Monument Community Partnership

We are people from all walks of life.
We are nurturing a community of hope and opportunity in the vibrant,
diverse but under-resourced Monument Community of Concord, California.

 

Monument Community Phone Numbers

  • Monument Community First 5 Center: 925-671-3268

About the Monument Community Partnership

  • The Monument Community Partnership (MCP) is a broad-based collaborative of residents, human service agencies, health service agencies, the school district, city government and local business owners.
  • It is designed to improve the well-being of people who live in the Monument Community, a severely under-resourced neighborhood in the heart of Concord, California.
  • A key premise of the MCP is this: That taking intelligent and effective action to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of a community starts with building personal relationships that allow people from different backgrounds and disciplines to work effectively together toward common goals.
  • Functional social networks and experience-based trust are preconditions for any community to work well. Therefore, the MCP, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, works to involve residents of all ages, ethnicity and immigration status as equal partners with local public and private organizations in productive, action-based collaboration.
  • This is no easy task. The fact that we have painstakingly created a functional, productive way for people from divergent groups to work together is in itself a major achievement and serves as the foundation for everything else we do.

Neighborhood Action Teams (NATs)

  • MCP's Neighborhood Action Teams (NATs) of resident leaders are at the core of our success.
  • Created by TEAMS: Transformation through Education and Mutual Support, this team-based resident leadership development model starts with building the capacity of residents themselves to become versatile problem-solvers in any area that is important to them.
  • By integrating the priorities and actions of residents with those of resource and service providers, MCP has already improved systems and made some important neighborhood improvements.

Our Goal

  • Within ten years we will measurably increase the social and economic stability and mobility of current Monument Community residents in ways that promote the Health well-being and prosperity of both the community and the City of Concord.

Events

Monument Community Health Fair

The seventh annual Monument Community Health Fair will be held Saturday, October 6, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Meadow Homes Park, on the corner of Detroit Avenue and Sunshine Drive in Concord. Free health screenings include glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, vision, dental, respiratory, prostate cancer (PSA) and spinal exam.

More than 50 information booths will offer educational material and resources on services available in the community. Kaiser Permanente will sponsor healthy cooking demonstrations and their Educational Theater will have various shows during the fair. There will be activities for children. Representatives from various health plans and programs will be at the fair offering information and enrollment for qualifying low-income families.

For information call Marla Parada at (925) 671-3327 or e-mail marla@ci.concord.ca.us or call Raquel Diaz (925) 671-3494 or e-mail rdiaz@ci.concord.ca.us.