hear about this program,” said one of the committee chairs. They will also put us on a directory of the community’s resources.
And so the Health as Right movement grows.
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vastness of the sea.”
-Anonymous
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