Nov 2011 Environmental Justice Updates
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November 2011 Ingham County Environmental Justice Updates
- Ingham County Garden & Community Inclusion Project Underway! Please
share survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/InclusionSurveyCommunityGardensandActivities
to learn about the needs of people with disabilities in community
gardening and other community activities.
- Thank you: Michigan Department of Community Health, Climate and
Health Project (www.michigan.gov/climateandhealth) Greater Lansing
African American Health Institute, Allen Neighborhood Center, South
Side Community Coalition, NorthWest Initiative, South Lansing
Community Development Association, Lansing Latino Health Alliance for
your partnership on the Ingham County Hot Weather & Health Survey.
Partners collect nearly 1800 surveys between June and August to learn
about impacts of extremely hot weather on residents. A report of the
findings will be published later this month. Thanks also to Sparrow
Health System, PHP, Lansing Board of Water and Light and Maxson &
Chiaravalli DDS for donating gift bags, toothbrushes and light bulb
gift cards for survey-takers. Learn more about this project at:
http://hd.ingham.org/HDNews/tabid/229/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14/Hot-Weather-and-Health-Project.aspx
- November 4 Mid-MEAC Land Use Lunch: http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/653130/f738a0e633/ARCHIVE
- November 6-8 is the 2011 Equity Summit in Detroit, hosted by Policy
Link: www.equitysummit2011.org. Policy Link focuses on Health and
Place, Infrastructure Equity, Policy Agenda and Promise
Neighborhoods.
- November 10 is the celebration of the Lansing Complete Streets Plan
at Gone Wired Café from 6-7.
www.midmeac.org/events/tabid/1384/vw/3/itemid/479/d/20111110/celebrate-lansing's-complete-streets-plan!.aspx
and www.lansingmi.gov
- November 12 from 12-4 I am providing a Community Organizing/Direct
Action organizing training at Foster Center for the Health Equity &
Social Justice teen interns. The session is geared towards teenagers
but will provide concepts, tools, strategies and exercises useful for
all community organizers.
- November 16-18 2011 Conference for Michigan’s Farmworkers, Service
Providers, and Growers http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1106537889388-133/MI
- November 16 from 5-7 is the Mid-Michigan Food System Workgroup
meeting at Gone Wired Café at 6:30 pm. www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=190595017687060
- November 17 at 7:30 pm is the monthly meeting of the Tri-County
Regional Planning Commissionin the Ingham County Human Services
Building Room A. www.mitcrpc.org
- November 18 at 12:30 is the monthly meeting of the Mid-Michigan
Asthma Coalition in the Ingham County Human Services Building Room
A.
- November 19 from 9-12 is a convening session people working on and
interested in creating safe and active transportation for everyone in
Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties. The event is hosted by Mid-
Michigan Active Transportation Coalition, Ingham County Health
Department, Power of We Consortium, Michigan Fitness Foundation and
Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance, and will take place at the
Michigan Fitness Foundation office in Old Town.
- National Environmental Justice Plans – seeking feedback:
www.hhs.gov/environmentaljustice/ (by Dec 3)
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/ej_at_dot/revised_strategy/
(by Nov 30)
- Michigan Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Plan
www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/mdot_EJ_Guidance_Document_345493_7.pdf
Jessica Yorko
Environmental Justice Coordinator
Ingham County Health Department
5303 South Cedar
Lansing MI 48909
Phone: 517-272-4144
Cell: 517-214-5684
Fax: 517-887-4310
Environmental Justice means equitable access to environmental benefits
and protections across race, income, age, gender, ability and other
forms of difference.
"Environmental Justice is the right to a safe, healthy, productive,
and sustainable environment, where 'environment' is considered in its
totality to include the ecological, physical, social, political,
aesthetic, and economic environment. Environmental justice addresses
the disproportionate environmental risks borne by low-income
communities and communities of color resulting from poor housing
stock, poor nutrition, lack of access to healthcare, unemployment,
underemployment, and employment in the most hazardous jobs."
