Calendar/Events
APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition: This year’s Call for Abstracts has closed. The theme of the 2009 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition, to be held November 7-11, 2009, is “Water and Public Health: The 21st Century Challenge.”
o The Environmental Justice Committee encourages the submission of symposia/abstracts on environmental justice and environmental health disparities research for the 2009 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition. This Committee is working to get more exposure for this type of research by creating opportunities to publish your work in either Environmental Justice or the Journal of Environmental Health (JEH). For more information, contact Sacoby Wilson, the Environmental Justice Committee Co-Chair, at wilsons2@mailbox.sc.edu.
o Check out all the Environment Section’s events at the 2008 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition held in October.
o Environment Section held two business meetings at the 2008 APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition held in October: Minutes from the Annual Business Meetings
Monthly Meeting Information: Environment Section meetings are held the third Thursday of every month. Every Section member is invited to participate! To be a participant in the calls, please email Rebecca Head at Rebecca_head@monroemi.org. View meeting minutes from:
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
June 2008
Newsletter
The APHA Section Newsletters are distributed electronically to APHA members and, can be accessed with an APHA Member-ID and password in a Member's Only Restricted area of the APHA Web site at: APHA Section Newsletters. Click here, if you have forgotten your APHA username or password.
NEW! Environment Section Winter 2009 Newsletter
Link to Environment Section Newsletter archives
Got something to submit to the Newsletter? If you have content for the Newsletter, please email Rebecca Love at rlove@dhmh.state.md.us.
Section Awards
Homer N. Calver Award:
This award recognizes an environmental health expert, usually of national renown, who has contributed in significantly to the field. The award recipient will provide a special lecture at the Annual APHA Meeting."
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipient: Diane Takvorian
Damu Smith Environmental Achievement Award:
Leadership comes in many forms and from many different communities. This award recognizes crosscutting collaborative work that has enhanced or increased understanding of economic security, ecological conservation, culture, or health. Award recipients are likely to approach their work with a broad or global perspective, and to be notable and inspiring in some of the following areas of work in relation to environmental issues: 1) developing leadership, building movement, or engaging youth; 2) partnering across difference; 3) achieving on–the–ground results; 4) funding equitably; 5) promoting respect by addressing racism, sexism and other oppressions through communication and education; 6) diversifying membership, workforce, or board; 7) modeling positive structural changes based on evaluation and accountability procedures.
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipient: Hilton Kelley
Distinguished Service Award:
This award recognizes a Section member who provides noteworthy & important contributions to the Section.
Congratulations to the 2008 award recipients: Allen Dearry and Nsedu Obot Witherspoon.
Section Policies & Resolutions
Proposed new resolutions and position papers for the 2009 New Policy Process are due in electronic form to APHA headquarters by 11:59 p.m. (EST) on February 17. Proposals should be sent to policy@apha.org. Find more information on the Association’s policy statements and advocacy priorities.
APHA members will have the opportunity to review proposed new policies during the month of March. The Policy Committee will try to communicate to the Section those proposed policies that might most benefit from member input.
APHA members seeking to submit policies should consider consulting the Policy Committee Chair for guidance, especially if they are unfamiliar with the process. Also, anyone with an interest in assisting with the policy review process should contact the Policy Committee Chair, John Balbus at jbalbus@edf.org.