Do you want to do something to change your situation? Asthma, flooding, extreme weather, green jobs or the connection between heat and crime. Please join us for the March climate ambassador meeting. March 19th at Red Hook Coffee at 10am. Red Hook Coffee: 8025 Agnes, Detroit, MI. Detroit Climate Ambassadors are everyday people who are reaching out to their neighbors and starting neighborhood level projects. Join other Detroiters in coming together for solutions on our terms for our neighborhoods. Please RSVP: [email protected]

Please join us to hear how people across Detroit are banning together to address issues like Asthma rates, basement flooding, access to jobs and extreme weather events. Climate change is already hitting Detroit neighborhoods. U of M has observable data that Detroit's temp have increased since 1960! So have predicted the health impacts of climate change. Always Brewing Coffee 19180 Grand River Detroit, MI. Health, blight, crime, jobs, extreme weather and more are scientifically connected to climate change. The Detroit Climate Action Collaborative is building a network of neighborhoods to take action in addressing these issues. A major radio station has asked to come out and broadcast at our meeting on the 20th. We are just getting started. Come join others in taking action on a neighborhood level. If you are ready to do more than just talk about the problem or have another study please come. Please RSVP: [email protected]

Social hour to discussion climate change and COP 21 meet speakers and connect with others. Learn how to plug into local efforts on climate change.

Detroit Climate Action Collaborative is hosting one of the ten youth summits in U.S. cities as part of President Obama's climate Action Plan. The event will be at the Michigan Science Center. Please save the date. I'll keep you updated as the agenda develop Contact: * [email protected] * (313) 833-3935

Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC), an initiative of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, is developing the city of Detroit’s first Climate Action Plan with District Community Leaders meeting with people from various sectors, including residents, block club captains, nonprofit leaders, pastors, and small business owners. We intend to develop innovative solutions to reduce carbon pollution and believe that engagement and input from the community are key roles in this process. DCAC wants to ensure that Detroit is more livable and resilient in the face of climate change. Our approach to climate change is through an environmental justice lens. The Detroit Climate Action Plan is an opportunity for Detroit to come back in a way that is built on good paying jobs that go hand in hand with clean neighborhoods, better health, strong city services and lower costs for businesses and residents. Health Sector Based Meeting on Climate Change Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC) Public Health Forum, which will be held on Monday, August 17th at the University of Michigan Detroit Center, located at 3663 Woodward Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. DCAC is leading the development of the city of Detroit’s first Climate Action Plan, which will be released this fall. This Forum is a great opportunity for you to provide feedback on the DCAC public health chapter of the Climate Action Plan, and to engage with other health practitioners and others about how to effectively address the health impact of climate change in Detroit. Click HERE for more information. Public Health Forum on Climate Change in Detroit: STAYING HEALTHY IN DETROIT’S CHANGING CLIMATE 8:30 Registration/Networking and Continental Breakfast 9:00 Opening Remarks & Overview of Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC) Guy Williams, President & CEO, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice Kimberly Hill Knott, Policy Director, DWEJ & Program Director, DCAC 9:15 Introductions 9:30 Climate and Health Interactive Activity 10:00 Climate & Health – Overview Michigan Climate & Health Adaptation Program Lorri Cameron, PhD and Aaron Ferguson, MPA, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) Climate Change and Public Health in Detroit Carina Gronlund, PhD, University of Michigan School of Public Health 10:45 Break 11:00 Integrating Public Health into Detroit’s Climate Action Plan: Overview & Focus Groups Natalie Sampson, PhD, University of Michigan-Dearborn 12:15 Prioritization of Activities for Each Goal; Voting 12:30 Lunch w/Keynote Speaker Dr. Eden Wells, MD, MPH, MDHHS Chief Medical Executive and Preventive Medicine Director, University of Michigan School of Public Health 1:30 Visioning Discussion 2:30 Closing remarks

Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC) Public Health Forum, which will be held on Monday, August 17th at the University of Michigan Detroit Center, located at 3663 Woodward Avenue, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. As you may know, DCAC is leading the development of the city of Detroit's first Climate Action Plan, which will be released this fall. This Forum is a great opportunity for you to provide feedback on the DCAC public health chapter of the Climate Action Plan, and to engage with other health practitioners and others about how to effectively address the health impact of climate change in Detroit. For more information and to REGISTER for this event, please visit: http://conta.cc/1gOupOs If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email: [email protected] or at the office 4750 Woodward. I look forward to seeing you on August 17th!! Best, Eric Douglas

Detroit is being hit asthma rates 3 times higher than the US average with more flooding, more days over 90 degrees more extreme cold days as polar storms go further south than ever. Detroit Climate Action Collaborative is bring people together in unity to find ways to address the increasing effects of climate change together. Please join us bring your kids your neighbors anyone that breathes air. Meeting starts at 6pm. Drinks and refreshments served. Door prizes will be given at the end of the meeting. This is a way for all Detroiters to have a voice in the first ever Climate Action Plan.

Detroit is being hit asthma rates 3 times higher than the US average with more flooding, more days over 90 degrees more extreme cold days as polar storms go further south than ever. Detroit Climate Action Collaborative is bring people together in unity to find ways to address the increasing effects of climate change together. Please join us bring your kids your neighbors anyone that breathes air. Meeting starts at 6pm. Drinks and refreshments served. Door prizes will be given at the end of the meeting. This is a way for all Detroiters to have a voice in the first ever Climate Action Plan.

Detroit is being hit asthma rates 3 times higher than the US average with more flooding, more days over 90 degrees more extreme cold days as polar storms go further south than ever. Detroit Climate Action Collaborative is bring people together in unity to find ways to address the increasing effects of climate change together. Please join us bring your kids your neighbors anyone that breathes air. July 7th Focus Hope Resources building at 1355 Oakman Meeting starts at 6pm. Drinks and refreshments served. Door prizes will be given at the end of the meeting. This is a way for all Detroiters to have a voice in the first ever Climate Action Plan.

Phone banking to let Detroit residents know about upcoming Climate Action Plan meeting so that all neighborhoods in Detroit can have a voice.