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Abstract #160912
Audio (mp3) recordingJoy Williams, MPH, Environmental Health Coalition, 401 Mile of Cars Way, Suite 310, National City, CA 91950, 619.474.0220, JoyW@environmentalhealth.org
Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) is a 27-year-old environmental justice organization working in the San Diego/Tijuana region. A foundational principle of EHC is that authentic social change requires an engaged community. Community Action Teams (CATs) have become EHC's primary method for building a community organizing base for policy advocacy, and provide leadership development for emerging community leaders. Each EHC community campaign consists of staff community organizers and policy advocates who work with community leaders and are supported by research, education, and media efforts. Each campaign is led by a Community Action Team of grassroots leaders and allied organizations. The role of the CAT is to work with staff to set goals and develop a strategic plan; identify problems and solutions; identify key milestones; and develop and help implement the work plan. The CATS meet monthly in a location that is convenient for the community members All CAT leaders participate in EHC's leadership development training, Salud Ambiental, Líderes Tomando Acción (Environmental Health, Leaders Taking Action). This five session popular education training provides CAT members with the foundation to develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to achieve the environmental justice goals identified for their community.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe Community Action Teams as a method of developing community capacity for environmental justice work.
- Identify the actions needed to form and maintain community action teams.
- Develop a community capacity building plan that includes community action teams.
Keywords: Environmental Justice,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA