OAKLAND, Calif. (June 30, 2009) – The state’s largest health foundation today announced the appointment of Sandra Davis as program officer for East Oakland under The Endowment’s 10-year Building Healthy Communities: California Living 2.0 initiative. The goal of the initiative is to build community health so as to create communities where children are healthy, safe and ready to learn.
“East Oakland’s vibrant network of community-based organizations and stakeholders are already actively engaged in efforts to improve the socioeconomic and environmental conditions that serve as barriers to community health,” said Davis. “Through this 10-year initiative, I’m confident East Oakland will be able to make measurable and sustainable improvements in community health.”
Prior to her appointment as a program officer, Davis was a program associate at The Endowment during which she provided analysis of grant proposals, served on the monthly peer review committee for funding recommendations and provided technical assistance to organizations across the state seeking grant funding.
Before joining The Endowment, Davis was a program officer/consultant for the Broad Reach Foundation where she provided start-up program and funding strategy development support to the new family foundation. Davis was also a Community Program Fellow with the Tides Foundation where she helped conceptualize and lead Bridging the Economic Divide, a national strategic economic justice funding initiative.
Davis also has considerable experience as a community organizer serving as director and lead community organizer for People United for a Better Oakland’s Campaign for Accessible Health Care, and as founding director and lead organizer for Sisters in Portland Impacting Real Issues Together (SPIRIT) in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Davis was lead trainer and senior community organizer for the Center for Third World Organizing (CTWO) in Oakland.
The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation, was established in 1996 to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. The Endowment makes grants to organizations and institutions that directly benefit the health and well-being of the people of California. To date, The Endowment has awarded nearly 11,000 grants across California totaling more than $1.9 billion. For more information, visit The Endowment’s Web site at www.calendow.org.
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