Last month, the Penn Urban Health Lab, along with childrensphila and other community organizations, launched Deeply Rooted, a community-driven program to promote health equity and environmental justice in Black and brown neighborhoods in West and Southwest Philadelphia. The initiative will increase greenspace through greening of over 1,000 vacant lots, planting more than 1,000 trees and building miniparks designed by the community. “Every time we step out of our homes, the environment around us is having an impact on our health,” said Eugenia South, MD, MSHP, faculty director of the Urban Health Lab. “Investment in Black communities to create healthy and safe neighborhoods is essential to reversing longstanding health inequities.” Visit the 🔗 in our bio for more. #healthequity #healthdisparities #westphilly #environmentalhealth #urbanhealth