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If you want to become healthy, you have to surround yourself with a group of people that are getting healthy, and you have to be connected to a community that is doing what you want to do.

We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

It's the age of information and we need to just get as informed as we can about what other things might help us live healthy lives.

I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

Certainly, we need to support the communities around the country, and we do.

We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.

Individuals will achieve healthier lifestyles when prevention and wellness programs are accessible and available in their workplace, through their health provider, and in their communities.