Funders/Partners
Project Partners
Environmental Health Watch and Rid-All Green
Partnership in collaboration with Burten, Bell,
Carr Community Development Corporation.
EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant Project
Sisters Of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
Background
EHW
Rid-All
Place Matters
Urban vs. Suburban
Place Matters
Social Determinants of Health
Unsafe neighborhoods
Substandard housing
Obesity
Poor Nutrition
Heart Disease
Food deserts High Blood Pressure
Mental Health
Stress/Racism
Birth Defects
Health Disparities
Accidental Injury
Toxic Chemicals
Asthma
Lead Poisoning
Industrial pollution
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Food Justice-Transportation
Program Overview
Organic Farming and Permaculture Design
Plant Science, Composting, and Aquaponics
Student Follow-Up
Participation in environmental clubs
Additional leadership development
Community engagement activities
Leadership Training
Students implemented 2 community meetings
using their own voice
Meetings were ran by students, no adult
participation
Flyers, meeting agendas, power point presentation
Leadership Training
Dialogue Days
Two- way conversations
Students read bios, met in groups and
prepared questions
Students learned how decisions were made that
impact communities
Many speakers came from Cleveland
neighborhoods
Leadership Training
Dialogue Days
City Council
City Planners
Entrepreneurs
Executive Directors
Foundations
Artists
Professors
Shaker Lakes Nature
Center
Community Development
Corporations
Non-profit organizations
City of Cleveland office
of Sustainability
Testing at Doan Brook
Watershed
Community Activists and
Residents
Leadership Training
Garden Install Selection Process
Garden Installations
Olivet Institutional Baptist Church -Fairfax
Salaam Community Garden-Mt. Pleasant
Herb Garden
Flower Bed
October 2014
CHUH school Principal and administrators toured Rid-All Farm
September 2014
attended the City of Cleveland Sustainability Conference
October 2014
main presenters at the Botanical Garden National Youth Voices
Conference
December 2014
co-presenter at Case Western Reserve University Provost
Scholars Program for high school students
March 2015
Roots of Success Leadership Training