Reclaiming America’s Youth and Recovering Our Economy
by Chelsea Clinton
Crime and ennui in Columbia Heights, D.C., overwhelmed the adolescence of Elmer Diaz, a first-generation immigrant from El Salvador. He was always bright, but with his hard-working parents constantly away from home, Elmer’s life became entwined with gangs. He also got into drugs. Then he dropped out of high school.
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Youth
Empowering Others to Live Healthy
Being on the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Youth Advisory Board has helped me to influence my community in a positive way. Through my actions and commitment to the cause, I have educated the ones I love about healthy living. On a broader spectrum, I have changed the mentality towards health in my school and hopefully, I will change it in my state.
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Helping Others Live Healthy: Danyel Johnson
Danyel Johnson, 11, a Native American from the Navajo Reservation of the Sanostee and Tohatchi area, along with 20 other outstanding young people, has been selected to serve on the 2012-2013 Youth Advisory Board for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an organization founded by the American Heart...
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Leading the Fight to Get Healthy: Daniel Muller
Daniel Muller, 17, of Weston, Connecticut, along with 20 other outstanding young people, has been selected to serve on the 2012-2013 Youth Advisory Board for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an organization founded by the American Heart...
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Creating Healthier Learning Environments
Since 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program has been helping schools across the country transform themselves into healthier places—places where nutritious foods are available to students and physical activity is a priority. Back then, the program reached out to 231 schools in 13 states. Today, it supports more than 14,000 schools across...
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