Environmental Health Strategy Center
To organize and conduct public-health oriented campaigns to reduce exposures to persistent, bioaccumulative toxins in Maine.
To organize and conduct public-health oriented campaigns to reduce exposures to persistent, bioaccumulative toxins in Maine.
To train at least two full-time aspiring leaders in the skills and strategies they need to launch careers as environmental organizers, provide grassroots support to New England-based campaigns, and inspire trainees and volunteers to deepen their commitment to protecting the…
To assist Maine citizens in holding state and federal regulatory agencies and corporations accountable for their failure to protect the Penobscot River from severe mercury contamination.
To expand access to abortion services by educating and involving mid-level or advance practice clinicians in abortion care, increasing abortion training opportunities and resources, and giving women needed information when they are faced with unplanned pregnancies.
To support the Global Warming Public Education Campaign, which will conduct an intensive media, policy, and public education campaign to promote policies and programs to reduce US global warming pollution.
To protect and expand access to family planning and reproductive health care for low-income women through the federally funded family planning program, Title X.
To begin providing assistance to communities in Vermont faced with toxic contamination problems by opening an office in Montpelier; to strengthen the equivalent program in Maine; and to assist residents and neighborhood groups fighting toxic hazards in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
To promote and protect the rights to freedom of expression and information in Venezuela, bringing together representatives from the media, the public interest sector, government and academia.
To train government employees on the interpretation and implementation of national and international legislation dealing with refugee issues.
To develop a health-oriented coalition comprised of cancer survivors, public health officials, health care providers, educators, and mainstream, disease-specific organizations that advances both near-term environmental health objectives and policy reforms.