"Improving Life in Southeast Chicago"

SEDCom is bringing people and organizations together to embark on a community-wide project that will help people live longer lives by:

• Creating healthy physical and socioeconomic environments
• Increasing access and opportunity for individuals and families to choose healthy behaviors
• Improving existing health services and networks
• Facilitating policy and system changes through action at the grassroots level

SEDCom and its partners will achieve this through planning, implementation and evaluation of community-level interventions in the following areas:

• Education
• Research
• Capacity-Building and Sustainability
• Advocacy

Current project activity is focused on the planning phase. A working group, community organization assessment and inventory, and focus groups with community residents will provide SEDCOM with the necessary information to compile a community action plan that will guide project activities in the implementation phase.