The Environmental Justice movement seeks equal justice and equal protection under the law for all environmental statutes and regulations without discrimination based on race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. The movement has caused community groups to form and find solutions to environmental problems that affect their communities. This module will provide an overview of the Environmental Justice movement and its relationship to public health and highlight what Minnesotans are doing create a healthy living environment for all.

How to Use this Training

As an educational tool for community organizers. communities of colors, environmental justice activists and advocates, public health professionals, health care providers, and others.

Continuing Education

This training offers 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of participation in a structured continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship and qualified instruction. A certificate of completion for each module will be awarded upon completion.

Acknowledgments

Module Author
Dr. William Toscano, Professor
Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

This module was developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (MCLPH), funded in part by grant #D20-HP00021-06-01 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Public Health Training Center Program. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, Principal Investigator, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, Dr. PH, MSPH, Co-Investigator.

Registration

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