Category: Social Justice
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One Region, Many Paths: Exploring Health and Equity Across Transportation Policy and Advocacy Webinar: Resources
At the start of 2025, PHEAL, the APA Health Equity and Planning Interest Group, and I co-hosted another webinar focused on transportation, where our speakers discussed how vastly different, and at times how very similar, transportation policies and advocacy can be across a region, and how advocates and practitioners often approach the same challenges from different…
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Webinar Announcement: One Region, Many Paths: Exploring Health and Equity Across Transportation Policy and Advocacy
PHEAL, the APA Health Equity and Planning Interest Group, and A Healthy Blueprint invite you to join us for another webinar at the start of 2025 focused on transportation. One Region, Many Paths: Exploring Health and Equity Across Transportation Policy and Advocacy, which is scheduled for Wednesday, January 8, 2025, will feature experts who will…
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Achieving Equitable Access to Green Spaces and Environmental Benefits Webinar: Resources
I teamed up with PHEAL to produce a webinar featuring an esteemed group of speakers who imparted their perspectives on how we can achieve green space equity. Rachel Bennett (MIG), Tiffany Eng (Raimi + Associates), and Emily Gvino (Clarion Associates) shared that advancing equitable green space access requires community-led decision-making, strategic investments in green infrastructure,…
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A Nature-based Solution to Climate Change: Mangroves
Mangroves are vital coastal ecosystems that protect communities from storm surges, flooding, and strong winds by acting as natural buffers, while also serving as one of the planet’s top carbon-capturing ecosystems. However, they face significant threats from human activities, jeopardizing their critical role in climate resilience and community wellbeing.
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Webinar Announcement: Achieving Green Space Equity
Over the last 6+ months, I’ve been supporting Planning for Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (PHEAL) as Project Manager and developed their community outreach strategy and programs. We successfully hosted a webinar in the summer on health justice, and I’m excited to share that I am co-hosting another one in November on the topic on…
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