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June 2004 | Volume 2, Number 8
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
Internet opportunity
TechTip
Groundspring.org has developed an Internet
Techniques Series to help nonprofit groups understand
how to use the internet for fundraising, communications,
advocacy and mission fulfillment.
On-line donations
While a large number of on-line donation
services exist, a comparison of three widely used services
identifies the best
type for different non-profit groups.
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OTHER
REPORTS OF INTEREST
Funding
An Applied
Research Center study found that though people of color
make up nearly one-third of the general U.S. population,
grants explicitly targeted to benefit them constituted only
seven percent of foundation giving in 2001. Grantmakers
in Health has begun to educate environmental
health funders about that gap.
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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. Catalyst is produced by, and represents the views of, the Environmental Justice and Health Union.
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The Next Step...
Community-based
approaches to eliminating health disparities are receiving
greater attention. Though the potential for collaborations
with the environmental justice community has yet to be fully
realized, starting points have been recognized in a series
of Henry J. Kaiser Foundation meetings of academics,
healthcare
workers, community
activists, and Asian-American
advocates.
Federal
agencies have an important role promoting such partnerships
as a means to minimize the cumulative
health risks in heavily burdened communities. However, health
professionals and environmental justice activists implement
their collaborations at the local level. When successful,
such collaborations not only improve the health of the community,
but support civic
engagement and an overall improvement in our social
and physical environment.
The Environmental Justice and Health Union mission, while focused on
collaborations between environmental justice activists and health
professionals, recognizes the broader impact of such efforts and
supports activities that bring people from different backgrounds,
possessing different expertise, together for the common good.
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PARTNERSHIPS
Ethics
The Collaborative
Initiative for Research Ethics in Environmental Health
has identified key partnership concerns and criteria for
research partnerships with low-income communities of color.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH
Smoking tobacco
The U.S.
Surgeon General reports smoking kills 440,000 people
in the U.S. each year (i.e., more than guns, alcohol, and
autos combined). People killed by smoking die an average of 13 years earlier
than those who die from natural causes. People who are Native
American, poor, or less educated are much more likely to
smoke and to die from smoking.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE
 Healthy food
After smoking, the most common cause of early death in the
U.S. population is the combined impact of poor diet and
lack of exercise. Groups ranging from the Community
Food Security Coalition to the Mo'Better
Food Market are promoting better
access to healthy foods in low-income urban communities
of color
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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
membership. The EJHU website (www.ejhu.org) includes
information for activists and professionals about training,
research, and policies, EJHU membership, and past issues of
Catalyst.
If you want to provide information to be considered for inclusion in Catalyst, include a contact name, website, and e-mail address. Please forward the information to ejhu@ejhu.org
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
June 1
Community-partnered
interventions to reduce health disparities
$500,000
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June 1
Occupational
safety and health research
$100,000
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June 1
Social
and cultural dimensions of health
$2,500,000
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June 16
Beldon
Fund
$100,000
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July 13
HUD
healthy homes and lead hazard control
$2,000,000
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July 14
Local Initiative
Funding Partners
$500,000
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July 31
Graduate
student environmental justice and health grant
$1,500
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EVENTS CALENDAR
June 4, Charlotte NC
Health
disparities and partnerships
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June 8, Baltimore MD
Maryland
conference on disparities
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June 10 - 11, Los Angeles CA
Organizing for food
security
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June 10 - 13, Hartford CT
Critical
issues on community-based research partnerships
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June 12, Roxbury MA
Alternatives
for Community and Environment
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June 12, Warren County NC
PCB
landfill picnic
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June 15 - 18, Denver CO
Community
involvement conference
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June 17 - 20, Bear Butte SD
Indigenous
Environmental Network
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June 28, Sacramento CA
Cal/EPA
Draft EJ Plan
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June 28 - 30, Portland OR
Community-based
collaborative research
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June 29, Fresno CA
Health
disparities
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July 27, Atlanta GA
Environmental
justice and stewardship
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