Mass in Motion

The Mass in Motion campaign, launched by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in January, 2009, aims to promote wellness and to prevent overweight and obesity in Massachusetts -- with a particular focus on the importance of healthy eating and physical activity - at home, at work, and in the community.

Mass in Motion is the first statewide health initiative to be supported by all of the Commonwealth's major health-funding foundations. These partners have generously agreed to contribute funding that will allow for community wellness grants to be awarded throughout Massachusetts, as part of a comprehensive statewide obesity prevention initiative. These grants to cities and towns are to make wellness initiatives a priority at the community level. The Mass in Motion—Municipal Wellness and Leadership grant program is presented by HRiA, on behalf of and in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and partners Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation, Tufts Health Plan Foundation, and The Boston Foundation.
Steve Ridini Steve Ridini, EdD
Vice President
617.279.2240 ext. 234

Bio
Steve Ridini Steven Ridini, EdD, is vice president of the Community Health division at HRiA. He brings 25+ years of experience working in public health within the US and internationally. He has extensive experience in non-profit management and administration, with a professional background spanning research and evaluation, strategic planning and organizational development, grant making, and coalition building.

Dr. Ridini earned a bachelor's degree in biology and political science from Boston College followed by a master's in public health and a doctorate in education-both from Harvard University. He has served as lecturer at Harvard, and has authored two books on social change, Health and Sexuality Education in Schools: The Process of Community Change and Grassroots Social Action: Lessons in People Power Movements.

Prior to joining HRiA in 1998, Dr. Ridini was the director of the Massachusetts Prevention Center in Framingham, MA and education director at PRIDE, Inc., in Atlanta, GA. He also worked with U.S.A.I.D. and the Ministries of Health and Education in Belize to develop a national drug education curriculum.
Printer friendly version »

Learn More