The Environmental Health and Justice Majority: Raising Voices, Building Power
Majorities that would support environmental health and justice goals are activated and mobilized. But majorities do not automatically translate into power for change. Allies and assets are energized, but they are dispersed and focused on many priorities.
Funders, donors and philanthropic advisers are invited to explore ideas around which to rally our numbers at the Health and Environmental Funders Network 2018 Annual Meeting from Nov. 28–30. Join us in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a city grappling with environmental health challenges—past and present. The region is a polluting industry stronghold where petrochemical companies are planning a major expansion. It is also a hub of innovation, technology and grassroots activism calling for a cleaner, healthier future.
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DETAILS
| WHEN: | Wednesday, Nov. 28 – Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 |
| Program begins at noon on Wednesday and ends by 1:15 p.m. on Friday. | |
| WHERE: | Renaissance Pittsburgh |
| 107 6th St. | |
| Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |
Important Dates:
Book your travel and lodging to arrive for the Welcome Lunch at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
- Sept. 20, 2018: Early bird rate ends.
- Oct. 19, 2018: Last day to reserve lodging at group rate.
Please Note: HEFN's annual meeting is open to its members, as well as to other foundations, donors, and philanthropic advisers interested in environmental health and justice philanthropy, subject to HEFN approval.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This year’s program will offer a deep dive into two areas where many dispersed concerns are converging and could build a healthy, multiracial majority:
- Petrochemicals, Plastics, and Fossil Fuels: Connecting Many Interests into a Force for Change
Cheap shale oil and gas are fueling an explosion of petrochemical and plastics production, with Appalachia as a primary production center. The impacts of this exploding development are deep and diverse. We’ll explore unprecedented opportunities for collaboration across areas of impact -- health, air, water, climate change, toxics, environmental justice, fracking, indigenous rights, just transition, and other interests -- including through a local learning tour and from frontline fighters.
- Disrupting Pollution: How State-of-the-Art Community Engagement and Advanced Technology Improve Water, Air, Food and Public Health
With Pittsburgh leading the country in several of the most serious environmental exposures, it is not surprising that the region has spawned advocacy and technology that can monitor the movement of an emission plume over neighborhoods, track asthma among school children, and allow thousands of citizens to create a citywide map of environmental contamination by using a simple app. Explore the possibilities of state-of-the-art environmental health and justice advocacy and organizing. See first-hand how some of the technology works and hear from advocates—from Pittsburgh and around the country–about how they are disrupting polluting systems as a force for healthy communities.
Click here for a Program Overview of the HEFN 2018 Annual Meeting.