Speakers will call on the EPA to stop ignoring science and defend clean air standards as the Trump administration’s Polluters First Agenda makes a devastating public health crisis worse
Contact: Katie Valentine, [email protected]
(Tucson, AZ) – On Thursday, May 7, 2025, at 11:30 AM, health professionals and environmental justice advocates will gather at Himmel Park to mark World Asthma Day with a clear message: Arizonans are not expendable.
Asthma affects 28 million Americans, causing approximately 3,500 deaths and 1 million emergency room visits every year and 44% of Americans now live in areas with unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s 2026 State of the Air report. Wildfire smoke continues to plague Arizona’s air quality and Tucson’s frontline communities know this crisis firsthand. Latino children are 9% more likely to have asthma. This disparity is driven in part by decades of redlining, predatory zoning, and industrial pollution concentrated in communities of color.
The Trump administration’s Polluters First Agenda is making things worse. By loosening restrictions on soot, tailpipe, climate, and chemical pollution, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have created a toxic cocktail of carcinogens that Tucsonan are forced to breathe every day while treating their lives as expendable.
This World Asthma Day, speakers will demand that the EPA uphold science, and protect the communities most harmed by pollution. Clean air is not a partisan issue and Americans are not expendable.
Register for the event here.
WHO:
- Pima County Supervisor Jennifer Allen – District 3, Board Chair
- Dr. Brian Drummond – Emergency Medicine Physician
- JoAnna Strother – Senior Director of Advocacy, American Lung Association
- Fabiola Bedoya – Arizona Field Organizer, Moms Clean Air Force
- Pita Juarez – Arizona Field Organizer, Moms Clean Air Force
WHEN:
Thursday, May 7, 2025
11:00 AM speakers arrive
11:30 AM start
WHERE:
Himmel Park Amphitheater
1000 N. Tucson Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85716
The event will be streamed on Moms Clean Air Force YouTube following the event
INTERVIEWS:
Press is encouraged to arrive at 11:00 AM. One-on-one interview opportunities will be available following formal remarks.
About the Climate Action Campaign: Climate Action Campaign (CAC) is a vibrant coalition driving ambitious, durable, equitable federal action to tackle the climate crisis. By cutting carbon pollution and accelerating the transition to clean energy, we will improve public health and create a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all.