The third annual Mass In Motion Action Institute was held at the DCU Center in Worcester on April 3, 2013 where over 200 people participated in the day-long program. This statewide conference brings together communities and stakeholders from across Massachusetts who are implementing policy, systems, and environmental approaches that support healthy eating and active living. The Institute was designed to foster leadership skills development to advance community collaboration, increase regional and statewide networking, and to increase awareness of healthy eating and active living strategies and successes. Following introductory remarks by Health Resources In Action (HRIA) Vice-President Steve Ridini, DPH Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett welcomed participants and summarized the progress that Mass In Motion has been making in addressing healthy eating and active living. Click here for photos of last year's Action Institute. Click here for photos of last year's Institute. For more information about Mass In Motion in Fall River, contact Mass In Motion coordinator Julie Kelly at 508-324-2411. 

(Top row) Health Resources In Action (HRIA) Vice-President Steve Ridini welcomes the audience and introduces DPH Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett before participants are invited to engage in an "Energizer" with Playworks. (Row two) New Bedford Mayor John Mitchell joins Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse for a Q & A with the Commissioner. (Row three, left and right) New Bedford Mass in Motion staff members Pauline Hamel, Kimberly Ferreira, Sarah Clermont and Abaigail Hevey pose for a photo with Fall River Mass In Motion Coordinator Julianne Kelly, in front. Row three, center) Steve Ridini poses for a photos with Fall River Healthy City Fall River coordinator David Weed and HRIA Special Project Director Judy Foley. (Row four) Allison Bauer of the Boston Foundation and Rebekah Gerwirtz of the Massachusetts Public Health Association present during a workshop on Access to Healthy Foods. (Bottom row) David Watson of MassBike presents a safety training video for law enforcement officers before Max Fripp of Playworks Boston leads the group in another movement game.