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November 2003 | Volume 2, Number 2
Promoting
the Environmental Justice
& Health Union mission, Catalyst identifies training,
research, policies, events, and funding opportunities that
foster partnerships to eliminate environmental disease in
low-income communities of color within the United States. To do
that, Catalyst depends on information submitted by an advisory
board of environmental health professionals and environmental
justice activists as well as our readers.
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TOOLBOX
Advocacy
NPAction is an
online resource for nonprofit advocacy. Through NPAction,
organizations can learn the basics of nonprofit advocacy;
connect to policymakers and the media; discuss and voice
opinions on advocacy issues; test advocacy knowledge; and
access one of the largest online directories of advocacy
resources-- focused on, and edited by, the nonprofit sector
itself.
Community rights
Community Rights
Counsel public interest law firm was founded to help communities
protect their health and welfare.
Green Book updated
"Pediatric Environmental Health" (also known as the "Green
Book") has been updated and includes new chapters on
heavy metals, risk assessment, and advocacy. Pediatricians
can receive free
copies by calling 1- 888-227-1770.
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OTHER
REPORTS OF INTEREST
Digital divide continues
Though the federal government reports that the digital divide
is shrinking, a recent re-analysis
of the data found that is may take two decades for low-income
households to catch up to wealthier households.
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ADVISORY
BOARD
Lynn Battle
Executive Director, Citizen's
Lead Education & Poisoning Prevention (Birmingham, AL)
Michael
Green
Executive Director, Center
for Environmental Health (Oakland, CA)
Swati
Prakash
Environmental Health Director, West
Harlem Environmental Action (New York, NY)
Alejandra
Tres
Executive Director, Association
of Environmental Health Academic Programs (Portland,
OR)
The Environmental Justice and Health Union is an independent
project of the Center for
Environmental Health
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The Next Step...
As
mentioned in the previous issue of Catalyst, the Congressional
Black Caucus released the findings of a series of environmental
justice listening sessions. Concurrently, the Congressional Hispanic Congress (CHC)
informed President Bush that they will not
participate in Hispanic Heritage activities with him
until he responds to CHC concerns about healthcare issues.
EPA
has encouraged the Hispanic community to support the Clear
Skies initiative promoted by the Bush Administration despite
the poorer
air quality in Hispanic communities resulting from
such changes to the Clean Air Act.
Congressional interest was piqued since the
outreach deviated from a typical EPA educational effort
focused on an existing program to advocating for a pending
legislative proposal. The CHC has also inquired about EPA's
failure to perform an environmental
justice analysis of the impact of the Clear Skies initiative.
At this juncture, it appears that an effort to bolster the Bush Administration's waning
support in the Hispanic community may be undermined by questions about the propriety of the outreach method he supported.
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PARTNERSHIPS
Indigenous environmental health
Partnerships with communities to maintain indigenous enviromental health knowledge are growing and span from
from Alaska
to Hawaii
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ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
Environmental health departments
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists surveyed
state and territorial health departments in 2001 and identified
inadequacies in health
department epidemiological capacity that ranged from
less than half of epidemiological staff possessing formal
epidemiologic training to only one-third of states and territories
reporting substantial, almost full, or full capacity in
epidemiology and surveillance programs for environmental
health.
Survey of Hispanic environmental health researchers
Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) is conducting a survey of Hispanic environmental health researchers.
To participate, contact Elizabeth Collins at (202) 783-5262 or ecollins@hshps.com
Childhood lead poisoning summary
As part of Lead Poisoning Prevention month, the Child Trends
DataBank produced an excellent summary
on the prevalence of childhood lead poisoning.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
 Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
The Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
(SNEEJ) is one of the largest and oldest environmental justice
networks with more than 50 community group members throughout
the Southwest. A new bilingual
website provides information about SNEEJ activities
and goals.
Cost-benefit analysis
Major environmental health regulations require cost-benefit
analysis. However, there are significant barriers to enabling
cost-benefit analysis to properly monetize or discount
over time environmental justice impacts.
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SUBSCRIBE and PROVIDE
The
Catalyst
is an online newsletter sent monthly to Environmental
Justice & Health Union members.
Groups with annual budgets of less than $200,000
receive free EJHU
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information for activists and professionals about training,
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or the following address:
Max Weintraub - Director
Environmental Justice and Health Union
528 61st Street, Suite
A
Oakland, CA 94609
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CLOSING DATES
November 1
The Bullitt Foundation
(Northwest)
Up to $25,000
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November 1
Occupational
health
Up to $50,000
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November 3
Liberty Hill Foundation
(Los Angeles)
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November 3
Appalachian
Community Fund
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November 5
Beldon Fund
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November 17
Corporation
for National and Community Service
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November 19
CDC
Health Conference Support
Up to $20,000
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November 21
Robert
Wood Johnson Fellowship
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November 24
The Impact Fund
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December 1
Norman Foundation
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December 1
Alston/Bannerman
Fellowship
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December 15
NIH
conference support
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December 18
EPA
EJ small grant (Rocky Mountains)
Up to $20,000
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December 18
EPA
Regional Geographic Initiative (Northwest)
Up to $50,000
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EVENTS CALENDAR
November 1, Chapel Hill, NC
Mending
the Health Care Divide
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November 4-5, Arlington VA
National
Pollution Prevention and Toxics Advisory Committee
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November 6-7, Washington DC
Philanthropy's
Role in Eliminating Health Disparities
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November 7-8, Bricks NC
Environmental Justice
Summit
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November 12, Easton MD
Maryland
environmental justice meeting
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November 12, Natural Bridge VA
Farmworker
Health
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Nov 13 - 14, Covington KY
Disparities
in the Greater Cincinnati area
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November 14, Los Angeles CA
Sullivan
commission on diversity in healthcare
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November 15, Medford MA
Environmental
justice across the Mystic
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November 15, San Francisco CA
Medicine
and the Environment
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November 15 - 19, San Francisco CA
American Public
Health Association
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November 18, San Francisco CA
EPA
Draft Report on the Environment
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November 18, Fort Wayne IN
Environmental
Justice from a Native Perspective
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November 19, San Francisco CA
HHS Minority
Health Advisory Committee
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November 23, Berkeley CA
Race
and Genomics
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December 3 - 5, Atlanta GA
Environmental
public health conference
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December 15 - 17, Atlanta, GA
National
children's study assembly
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