Latino Community

Play-in for Climate Action 2018 Photos and More!

BY Ronnie Citron-Fink ON July 15, 2018

We were excited to host our 5th annual Play-In for Climate Action this week. Hundreds of parents and children from 30 states gathered near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC to call for meaningful action on climate change. This family-friendly protest against the air pollution that...

TOPICS: Activism, African-American Community, Air Pollution, Alaska, Asthma, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Climate Change, Colorado, Environment, EPA, Florida, Georgia, Great Lakes, Heat and Extreme Weather, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Latino Community, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, MCAF News, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Motherhood, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Politics, Pollution, Social Justice, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming

This is Child Abuse.

BY Dominique Browning ON June 14, 2018

Our mission has always been to protect children. Immigration issues may seem beyond the realm of our fight for clean air — but they are connected. So we feel compelled to speak up in the face of the alarming news we are reading. Border patrol agents...

TOPICS: Activism, Children's Health, Latino Community, Motherhood, Politics

Too Hot for Learning: How Climate Change Impacts Students

BY Katy Farber ON June 12, 2018

New research supports what teachers already know: the hotter the temperatures, the less learning happens. While this may not be news to teachers, for the rest of the world that hasn’t experienced hotter than hot classrooms, it’s yet another reason to wake-up to how climate...

TOPICS: African-American Community, Children's Health, Climate Change, Latino Community, Schools, Social Justice

Interview with Sacoby Wilson, Director of Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON May 9, 2018

This is an exclusive Moms Clean Air Force interview with Sacoby Wilson, Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH), Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental HealthSchool of Public Health: Can you please define environmental justice? The Environmental Justice movement seeks to address the way in...

TOPICS: Activism, African-American Community, Air Pollution, Asthma, Cars and Trucks, Children's Health, EPA, Fracking, Latino Community, Maryland, Politics, Pollution, Social Justice

Moms Defend Their Right to Clean Air

BY Moms Clean Air Force ON April 6, 2018

This article is written by Angeles Zaragoza, Member, Moms Clean Air Force and Maria Guzman, Community Health Educator, Pacoima Beautiful. It’s reposted from Impacting Our Future, an independent supplement by Mediaplanet to the Los Angeles Times Some days the air we breathe is so poor, our...

TOPICS: Activism, Air Pollution, Asthma, California, Cars and Trucks, Children's Health, Clean Air Rules and Regulations, Latino Community

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