- National Association of City and County Health Officials
- Ingham County Garden & Community Inclusion Project Underway! Please
share survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/InclusionSurveyCommunityGardensandActivities
to learn about the needs of people with disabilities in community
gardening and other community activities.
- Thank you: Michigan Department of Community Health, Climate and
Health Project (www.michigan.gov/climateandhealth) Greater Lansing
African American Health Institute, Allen Neighborhood Center, South
Side Community Coalition, NorthWest Initiative, South Lansing
Community Development Association, Lansing Latino Health Alliance for
your partnership on the Ingham County Hot Weather & Health Survey.
Partners collect nearly 1800 surveys between June and August to learn
about impacts of extremely hot weather on residents. A report of the
findings will be published later this month. Thanks also to Sparrow
Health System, PHP, Lansing Board of Water and Light and Maxson &
Chiaravalli DDS for donating gift bags, toothbrushes and light bulb
gift cards for survey-takers. Learn more about this project at:
http://hd.ingham.org/HDNews/tabid/229/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/14/Hot-Weather-and-Health-Project.aspx
- November 4 Mid-MEAC Land Use Lunch: http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/653130/f738a0e633/ARCHIVE
- November 6-8 is the 2011 Equity Summit in Detroit, hosted by Policy
Link: www.equitysummit2011.org. Policy Link focuses on Health and
Place, Infrastructure Equity, Policy Agenda and Promise
Neighborhoods.
- November 10 is the celebration of the Lansing Complete Streets Plan
at Gone Wired Café from 6-7.
www.midmeac.org/events/tabid/1384/vw/3/itemid/479/d/20111110/celebrate-lansing's-complete-streets-plan!.aspx
and www.lansingmi.gov
- November 12 from 12-4 I am providing a Community Organizing/Direct
Action organizing training at Foster Center for the Health Equity &
Social Justice teen interns. The session is geared towards teenagers
but will provide concepts, tools, strategies and exercises useful for
all community organizers.
- November 16-18 2011 Conference for Michigan’s Farmworkers, Service
Providers, and Growers http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1106537889388-133/MI
- November 16 from 5-7 is the Mid-Michigan Food System Workgroup
meeting at Gone Wired Café at 6:30 pm. www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=190595017687060
- November 17 at 7:30 pm is the monthly meeting of the Tri-County
Regional Planning Commissionin the Ingham County Human Services
Building Room A. www.mitcrpc.org
- November 18 at 12:30 is the monthly meeting of the Mid-Michigan
Asthma Coalition in the Ingham County Human Services Building Room
A.
- November 19 from 9-12 is a convening session people working on and
interested in creating safe and active transportation for everyone in
Clinton, Eaton and Ingham Counties. The event is hosted by Mid-
Michigan Active Transportation Coalition, Ingham County Health
Department, Power of We Consortium, Michigan Fitness Foundation and
Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance, and will take place at the
Michigan Fitness Foundation office in Old Town.
- National Environmental Justice Plans – seeking feedback:
www.hhs.gov/environmentaljustice/ (by Dec 3)
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/environmental_justice/ej_at_dot/revised_strategy/
(by Nov 30)
- Michigan Department of Transportation Environmental Justice Plan
www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/mdot_EJ_Guidance_Document_345493_7.pdf
Jessica Yorko
Environmental Justice Coordinator
Ingham County Health Department
5303 South Cedar
Lansing MI 48909
Phone: 517-272-4144
Cell: 517-214-5684
Fax: 517-887-4310
Environmental Justice means equitable access to environmental benefits
and protections across race, income, age, gender, ability and other
forms of difference.
"Environmental Justice is the right to a safe, healthy, productive,
and sustainable environment, where 'environment' is considered in its
totality to include the ecological, physical, social, political,
aesthetic, and economic environment. Environmental justice addresses
the disproportionate environmental risks borne by low-income
communities and communities of color resulting from poor housing
stock, poor nutrition, lack of access to healthcare, unemployment,
underemployment, and employment in the most hazardous jobs."
- National Association of City and County Health Officials
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