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** Watch the Replay: Peggy Shepard on DNC Panel in Chicago
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Peggy Shepard spoke on a panel hosted by the Democratic National Committee’s Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis this week, discussing the administration’s environmental justice policies. You can watch the replay here ([link removed]) (the panel starts at the 26-minute mark). Replay ([link removed])
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** CRUP Workshops: Learn How to Prepare for Storms & Other Climate Emergencies
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Hurricane season is upon us, not to mention some crazy summer storms. Are you ready? If not, come to our Emergency Preparedness: Climate Ready Uptown Plan ([link removed]) (CRUP) workshops at 1:00 PM (English) and 2:00 PM (Español) on Tuesday, August 27 at the West Side Federation’s Red Oak Center’s community room, located at 135 West 106th Street (between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenues). We have partnered with the Columbus Amsterdam BID and the West Side Federation for these special events, and we encourage you to invite your family, friends, and neighbors to join us!
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** Join Us: NYC Community Cooling Workshop & Call to Action
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Join us from 6:00-7:30 PM on Monday, Sept. 9 for our Extreme Heat Coalition's Community Cooling Workshop in-person at 127 Lincoln Avenue (Second Floor) in the Bronx. You will learn how communities can be better protected through policy solutions that transform our neighborhoods, including three New York City Council bills: Codifying Cooling Centers (Intro 0998-2024), Tenant’s Right to Cooling (Intro 0994-2024), & Cool Pavement Pilot Program (Intro 0928-2024). We will also have a call to action! RSVP ([link removed])
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** Save the Date: Membership Meeting to Focus on Children's Environmental Health
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It's back-to-school season, so we will be focusing on issues impacting children's environmental health at our September Membership Meeting on Saturday, September 14 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM. We'll let you know once we've locked down a location, as this will be an in-person meeting. Come join our discussion of asthma, green and healthy schools, and electric school buses - along with a little hope and joy. RSVP ([link removed])
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Dr. Micaela Martinez was interviewed by Between the Lines ([link removed]) , a radio news program, about how personal care products marketed to people of color can cause cancer and other serious health conditions. She was also quoted in a Science ([link removed]) article on why COVID-19 has been making a comeback.
Peggy Shepard’s Harlem Week speech was uplifted by Harlem World Magazine ([link removed]) . Highlight’s also appeared in Columbia Climate School’s State of the Planet ([link removed]) .
The results of our Out of Gas, In with Justice ([link removed]) study continue to make headlines. Two Italian online news outlets, GreenMe ([link removed]) and Il Fatto Alimentare ([link removed]) , recently published stories.
A Next City ([link removed]) article on the work being done by the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization has been doing to address vehicle emissions in Chicago included mention of the effort to reduce heavy-duty truck emissions being done by Clean Air for the Long Haul, a national coalition of environmental justice groups that we are a part of.
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Are You Registered to Vote? You can find out by clicking here ([link removed]) or calling 866-868-3692. Check now. Don’t wait until October 26, which is the deadline, because this is too important! If you are not registered, click here ([link removed]) to learn about all the ways you can fix that, whether you register online, in-person, or by mail. Again, please don’t put this off. Too much is at stake with this election ([link removed]) !
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** Support Susana Almanza of PODER
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Our good friend and colleague Susana Almanza was in a serious automobile accident. She is out of the hospital but is expected to be wheelchair-bound for a significant amount of time as she makes her recovery. There is a GoFundMe page ([link removed]) for Susana to help offset medical expenses and make her home wheelchair accessible. And we encourage you to provide support for her recovery, if you can.
For those of you who don’t know Susana, she is a founding member and Director of PODER ([link removed]) (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources), a women-led, people of color grassroots social justice organization formed in 1991 to increase the participation of residents of East Austin in decisions related to the economic development and environmental protection of their communities. She is also a member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. And she is one of the co-authors of the Principles of Environmental Justice ([link removed]) , which was drafted and adopted at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in October 1991 in Washington, DC.
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