Monthly Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2021
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In this issue:
Welcome & Announcements | Educate, Empower, Engage | This Month's Checklist | Friday Note's Summary | Upcoming Dates & Events
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WELCOME
Next meeting: February 26th, 12pm- 1pm EST
Greetings! 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 meeting will be held February 26th from 12 to 1 pm EST.
Zoom line here. Meeting password: 123
Special guest Skip Pruss will speak at our February Meeting!
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Stanley “Skip” Pruss, an attorney and energy consultant, co-founded 5 Lakes Energy LLC, a clean energy consultancy. Prior to that Skip was the Director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth and Michigan’s Chief Energy Officer, where he was responsible for designing and implementing Michigan’s clean energy economy diversification efforts. Skip also served as Governor Jennifer Granholm’s Special Advisor for Renewable Energy and the Environment and was a member of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Advisory Committee.
Make sure to mark your calendars so you don't miss Skip Pruss at our monthly meeting!
Thank you to those who have donated! There's so much more work to do, and we encourage anyone who is in the position to do so to consider a donation. This money will be used to apply for 501c3 status, pay our administrative director, and start a website independent of the Consortium page. Link here to donate.
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 Ellie or submit suggestions to this google form.
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Thank you to MiCCA member, Joyce Stein BSN, RN, for all she does for our organization and her community!
Joyce Stein has spent a good part of her life in the Ann Arbor area, a born and bred Michigander. She received her Nursing degree from the University of Michigan and spent a career taking care of infants and children. Her interest, passion, and appreciation of the natural environment has been coupled with a love of camping and exposure to the early years of the Earth Day movements in the 1970’s. As her nursing career advanced, she was asked to be a nurse spokesperson in 2010 for the passage of the Michigan Safe Children’s Product Act. This opportunity led to the development of multiple relationships and participation with serving on the Boards of the Ecology Center, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and serving on the Legislative Policy Committees of the Michigan Nurses Association and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. Her experiences have highlighted the need to focus on the health impacts of environmental pollutants and climate change. Participation in MiCCA has been a perfect fit to enage the health voice in the advocacy efforts for a sustainable environment.
In addition to her steadfast energy, creativity, and enthusiasm MiCCA recognizes Joyce for her willingness to help to purchase a Zoom line and for the financial support of ANA-MI outreach at their annual conference. Thank you to Joyce for all her assistance and ongoing support!
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Educate
Line 5: A Threat to the Great Lakes
Enbridge’s oil pipelines in the Great Lakes directly threaten Michigan. Please consider signing the petition to President Biden to support Gov. Whitmer’s action to decommission Enbridge’s twin Line 5 oil pipelines in the Strait. You can find the petitions asks and additional resources concerning Line 5 here.
Great Lakes Regional Webinar #2, "Cutting Across the Great Lakes: Health Threats of Pipelines" February 23 @ 7PM EST:
Health issues do not stop at state lines. The Great Lakes emphasize our regional water connection, but what about our shared climate connection? Join MiCCA, as well as our regional Consortium affiliates for our webinar series “Great Lakes Climate and Health: Facing Crisis and Creating Solutions Together”, launched January 26th and continuing monthly through May.
Click here to register for February 23!
A big congratulations to Dr. David Fivenson and his colleagues in dermatology for an entire edition of the International Journal of Women's Dermatology being dedicated to the intersection of climate and dermatology. Take a look!.
CBSN Climate Watch: The American Academy of Pediatrics calls climate change "one of the top health threats to children around the world," watch here.
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Empower
Make a self-filmed 15 second video thanking President Biden for his climate action! The goal is to show broad support from across our movement and country for Biden’s action on climate. The deadline is Feb. 17, so do it today! You can find all the information and in depth instructions here.
Invite a friend to MiCCA! Send them our New Member Introduction!
Check out Michigan Environmental Council’s Friday webinars “Capitol Connections” to learn more about what is happening in the State legislation - Check topics here!
Twitter and Instagram are great ways to spread important climate action messages. Learn how to make a Twitter or Instagram with the help of instructions made and shared by Liv Rollinger of CCL! Find instructions here!
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Engage
Watch the recording of the first Great Lakes Webinar here!
Sign up for the next installments of the Great Lakes Webinar series here!
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- Make a 15-second video thanking President Biden for his climate action. The deadline is Feb. 17, so do it today! Find all information and instructions here!
- Sign the petition to President Biden to support the Line 5 shut down here.
- Check out MEC's "Capitol Connections" webinar series here.
- Register for Feb. 23rd, 7:00 PM EST: Great Lakes Webinar #2- "Cutting Across the Great Lakes: Health Threats of Pipelines", hosted by Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (MN) here.
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Friday Notes Summary
Follow this link to see the notes from the 1/22/2021 , which summarize information shared about the committees and their goals and members as well as upcoming events and information to have on your radar.
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Upcoming Dates & Events
- Feb. 23rd, 7:00 PM EST: Great Lakes Webinar #2- "Cutting Across the Great Lakes: Health Threats of Pipelines", hosted by Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate (MN)
- Feb. 18th, 2:00 PM EST: Health at the Root of Climate Justice presented by Michelle Mabson, Staff Scientist for the Healthy Communities program at Earthjustice. Register here!
- March 23rd, 7:00 PM EST: Great Lakes Webinar #3 - "Farm without Harm: Agricultural Impacts & Solutions", hosted by hosted by Ohio Clinicians for Climate Action and WHPCA
- April 27th, 7:00 PM EST: Great Lakes Webinar #4 - “Sustainable and Resilient Healthcare in the Midwest”, hosted by MiCCA
- May 25, 7:00 PM EST: Great Lakes Webinar #5 - "Social Determinant of Health and Environmental Justice", hosted by Illinois Clinicians for Climate Action
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"Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do”
- Wendell Berry
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