8/11/2011

Poster Session Presenters

1. Texas Healthy Port Communities Network, Air Alliance Houston, Presenter: Matthew S. Tejada,

PhD

2. Effective Community Engagement and Capacity Building, Environmental Justice Toolkit Project,

Presenter: Glenn Robinson

3. How the Bucket Brigade Changes the Power Dynamic for Communities, Global Community

Monitor, Presenter: Denny Larson

4. Local Community Research Capacity Building to Combat Poor Air Quality, UCLA Center for Health

Policy Research, Health DATA Program, Presenter: Jazmin I. Zane, MSW

5. Teachers and Students Implement a Research to Community EJ Action Plan, Wayne State

University, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Presenter: Mary O. Dereski, Ph.D., Associate

Professor

6. Do Children with Asthma Who Live Near Highways Have More Severe Asthma than Children Who

Live Farther Away?, University of Michigan and Touro University, Presenter: Toby Lewis

7. Mercury Pollution at the Aamjiwnaang First Nation: Evidence from the Environment and Humans,

University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Presenter: Diana Cryderman

8. Twin Cities Network for Climate Justice and Health, Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy

(CEED), Presenters: Dr. Cecilia Martinez and Shalini Gupta

9. The Atmospheric Commons and Sustainability: Technology, Environment & Society, and Justice

Challenges, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, University of Delaware, Presenter: Jeremiah

Couey

10. Protecting Michigan At-Risk Populations from the Health Risks of Hot Weather, Michigan

Department of Community Health, Presenter: Dominic Smith, MSA

11. One People, One Earth, Stewards of Creation - Interfaith Power & Light, Presenter: Mary Elizabeth

Walker

12. Making IRB training community responsive: Project ENRRICH experiences in delivering on the

CBPR promise, Loma Linda University, Presenter: Caroline Youssef

13. Visualizing Environmental Inequity: The GIS Mapping of Oakland's PCB Contamination, Racial

Segregation, and Zoning Ordinances, 1940-2011, Bill Lane Center for the American West at

Stanford University, Presenter: Matthew Miller

14. Disposal of Nuclear Waste: Is This the Fate of Minority Communities?, Spelman College,

Presenter: Kayla Buchanan

15. Coal Fly Ash: An Environmental and Health Injustice, NHBCUAA, LLC, Presenter: George L. Walton

16. Examining Cumulative Impacts with Environmental Justice Indicators, U.S. EPA Office of Research

and Development (ORD), Presenter: Brandi M. White

17. Outreach & Education Project for Indoor Air Quality, Community In-Power & Development

Association (CIDA) / Port Arthur TX, Presenter: Hilton Kelley

18. Healthy Soil, Healthy Bodies - Environmental Justice and Sustainable Gardening in West

Michigan, Lisa Oliver King, M.P.H., Presenter: Lisa Oliver-King, M.P.H

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19. Empowering Parents to Assess the Safety of Their Home Environment: Collection of Dust Wipes

for Measurements of Lead, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Presenter: Dana Politis, MPH

20. Organizing for Clean & Affordable Water in Detroit, Sierra Club and People's Water Board

Coalition, Presenter: Melissa Damaschke

21. Prevention of Risks to Workers and Residents associated with application of Spray Polyurethane

Foam, U.S. EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Presenters: Charles Bevington

and Bradley Grams

22. The Blue Island Community Health Coalition: A Model of Excellence in Community Engagement

and Capacity Building, City of Blue Island, Presenter: Gita Rampersad, JD, MHA

23. Introducing Michigan's Environmental Justice Plan Through Participatory Workshop, Ecology

Center, Inc., Presenter: Kara Paterson

24. How Folk Art Can Unite A Community: Making Art Out of Tragedy, Farmworker Association of

Florida, Presenters: Jeannie Economos and Linda Lee

25. White Street Landfill: Bridging The Gap Between Colleges & Their Communities, Ignite

Greensboro, Presenter: Starlyn Robinson

26. Environmental Justice: Empowering Stakeholders Through Community-Based Research, Jackson

State University, Presenter: Joan Marshall Wesley

27. Do You Know How? An Overview of Public Involvement Tools for Engaging Environmental Justice

Populations, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Presenter: Traceé Strum-Gilliam, AICP

28. Promoting Worker and Environmental Health in the Waste Recycling Industry in Los Angeles,

UCLA, Community Health Sciences, Presenter: Kareen Espino

29. Youth for Community Recovery: Giving Youth a Voice Through Photos, People for Community

Recovery, Presenter: Cheryl Johnson

30. Environmental Rehabilitation of the Caño Martín Peña, Proyecto ENLACE del Caño Martín Peña,

Presenter: Katia R. Avilés-Vázquez, MS, ABD

31. Responsible Demolition: A Baltimore Case Study with National Implications, The Annie E. Casey

Foundation, Presenter: Scot Spencer

32. A Model Appproach For Effective EJ Outreach & Community Collaborations Within Ecological

Society Of America, University of Illinois Chicago, Eden Place Nature Center, Presenter: Kellen

Marshall-Gillespie

33. Toxic Beauty: An Exploration of Chemical Exposures in African American Beauty Salons & Hair

Care Products, Occupational Health Internship Program & Black Women for Wellness, Presenter:

Asha Bell

34. Implementing Complex Research Designs in Detroit Utilizing a Community-Based Participatory

Research Model: Lessons Learned from Community Action Against Asthma, University of

Michigan, Community Action Against Asthma, Presenter: Ashley O'Toole

35. Charting A Multi-Media View of Your Community, Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program,

Presenter: Rita Harris

36. The Quest for Environmental Justice in Shrinking Cities: Reclaiming Landscapes and the

Neighborhood Networks of Inclusion, Michigan State University, Presenter: Stephen Gasteyer

37. Operation Eco Quality, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Office of

Environmental Justice, Presenter: Aturo Garcia DeCosta

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38. Organizing Ourselves for Our Future: The Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot Task Force, WE ACT For

Environmental Justice and the Mother Clara Hale Task Force, Presenter: Andrew Lawrence

39. Host Community Environmental Benefit Agreements and Permitting, Connecticut Department of

Energy and Environmental Protection, Presenter: Edith Pestana