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CLIMATE HEALTH NOW
November 2021 Community Newsletter
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Climate Health Now is a group of doctors, nurses, and health professionals in California who recognize climate change as the public health and equity emergency of our lifetimes.
We organize and mobilize the trusted voice of health professionals to advocate for a rapid, just transition off harmful fossil fuels toward a healthy, equitable society sustained by renewable energy.
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Dear Climate Health Now Community,
Welcome to our November newsletter. We hope you are all doing well and staying healthy!
Below please find a recap of our November monthly meeting and more. We are also doing some planning for 2022 Community Meetings. We would be extremely grateful if you'd take a few minutes and fill out this quick survey to help us with planning!
Thank you to you all. Please reach out to us with any questions or to get involved.
In solidarity and onwards!
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A few weeks ago Hilary Ong reached out asking if any CHN members would want to teach an interactive class to high school students in Oakland about climate change and health. Karly Hampshire, a medical student at UCSF and co-director and founder of Planetary Health Report Card stepped up! Here she shares some of her tips for what made the class a success. Thank you Karly!
- Keep it simple: put an outline on the board.
- Ask participants: share one word regarding climate change
- Share your own personal journey (story of self!)
- Focus on equity
- Focus on solutions
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Venn diagram from Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (see above and here)
- Brainstorm possible partnerships
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New CHN member Reshma Shah is - among many other things - a cookbook author! Nourish focuses on plant-based nutrition for families. |
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Support the VISION coalition --
Demand 1 Km Setbacks from Oil and Gas Drilling
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The time is NOW for us to tell CalGEM that we support setbacks from oil and gas drilling and where Californians live, go to school, play, and seek medical care. If you haven't already, please take a minute to submit your public comment here -- VISION will be sending each comment submitted via this page to the state. If helpful, here is a draft email you can use to share this petition with friends, family, and colleagues in California.
The two public hearings will be Wednesday, December 1 at 5 pm and Thursday, December 9 at 6 pm. VISION has asked that as many people as possible register to speak in favor of setbacks. It is especially powerful for us to speak as health professionals. You can register to give public comments here. If it's helpful, here is a quick review of the health harms of oil and gas drilling.
Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles and SF-Physicians for Social Responsibility are holding a state-wide meeting for health professionals to learn how we can support VISION on November 30th from 6:30-7:30 pm. You can register for that here.
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Vot-ER:
Helping Health Professionals Register Colleagues and Patients to Vote
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Vot-ER is an organization that helps healthcare spaces and healthcare providers support their colleagues and patients in registering to vote.
You can order a free kit here, which includes a lanyard and QR code that enables you to help colleagues and patients check and update their voter registration. There are also sample scripts, posters for your clinic and exam rooms, and more.
If you're looking to connect with someone who has had experience using Vot-ER clinically, feel free to reach out to XXX!
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From the Voting4Climate&Health Team: The Health of Humanity depends on
Healing Democracy
Tell Congress: The Health of Humanity Depends on Healing Democracy
It's quick and easy to send a pre-filled email or Tweet, and to share the accompanying video. Take action here!
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Learning from Psychiatrist Dr. Alex Trope |
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Dr. Alex Trope is a psychiatrist, leader in the Climate Psychiatry Alliance, a member of CHN among many more titles. He shared with us about building resilience. Here's a bit more about Alex and his work!
- You can read more about the Climate Psychiatry Alliance here
- You can read Alex's article on "climate dialectics in psychotherapy" here and check out his website here
- Lastly, check out and share this directory of "climate aware therapists"
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Link up with other CHN members in your local area! If you haven’t already completed it, please fill out this demographic form to get connected. Any member can join one or more Action Teams, which help decide on campaigns, provide educational content to Hub Teams, and guide actions. Here are our Hubs:
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Capitol Corridor North State
(Sacramento, Sonoma, Napa, Solano,
El Dorado and north)
Golden Gate
(San Francisco and Marin)
East Bay
(Contra Costa and Alameda Counties)
Peninsula/South Bay
(Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz)
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Central
(Monterey, San Benito, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Mono, Tuolomne, Calavaras, Amador, Alpine, Inyo Counties)
MidSoCal
(SLO, Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino)
ORISD
(Orange, Riverside, Irvine, San Diego)
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CHN's December Monthly Community Call |
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Wednesday, December 8th, 8:30-10 am PT
Zoom info:
Meeting ID: 872 8768 2039
Passcode: 854248
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Thank Yous and Shoutouts! |
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- To Cynthia Mahoney, Margie Chen, and all the members of the Voting4Climate&Health Team for their amazing work on the Health of Humanity Letter
- To Alex Trope for graciously sharing with us about building resilience as climate advocates
- To Karly Hampshire for stepping up to talk to high school students in Oakland about climate change and health and then sharing with us
- To Melinda Chen for her help with our website
- To Lawrence Huang for his amazing help sorting out our membership forms
- To Margie Chen for continuing to rock her membership onboardingrole
- To all the members of the CHN Catalyst Collective for their ongoing work, perseverance, and vulnerability
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