WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO
WHAT IS KIP-D+?
The Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments was recently awarded $12,000 of grant funding through Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit Plus (KIP:D+) to support a comprehensive cumulative impact health study plan for the 48211, 48212, and 48213 zip codes. The Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments vision is healthy and clean air, land and water in Detroit and Hamtramck neighborhoods and communities. We are a resident-led Coalition hosted by the Georgia Street Community Collective on the east side of Detroit. We are defending our neighborhoods for the advancement of a healthy environment. The KIP:D+ funding will help us create a robust community engagement process to learn how pollutants and environmental toxins are affecting public health. The study will also document the health services uniquely required by communities overburdened by pollution in the target area. WHO is US ECOLOGY?
*US Ecology is a hazardous waste company with facilities in 23 states. US Ecology has 3 facilities in communities that are densely populated communities of color, and two of those are in Detroit. The State of MI MDEGLE continues to grant permits to US Ecology North and South and at the same time contract with them to take care of State of MI haz waste problems like PFAS, one of the most dangerous chemicals on the planet. PFAS is collected from all over the State MI and trucked through our neighborhoods. PFAS is stored exclusively at US Ecology North until it can be trucked out again to a landfill in Idaho. US ECOLOGY was recently purchased by Republic Services. Our Coalition is standing up to openly racist environmental injustice through monthly member meetings, letters and interaction with MDEGLE, quarterly meetings with US Ecology North mandated by the City of Detroit, health impact research, rallies and protests, community education, health fairs and Town Hall meetings.
WHO WE ARE We are an active core group, all volunteers. Our email list serve is over 300 people. We hope YOU will join us soon. Contact us at 313 570-9201 READ ABOUT US IN THE NEWS! https://www.bridgedetroit.com/us-ecology-violation-fuels-air-and-groundwater-concerns-for-neighbors/ https://undark.org/2022/03/10/in-a-michigan-city-environmental-justice-gets-a-critical-test/ |
The Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Environments is formerly known as the Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology.* We are residents and concerned allies on the east side of Detroit. Our boundaries are I-75, 6 Mile Rd, Gratiot and Mack. We believe everyone deserves a healthy environment. But we are surrounded by industry regulated by the State of MI. Many of us suffer from cancer, asthma and lack of access to quality health care. We believe that together we can bring about change for a healthier future:
WHAT WE DO We address health impacts through research and oral histories for residents on the near east side of Detroit and Hamtramck:
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