Bring your passion, your stories, your experience. Find allies, see what's working, get data and make a map! Let's revitalize our great nation, community by community.
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Weight of the Nation Get involved in the social movement to end obesity today!
Join A Group! Engage in dialogue and peer-to-peer discussions!
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To people and places, view the Map of the Movement, and search initiative and member profiles.
Easily find what is happening through the Map of the Movement. Here you can view initiative profiles, explore sites by focus area, reach out to peer communities and explore the many facets of the healthier and sustainable communities movement.
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With peers and leaders, explore news and feature stories, and join dialogues.
Stay up-to-date on news and developments through the News and Features. Participate in dialogues, peer learning, polls, and much more!
Be sure to check out the Forums, too. From general Q&As to issue-based discussions, the Commons is the place to engage in dialogue with fellow peers and issue leaders.
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New possibilities, access vast and powerful datasets, and create your own GIS maps.
Finding data and making maps has never been easier. The Commons provides members with access to over 7,000 of the most comprehensive and current GIS data layers ranging from national to point level. Through Make a Map you can explore all data sets the Commons has to offer and use them to make dynamic, multi-layer maps for your state, county, city, or neighborhood.
Don’t think you can use a GIS mapping tool? Think again. The Commons provides you step-by-step Tutorials and Starter Maps. These tools will help you understand the basics of web-based GIS mapping and most importantly, how you and your community can use maps to tell your story and inspire action towards healthier, whole communities.
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Resources, model policies and tools. Join webinars, conferences and other learning events.
The Commons is not just a place to extract information, but also a place to share and rate Resources that members have found to be most helpful and reliable. Here you can get connected to model policies, tools, and related supports posted by on-the-ground members and organizations.
You will also find the Commons Calendar. Explore and share information about webinars, conferences, and workshops that are central to the keeping the communities movement educated and inspired!