Join us at our November 21 Coalition Meeting!

Don't miss our last Shape Up SF Coalition meeting of the year! Our meeting is hosted by CARECEN SF in their new Market Street location. Come share your ideas, collaborate on projects, and celebrate our accomplishments this year.
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Shape Up San Francisco Coalition

Jennifer starts the meeting with a moment to arrive.

Coalition

SFDPH's Community Health Equity and Promotion Branch provides backbone support for the Coalition. 

 

SC members at 2023 Strategic Planning Retreat

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee provides strategic direction and champions the work of the Coalition.

  1. Sarah Nelson, Coalition Co-Chair
  2. Laura Vollmer, Coalition Co-Chair
  3. David Byrd, CBAT Team Co-lead
  4. Laura Urban, PSEAT Lead
  5. Betty Sells-Asberry
  6. Blythe Young
  7. Brendan Rea
  8. Chris Chau
  9. Christine Mauia
  10. Leah Walton
  11. Saeeda Hafiz
  12. Sarah Fine
  13. Sylvia Selinger
  14. Tracy L. Ward
  15. Marianne Szeto, Backbone Staff

Read the Steering Committee Overview.

 

 

Sarah Nelson, CBAT Co-Lead, introduces the learning community at a coalition meeting.

Action Teams

Action Teams move the Coalition's priorities forward. Action Teams are co-led by at least one SC member. Shape Up SF has two Action Teams:

  1. Capacity Building Action Team (CBAT)
    • Co-led by David Byrd and Shane Valentine
  2. Policy, Systems, Environments Action Team (PSEAT)
    • Co-led by Laura Vollmer and Laura Urban

 

Shape Up San Francisco logo

Communications

  • Shape Up SF sends a monthly newsletter with action team updates, meeting reminders, trainings, events, funding opportunities, job announcements, and more. Read our October newsletter.
  • Shape Up SF also has a Google Group that allows members to send resources or calls to action directly to the group. 
  • Shape Up SF Coalition meetings are great opportunities to network with mission-aligned organizations.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter or Google Group!

Shape Up SF Coalition Information

Shape Up SF Coalition Bylaws

Shape Up SF Coalition Bylaws

Shape Up SF Coalition Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Guidelines

Shape Up SF Coalition Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Guidelines

2024 Shape Up SF Policy Agenda

2024 Shape Up SF Policy Agenda

Check out Shape Up SF's guiding documents to learn more about how the Coalition operates.

 

Follow Shape Up SF on Social Media!

Shape Up SF is on Facebook, and Instagram. Find us @shapeupsf

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About

The Shape Up SF (SUSF) Coalition was formed in 2006 to address growing levels of preventable chronic disease, especially in San Francisco's low-income communities and communities of color. 

Mission: 

To advance health equity in San Francisco by collaborating with community partners on system changes that increase nutrition security and active living.

Vision: 

Shape Up SF envisions an equitable, thriving community where all who live, work, learn, and play in San Francisco enjoy optimal health.

Values:

Health equity, community, collaboration, prevention & wellness

Strategies:

  • Convene mission-aligned partners for collective impact and networking
  • Address health equity and upstream risk factors for chronic disease prevention through stakeholder capacity building
  • Policies, systems, and environmental strategies