More on "the job"

So some further explanation of "the job":

Community Health Councils, Inc. (CHC) does policy and advocacy for public health in South LA. I am the "Community Liaison" for their "Environmental Health and Land Use Coalition" which deals with policy that will create more open space/ parks in South LA.

Right now I'm helping out with what they call a "side project" that has to do with environmental health and land use, but is not officially a part of the coalition: trying to get a zoning document calling for the oil fields near here to call for strict health studies, regulations, and eventual conversion to parkland.

My day to day consists of administrative stuff--take notes, schedule/attend meetings with community members, send e-mails, phone calls, draft documents for others to usually completely rewrite. Maybe it will change slightly when we move out of the Oil Fields project...but will probably be most of the same, just around a different topic.

LA is extrememly park poor, especially in areas with minorities. This disparity in parkland/open space is something I learned about towards the end of college and so it's pretty great to be in this position--and to see the whole process of going about creating policy.