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Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit

Air Quality Research Training Opportunity

The RISE Communities training program is now accepting applications for their next free training program to occur in Cincinnati, Ohio on July 30-August 1, 2025. The application deadline is April 1st.  

RISE Communities was developed to foster successful community-academic partnerships and equip research teams with the technical skills and knowledge to successfully utilize low-cost sensors in environmental justice (EJ) communities. The program is designed to build a network of community-engaged environmental health researchers highly trained in employing low-cost sensor technology to measure air quality in EJ communities. The immersive program is an all expenses paid training, including travel, meals, and accommodations and includes sessions on: 

·        team science 

·        sensor data collection, analysis and visualization 

·        community engaged research 

·        using sensors in environmental justice communities 

·        sensor distribution and connection 

·        conduct of research and ethics in collecting health data 

The training also includes FREE PurpleAir Air Quality Monitors to get your project started. 

Please visit https://www.ejsensors.com/ to learn more about the program, eligibility, and to apply! The deadline for applications is April 1st. 

The training is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and is a partnership of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati Department of Family and Community Medicine. 

GCP Partner Spotlight: Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio

The Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio is on a mission to end generational poverty and is a valuable partner of OES. One goal of GCP is to develop pathways into the green workforce for the unemployed, under-employed, and youth. Another goal is to establish specified community centers as resilience hubs. The Building Futures program, which readies people for union apprenticeships in the building trades, is just one of the Urban League’s valuable pipelines that assist and guide people living in underserved communities into stable, well-paying green jobs. Additionally, the Urban League has partnered with OES to develop a strategic plan to turn their Avondale facility into a resilience hub. They will execute an energy audit to make the facility more efficient and identify upgrades, such as solar power with battery storage, which will ensure the facility can serve the community in the event of a power outage. Furthermore, the Urban League and OES are soliciting input from Avondale residents for designing the Urban League’s resilience hub strategy. Residents’ input is key to ensuring that the resilience hub meets the unique needs of the Avondale community. Keep up the great work, Urban League! 

If your organization's mission aligns with any of the GCP priority actions, please visit our website to learn more about becoming an official GCP Partner. 

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