The National Alliance for Hispanic Health is the nation's foremost source of
information and trusted advocate for the health of Hispanics in the United
States. The Alliance represents thousands of Hispanic health providers
across the nation providing services to more than 14 million each year,
making a daily difference in the lives of Hispanic communities and families.
For more information on Hispanic health and well being, visit
http://www.hispanichealth.org.
Partner Agencies and Local Efforts
This national program is coordinated with experienced community-based
organizations that will provide students and adult volunteers for the next
year.
Brownsville, Texas - Brownsville Community Health Center is a U.S.-Mexico border community
health center that provides comprehensive health services with excellence
and dignity to the people of South Texas. The center will be collaborating
with Clearwater Elementary and Lucio Middle Schools in Brownsville to
implement youth advocacy program activities and will have a particular focus
on water risks in colonias (unincorporated areas) and unique air risks
created by border truck traffic.
For more information, visit http://www.ebchc.org
Brooklyn, New York - Hispanic Federation Inc. is a membership organization of 90 Hispanic health
and human services agencies in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania. The Federation will be working across its membership to
increase activity in environmental health issues. To implement activities
the Federation is partnering with the United Puerto Rican Organization of
Sunset Park (UPROSE), Brooklyn's oldest Hispanic CBO, and will have a focus
on youth advocacy in support of urban waterway and parkland revitalization
as well as traffic and tunnel alternatives to improve air quality.
For more information, visit http://www.uprose.org
Detroit, Michigan -
Community Health and Social Services Center - CHASS is a comprehensive
primary care clinic that serves the medical needs of Detroit's southwest and
eastside communities. CHASS' effort will have a particular emphasis on
brownfields, environmental risks and urban clean water issues and will be
leading an effort to mobilize a multi-ethnic coalition in support of HEAN.
For more information, visit http://www.chasscenter.org
Watsonville, California - Salud Para La Gente serves a large migrant population with a coordinated
network of high quality, cost effective, and comprehensive health care
services. Their HEAN efforts will have a particular focus on clean air and
water issues affecting farm worker communities, including pesticides during
spraying seasons.
For more information, visit http://www.saludparalagente.org
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 "to help people help
themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to
improve their quality of life and that of future generations." To achieve
the greatest impact, the Foundation targets its grants toward specific
areas. These include: health; food systems and rural development; youth and
education; and philanthropy and voluntarism. Within these areas, attention
is given to exploring learning opportunities in leadership; information and
communication technology; capitalizing on diversity; and social and economic
community development. Grants are concentrated in the United States, Latin America and the
Caribbean, and the southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
For more information, visit http://www.wkkf.org
Environmental Countdown
Environmental Countdown is a video
community dedicated to creating awareness about the urban environmental
crisis and highlighting environmental activists and solutions. Environmental
Countdown is a force for community empowerment, encouraging organizations
and individuals to document and post videos about the problems and solutions
in cities around the country and the world. The Environmental Countdown
community provides a forum for sharing information about urban environmental
problems and success stories so that geographically dispersed activists and
a diversity of socio-economic groups can learn from each other, work
together and better improve their communities.
