Application Open: 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellowship
Apply now through November 1, 2024
Applications for the 2025 Climate and Health Equity Fellowship are now open! The program, launched in 2021 by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health and the National Medical Association, aims to empower physicians from underrepresented groups in medicine to become leaders in climate and health equity.
Coming Soon: Become Part of the 2024-2025 Community Health Center Climate Action Incubator
Applications close August 30, 2024
Calling all community health centers! Is your organization interested in decarbonization and climate resilience measures? If so, apply to the 2024-2025 Community Health Center Climate Action Incubator, hosted by the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and the National Association of Community Health Centers. This peer learning group, with 20 participants from community health centers across the country, will provide strategies, tools, and resources to advance sustainability efforts within your institutions.
July 24, 2024 | AP News | Sibi Arasu AND Seth Borenstein
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Congratulations to Dr. Augustin Rivas, a 2024 Climate & Health Equity Fellow for being named the new Education Committee Chair for Florida Clinicians for Climate Action (FCCA)!
The Journal of Climate Change and Health is the official journal of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. It is a worldwide scientific peer-reviewed gold open-access medical journal that seeks to publish high-quality scientific works related to acute and chronic climate-related disasters, migration, changing patterns of disease, and the impacts of climate change on individuals and health systems.
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Events & Opportunities
Health Advocacy Tour: Bridging Communities for Environmental Justice August 2-3, 2024 | Port Arthur, Texas
On August 2-3, 2024, Texas PSR, The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and the Port Arthur Community Action Network are hosting a Health Professional Environmental Justice Tour and Training in Port Arthur, Texas. This trip will focus on the health implications of the petrochemical industry, with an emphasis on the impacts in Port Arthur's fence-line communities.
Become a Climate & Health Equity Advocate: Action Skills Training August 6 & August 20, 2024 | Virtual | 3:00 PM ET // 12:00 PM PT
Upcoming session: 2.0 Rules of the Road for Engaging With Policymakers
Federal, state and local policies shape the lives of our patients, hospital systems and our own lives. Understanding how to engage with the leaders behind these policies can help create a better world. You’ll learn how to best do so to create meaningful impact and change during this session.
Hosted as part of our 2024 climate communications training series, these meetings will allow you to meet with the experts at Burness to help you focus in on your key messages and audience, workshop a powerful hook, or discuss where and how to pitch your piece. Space is limited.
Application Open: Climate Health Organizing Fellows Program
Suggested Letter of Intent Deadline: August 9, 2024 Application Deadline: September 20, 2024
The CHA Center for Health Equity Education & Advocacy (CHEEA) invites you to apply for the Climate Health Organizing Fellows Program, a tuition-free, online program for health professionals and community leaders focused on creating climate solutions through community organizing.