
Current & Upcoming Events, Activities and Announcements:
March 15, 2012 For Immediate Release:
Champion of Change, Richard Kozoll, MD, MPH
to be Honored at White House -- The Prevention Research Center (PRC) at the University of New Mexico is pleased to announce that one of their community partners Richard Kozoll, MD, MPH has been selected as a ‘Let's Move!and Physical Activity Champion of Change’, as part of President Obama's "Winning the Future" initiative (www.whitehouse.gov/champions).
Please read more.
March 15, 2012 -- NM Medical Society -- Long Time Member Dr. Kozoll Awarded White House Honor
Join us! Spring Social and Fundraiser Event
Saturday April 28, 2012 -- 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Village of Cuba Eichwald Center (see PDF flyer)
We need Spring watering volunteers for our beautiful St Francis Park! -- Being a Watering Volunteer is a great way to give back to your community, while, at the same time, doing something good for yourself. Contact walkingchampion@stepintocuba.org
for more details.
2011 CONGRESSMAN BEN RAY LUJAN VISITS CUBA -- On August 22nd, Congressman Ben Ray Lujan visited Cuba. He toured the Nacimiento Community Foundation and Public Health offices, the Cuba Food Pantry, and then walked to the Cuba Community Garden. Read More.
2011 Update on the UNM Prevention Research Center’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Cuba Project -- As reported previously in The Connection, the PRC’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Cuba project, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, focuses on changing policies and community environments to sup- port active living and healthy eating among children and their families in Cuba and the surrounding communities. Read More.
2011 MAKING FAIR FOODS HEALTHIER -- Another Healthy Kids, Healthy Cuba project launched this summer at the Sandoval County Fair, in collabora- tion with the Sandoval County Fair Board, provided support to participating food vendors to buy, prepare, and sell healthier foods. Read More.
2011 SAFE AND ACTIVE LIVING -- Through a collaborative effort of the Village of Cuba, the Step Into Cuba Alliance, the PRC, and the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) work began in September on a new sidewalk construction project in Cuba to make the Village more walkable and safe along U.S. 550. Read More.
2011 UNM PRC CONDUCTS VIVA SURVEYS
The University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (PRC) conducted surveys throughout the community of Cuba, NM in late August and early September for the Center’s Core Research Project, VIVA (Village Interventions and Venues for Activity). Data were collected to examine the implementation of evidence-based strategies to increase physical activity
at the community level. Read More. 2011 UNM PRC Receives Community Partnership Engagement Award 2011 -- Frieda Gonzales, (CAC) Committee Advisory Council member and National Community Committee (NCC) member, participated in the 2011 NCC Annual Meeting in Rochester, New York. At the NCC meeting, Frieda received the 2nd Annual Community Partnership Engagement Award on behalf of the University of New Mexico Prevention Research Center (UNM PRC) and the UNM PRC CAC. Read More.
2011 WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL DAY 2011 -- Walk and Roll to School Day (WRTSD) is New Mexico’s version of International Walk to School Day. Its purpose
is to promote walking and bicycling to school as a way to increase physical activ- ity among students, reduce traffic congestion and air pollution caused by traffic emissions around schools, and raise awareness of the need for
routes to school that are safe for non-motorized travel.
Read More.
Previous News:
February 2011 -- Please watch Senator Tom Udall's video on Physical Activity & Preventive Care in NM. Step Into Cuba is featured in this segment.
UNM TODAY -- June 2010 Chance Munns, a graduate student in the UNM landscape architecture master’s program, got involved with Step into Cuba, a park project in Cuba, N.M. Read full story here.
The 2010 Step Into Cuba Walkability Report
(22 MG PDF)
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Flyer regarding changes to U.S. 550 also in the 2010 May issue of the Cuba News (view PDF)

Seen Along the Trail -- This is a new feature which captures the beautiful 'flora and fauna' seen around the many trails of Cuba, New Mexico. If you are hiking and see something of interest on the trails please attach your photo, include your name, time and date when the photo was taken and email it to: mhanrahan@salud.unm.edu
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