Hello Everyone,

It's been a busy time for Public Matters. So busy in fact that we've been a bit lax about sharing all the great things that we've got going on.

However, these two stories are too good to keep to ourselves. Today's L.A. Times ran a feature on our ongoing work with the South L.A. Healthy Eating Active Communities Initiative, focused on market makeovers. And the AP has been running a story on Selma Lozoya, one of the HEAC students. We're delighted that our students are becoming quite the media darlings. Helping to facilitate their development as youth leaders and community health advocates has been an incredible thing.

Happy reading:

Nurturing South L.A., one market at a time - LA Times, March 16, 2009

Urban areas struggle to find grocers - Associated Press, December, 2008

• You'll see that we are about to launch a new site marketmakeovers.org. Look for updates soon. The site should be live by the end of April, not March as indicated in the L.A. Times article.
  
  
• If you're in Chicago, come and find out about our work in Historic Filipinotown through Pdub Productions, our collaboration with local youth, The Pilipino Workers Center, Hypercities and Remap L.A. We'll be showcasing our work as part of the MacArthur Foundation showcase of Digital Media and Learning award winners on April 16-17.
  
  For more info, see: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/PublicShowcase+Exhibits.pdf

Best regards,

The Public Matters Team