Making generational changes in the West Lakes community — with Lift Orlando’s Eddy Moratin and AdventHealth for Children’s Alfreda Clark

Inspiring Wholeness

There’s a startling message on Lift Orlando’s website: “ZIP code is the No. 1 predictor of life outcomes.” Eddy Moratin, Lift Orlando president, and Alfreda Clark, director of AdventHealth for Children's West Lakes Early Learning Center, came together to discuss changing that statistic, particularly in the West Lakes neighborhood outside of Camping World Stadium in downtown Orlando. The area is a nationally celebrated example of how residents, community partners and business leaders have joined forces to revitalize an underinvested Black neighborhood.
This episode of the Inspiring Wholeness podcast, presented by AdventHealth in partnership with the Orlando Business Journal, explores the efforts to make generational changes in West Lakes, from cradle to career.
“Our vision at Lift Orlando is neighborhoods where children grow up with hope and return with joy,” Moratin said. “The Early Learning Center and the partnership with AdventHealth, Primrose Schools, our friends of the Bainum Family Foundation, and the incredible team Alfreda leads are some of the brightest examples of that.”
Listen to this episode to learn about:

• Aspiring to provide equal access to the American dream for every child and family, regardless of their ZIP code.
• The powerful partnerships between Lift Orlando, AdventHealth and other community partners that are working towards making West Lakes an ecosystem of opportunities.
• The origins and vision of the AdventHealth for Children's West Lakes Early Learning Center.
• Integrating the trailblazers, pioneers and pillars of Black history into the educational programs at AdventHealth for Children's West Lakes Early Learning Center.
• The one thing everyone should know about Orlando’s Black history.
• Advice for business leaders on strengthening ties to their communities and recognizing every neighborhood as an ecosystem of opportunities.

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