Monthly Newsletter
January 2022
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In this issue:
Welcome & Announcements | January Guest Speaker | Educate, Empower, Engage | Upcoming Dates & Events
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Happy New Year from MiCCA!
We're excited to share some great resources and let you know about a few events you won't want to miss. Happy reading!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our next Monthly Educational meeting will be held:
January 28, 2022
12:00 to 1:00 PM ET
Please join us using on our Zoom line!
Meeting password: 123
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MiCCA weighs in on the first draft of the Governor's
MI Healthy Climate Plan
in a press release! (attached below)
You are welcome to use the talking points mentioned in MiCCA's press release to contribute your personal expert health perspective during one of two public listening sessions:
Jan. 26 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (register HERE)
Feb. 8 from 6:00 pm to 8 pm EST (register HERE)
To learn more about the upcoming public comment sessions, please read EGLE's press release HERE
You can access MiCCA's press release HERE
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"What does Democracy have to do with it? Connecting the dots between climate action, health and democracy."
Cynthia Mahoney, MD
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January 28
12 to 1 PM ET
Zoom line
Meeting password: 123
Join us to share the journey of a climate health advocacy group, Climate Health Now, who surprised themselves by coming to see strengthening democracy as an essential part of their work for 2022.
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Cynthia Mahoney is a physician educator who taught at Stanford and practiced nephrology in the East Bay San Francisco region. Now she focuses on healing the climate health emergency.
She works with the Citizens Climate Lobby Health Team and is group lead for the Contra Costa Chapter. In 2019 Dr Mahoney helped to found Climate Health Now – a group of "doctors and health professionals in California who recognize climate change as the public health and equity emergency of our lifetimes; taking on the climate crisis to protect our patients and the people and places we love”.
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MiCCA and their members have the unique opportunity to become educated and meet with our members of Congress to affect meaningful change through:
The Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health’s Annual Meeting will be held virtually on March 5-7, 2022, with Congressional visits on March 7.
The theme for this year’s meeting is "Accelerating Climate Solutions: From Urgency to Impact for Health & Equity".
We look forward to seeing you there in March!
Learn more HERE
Register HERE
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 If you have 20 minutes...
- Share something you that you have learned about climate and health with your community
If you have 5 minutes...
- Please email President Biden and our democratic senators again HERE
- Call your members of Congress each month (you'll receive a reminder once you sign up): HERE
- Oil and Water Don't Mix: "Urge President Biden to Act" (396/4,000 signatures are still needed), access the petition HERE
- Sign up for one of the upcoming events listed below, there's something for everybody!
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Upcoming Dates & Events
- January 20, 2:00 PM ET: "Understanding & Assessing Your Organization’s Strategic Capacity" Register HERE
- January 26, 10:00 AM ET: "Understanding & Assessing Your Organization’s Strategic Capacity" Register HERE
- Feb. 8 from 6:00 pm to 8 pm EST (register HERE)
- January 27, 11:00 AM ET: Health Care Without Harm, "Climate, health care and the Race to Zero: A call to action" Register HERE
- January 28, 12:00-1:00 PM ET: MiCCA Educational Meeting, "What does Democracy have to do with it? Connecting the dots between climate action, health and democracy."
- January 29, 12:00-1:00 PM ET: Social Media Training, Register HERE
- February 9, 12:00-1:00 PM ET: Building Great Leadership Teams, w/ Ruth Wageman, Register HERE, $10 Admission Fee
Mark your Calendar!
- March 5-7, 10am - 6pm ET: MSCCH Annual Meeting 2022, register HERE, learn more HERE
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"The mind creates the abyss,
the heart crosses it"
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
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The purpose of this newsletter is to keep us on the same page between meetings and serve as a resource for this community. If there is anything you would like to include (upcoming events, a riveting climate health article, or something to add to the announcements), please do not hesitate to reach out to Emily or submit suggestions to this google form. |
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