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Dear Friends,
There is power in numbers. As election day approaches, we hope that you will encourage fellow Americans to join you at the polls. Let's amplify our voices to ensure children's environmental health and justice issues remain at the forefront of our country's agenda. Important gains have been made and we need to continue to have science serve as our nation's public health guide. Please find some resources below.
Vote.org- one-stop resource
Nonprofit Vote- training and resources to vote
TurboVote- voting tools-text reminders & information on where to vote
Rock the Vote- nonpartisan organization dedicated to building the power of young people
USA.GOV Website-Voting-Congressional, State and Local Elections
*In solidarity with the children of Ukraine
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Dr. Herbstman presents at ECHO* Discovery Educational Series: Understanding changes in environmental exposures over time in ECHO and impacts on children's health, October 12, 2022
*Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, supported by NIH, National Institutes of Health
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In Pursuit of Beauty Justice
A Beauty Justice Convening organized by Drs. Ami Zota and Lariah Edwards was held on October 17-18th. The coalition was comprised of advocates and scientists from leading not-for-profit environmental health and justice organizations and research institutions all working to address and amplify scientific and policy issues contributing to beauty injustice. The goal of the meeting was to develop a national strategy for beauty justice.
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Community Outreach & Translation Core (COTC) Activities | |
COTC team, Maricela Ureño and Anabel Cole, had several opportunities this month to disseminate CEHJ information and take note of community perspectives and concerns. | |
School-Based Children's Environmental Health and Justice, CEHJ, Curriculum (Oct. 3) has been initiated with Gregorio Luperon High School. All CEHJ sessions will be integrated into three Environmental Science classes throughout the year. A total of 82 students in grades 10th-12th attended the Lead Prevention and Lead Water-testing class. We are grateful to Principal Yecenia Cardoza-Delarosa and Assistant Principal Bharne for their warm welcome and for moving this initiative forward; to Lizzi Sofge, Parent Coordinator our initial contact and school "mover and shaker"; and to Science Teacher, Elvis Valdez for managing the science requirements, scheduling and engaging the youth and fellow science teachers, Ms. Majarocon and Ms. Gomez. Thank you all for helping launch this program!! | |
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Community Outreach-Tabling, (Oct. 19). The COTC team partnered with the Inwood Academy's Wellness Walk, culminating in an intensive resource-sharing event at the Dyckman Plaza. The event was electric as children and parents swarmed from table to table, collecting verbal and written information. Over 50 visitors stopped by the CCCEH table in an hour and a half, and we distributed over 250 Healthy Home Healthy Child palm cards. We discussed the Center's research on CEHJ, BPA, toxic-free cleaning products, air pollution, and NYC's goal to burn cleaner oil by 2030. Families were also invited to the upcoming WE ACT, CCCEH, and Leave It Better DIY Beauty Night event for teens.
The community was engaged and wanted more. Anabel was quickly recruited to conduct an EHJ session with a parent group at the Salomé Ureña Campus.
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Striking While the Iron's Hot, (Oct. 20). A parent group affiliated with Salomé Ureña Campus | Children's Aid, invited Anabel to present on reducing toxic exposures in the home and green cleaning after meeting at Inwood Academy's tabling event. Anabel quickly obliged and met with 16 women the next morning. Additional CEHJ sessions on beauty justice and reducing toxins in personal care products have been scheduled with the group! | |
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IS 143 PTA Meeting and CEHJ session, (Oct. 28), Cecilia Anglero, I.S.143 Parent Coordinator and CASB member hosted the first in a series of Healthy Home Healthy
Child, HHHC sessions for the PTA. A bilingual Spanish/English BPA session was conducted. Thirty-six parents attended and agreed to distribute BPA palm cards and share information with their contacts locally and abroad. We are excited to continue the HHHC sessions with the I.S. 143 PTA this year.
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Do It Yourself, DIY Beauty Night (Oct. 28)
To celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Month, WE ACT, the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health, Youth council members (The EHJ Advocates), and Leave it Better (MS 331) 8th graders hosted DIY Beauty Night! The goal was to learn about ways to reduce exposure to toxins in personal care and beauty products, and make your own personal care products free of unhealthy chemicals. Twenty-three teens from the community attended the hybrid session. Youth from Gregorio Luperon High School are pictured here making body scrub and lip balm.
Please share the WE ACT Youth Survey. See survey details below.
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Beauty Inside Out Youth Survey
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To participate in the survey, you must:
- Be between the ages of 13 - 17
- A woman or a femme-identifying person of color
- Live in Northern Manhattan (West, Central or East Harlem, Inwood, or Washington Heights) or the South Bronx.
The survey can be completed online and respondents will also receive a $6.00 Subway Restaurant gift card to thank them for their participation.
To sign up for the survey, please complete this
Google form
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CCCEH Research Worker's Stories
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Comfort Food and Beyond
Recruiting study participants is no easy task. The Center has maintained two longitudinal cohorts for over 20 years, a feat in itself. New studies need new participants, and front-line research workers' authentic connections are critical for successful CEHJ research. Recently, research worker, Maria de Jesus ("Marichuy") Hernandez Garcia, conveyed how she connected with a prospective study participant by "talking food" and swapping recipes. The participant described the delicious Dominican plantain dish "Mangú" and asked Marichuy for the Mexican rice-based refreshment drink "Agua de Horchata." Comfort foods - a great way to connect and build trust.
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We are recruiting
Estamos reclutando
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Pregnant women 30 weeks or less (Mujeres con 30 semanas o menos de embarazo)
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Delivering at NYP hospital or Allen Pavilion (Var dar a luz en el Hospital NYP o el Allen Pavilion)
Thank you!
¡Gracias!
Para más información
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Dean Fried honors
Trailer Blazer Peggy Shephard
at the
LILY Gala, October 17, 2022
Introduction by her long-time partner Dr. Frederica Perera
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NEW BOOK by DR. FREDERICA PERERA
(To order click on the title above or anywhere on the announcement below.)
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Support Columbia's Center for
Children's Environmental Health
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Help us create a world in which every child has a healthy start.
The Center’s research is powering action to reduce the impacts of climate change, air pollution, and toxic chemicals on children and families.
Your support is yielding both immediate and long-term benefits to children’s health today and in the future. Your gift will protect the gains that we have achieved together.
We hope you will make a tax-free gift donation to the Center in order to continue this important work.
With Gratitude
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Julie Herbstman, PhD
Director, Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, PhD
Director of Translational Research and Founding Director
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health
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