Springfield Residents, We Need Your Input!
Sarita Hudson • September 21, 2022

Help Mercy Choose Topic for Transforming Communities Grant

Please join us for a brief presentation and community conversation to discuss the next round of Transforming Communities work in Springfield.  Mercy Medical Center has up to $350,000 per year for 3 years through the Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI) to address health and racial justice in Springfield. Help us decide how to spend it.


Thursday, Oct 6, 2022, 5:30-7:00 pm, Brightwood Library Community Room, 359 Plainfield Street

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Thursday, Oct 13, 2022, 12:30-1:30 pm, Zoom

Register for this zoom event


Can't attend?  You can provide feedback through an online survey!   Details to come.


October 27, 2025
In late September, resident advisors (RAs) from the Public Health Institute of Western MA gathered at Regreen Springfield for a Peer-to-Peer Learning Workshop. RAs from the following 5 coalitions shared successes, challenges, and key learnings. A team of RAs representing each initiative led presentations that sparked dialogue, allowing everyone to learn from one another, ask questions, and deepen their understanding of community efforts. Intergenerational Social Connections (ISC): Focuses on bringing youth and older adults together in Springfield to reduce loneliness, build relationships, and strengthen community across generations. Live Well Springfield Climate Change & Health Equity (CCHE): Focuses on advancing community choice energy for Springfield, creating strategies to address extreme heat, and developing a new Climate Change Action Plan for the city. Live Well Springfield Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI): Focuses on addressing Springfield’s housing needs by improving housing conditions, increasing affordability, and expanding opportunities for homeownership. Healthy Air Network: Focuses on monitoring air quality, exploring transportation issues, developing an innovative app, and tackling climate change challenges. The workshop also served as a warm welcome and orientation for new RAs joining the committees, especially our new Parent Advisors for the Youth Mental Health Coalition (YMHC), which is focused on youth mental health and problem gambling prevention. This was the largest cohort of resident advisors for the Public Health Institute and Live Well Springfield yet.
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