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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Partners –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You may have heard by now that the U.S. Surgeon General’s long-awaited
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">will be</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">released on September 9. Please mark your calendars to learn more:<o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">September 9, 7:00 a.m. PST live
<a href="http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/"><span style="color:windowtext">webcast</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> (details/link forthcoming on the USSG home page): U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy will announce
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities.</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"> The
</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call to Action</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">
</span></em>will outline "how city planners, employers, and community leaders can ensure that the place where we live and work promote walking and physical activity while also leveling the playing field so that no one is left behind." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">September 15, 10:00 a.m. PST
<a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1721698138944259074"><span style="color:windowtext">webinar</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: America Walks! is hosting a webinar to hear from the lead scientific advisor on the project
about what is in the <i>Call to Action</i> and will provide ideas about how to use the
<i>Call to Action</i> in your own organization. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Please also consider the local partners that you might share this information with, such as:<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Facilitators of Walk With Ease and other self-management programs with a focus on walking;</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Local transportation and land use planners;
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Safe Routes to Schools program staff; and</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
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</span></span></span></em><![endif]><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Others who are interested in increasing population levels of physical activity to combat obesity and chronic disease.
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">HPCDP will share more information and resources to support this launch. Content of the
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call to Action</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"> is embargoed until the morning of September 9, so we will need
to wait until after the release to ensure that any talking points, evidence, and resources that we share are relevant to the message going out nationally.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Walking is the #1 reported activity on the BRFSS each year, and evidence shows that initiatives related to making communities more walkable have some
of the </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">strongest</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"> effect on increasing physical activity levels. Please join
us in advancing this work by using the </span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call to Action</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"> in your own community.
Please get in touch with your liaison or me if you have any questions. Thank you!</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Heather Gramp, MPH</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray">| Policy Specialist | Public Health Division | HPCDP
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:gray">| 800 NE Oregon St | Portland, Oregon 97232<br>
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