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Collaborators & Partners
Peoples Settlement Association
The Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP)
University of Delaware School of Nursing
Federal, State, Local and Non-Profit Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Justice
OEJ provides a central point for the Agency to address environmental and human health concerns in minority communities and/or low-income communities--a segment of the population which has been disproportionately exposed to environmental harms and risks. OEJ works to address this issue through a number of initiatives that emphasize building both external and internal networks.
EPA Environmental Justice Grants
EPA Environmental Justice tutorial
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHHS)
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA)
Wilmington Public Library links health listings
Healthy Wilmington 2010 " Wilmington's Preventive Health Guide
AIDS statistics by zip code for Delaware.
Urban Promise A faith-based organization using a relationship-based, hollistic approach to addressing concrete needs of urban youth.
Health Organizations
American Diabetes Association
National Network for Health
United Ostomy Association
Mental Health Association in Delaware
Mental Health Association Support Group Schedule
Westside Health (local health care provider)
Christiana Care (local health care provider)
Online Health Resources
Resources for Teenagers
Lupus Links This site contains multiple links on Lupus and offers patients facts, support and information. Indepth and the best "one stop shop " site for Lupus.
Urban Health Initiative
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the UHI's goal is to improve the health and safety of children.
Minority Health Project at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The overall purpose of the Minority Health Project is to improve the quality of available data on racial and ethnic populations, to expand the capacity of minority-health researchers to conduct statistical research and develop research proposals, and to foster a network of researchers in minority health.
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, Inc.
Your source for breast health information and free mammograms.
National Minority AIDS Council
The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC), established in 1987, is the premier national organization dedicated to developing leadership within communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases. For the Delaware chapter NAMIDE
Gaudenzia
Gaudenzia helps people affected by chemical dependency, mental illness and related conditions to achieve a better quality of life - allowing them to live as productive and accountable individuals. Gaudenzia also conducts research and educates the community on the causes, treatment and prevention of addictions, mental illness and related conditions. Gaudenzia has over 40 facilities across the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Environmental Organizations
Clean Air Council
Clean Air Council is a member- supported, non-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting everyone's right to breathe clean air. The Council works through public education, community advocacy, and government oversight to ensure enforcement of environmental laws
Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ)
CHEJ seeks to help local citizens and organizations come together and take an organized, unified stand in order to hold industry and government accountable and work toward a healthy, environmentally
sustainable future.
About.com: Environmental Issues
Communities for a Better Environment
Environmental health and justice for California's urban communities
Clean Water Action
Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
CPEO promotes and facilitates public participation in the oversight of environmental activities at federal facilities, private "Superfund" sites, and Brownfields. CPEO educates public stakeholders on both the process and technologies for cleanup and environmental protection. CPEO conducts sites visits, convenes workshops and forums, publishes articles, and maintains the web-based "technology tree."
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc. (WEACT)
WE ACT is a non-profit, grassroots organization working to improve environmental quality and to secure environmental justice in the predominately African-American and Latino communities of Northern Manhattan.
Zero Waste America
An Internet-based environmental research organization specializing in the field of Zero Waste. We provide (through our website, primarily), information on associated legislative, legal, technical, environmental, health, and consumer issues.
**1998 Municipal Waste Management Report Charts
From a report ranking the performance of each state's waste
management programs
Sources of News and Information
Kaiser Family Foundation
An independent philanthropy focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. The Foundation is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public.
Kaiser Familiy Foundation's State Health Facts for Delaware
This resource contains the latest state-level data on
demographics, health, and health policy, including
health coverage, access, financing, and state
legislation.
Annie E Casey Foundation
The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
Healthy People, Healthy Communities
This web page facilitates the collection, development, access and delivery of health related information and educational materials among the Land Grant Universities and the general public.
Grist Magazine Gloom and Doom With a Sense of Humor
"Grist is an online environmental magazine. Grist tackles environmental topics with irreverence, intelligence, and a fresh perspective. Our goal is to inform, entertain, provoke, and encourage creative thinking about environmental problems and solutions. We publish new content each weekday -- in-depth reporting, cartoons, summaries of breaking news stories, diary entries from activists, book reviews, an environmental advice column, and lots more. We're based in Seattle, and our contributors are scattered the world 'round."
Recycling
Atlantic County Utilities Authority This is the website for a quasi-public recycling entity in Atlantic County, NJ, structured similarly to the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA), which has helped the surrounding community accomplish a 56% recycling rate. Under the DSWA Delaware recycles about 4% of residential solid waste.
Blue Mountain Recycling A material recycling facility in Philadelphia that is helping the City of Wilmington process recycled materials in its curbside recycling program.
Composting Guide How to guide to home composting.
Delaware Freecycle An email post in Delaware who you can give away or request used items: appliances, furniture, clothes, etc. You need to sign into Yahoo to participate.
Earth911 Zip code locator to find locations in Delaware to take recyclable materials.
Recyclebank Incentives based Recyling company, that pays you to recycle and is helping the City of Wilmington offer free curbside recycling.
Used Recycle Net Find an online list of businesses and manufacturers that buy, selll, and trade used items.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore A Wilmington non-profit business venture supporting the community through the resale of new and used home improvement and renovation supplies. The Habitat ReStore specializes in the resale of overstocked, discontinued, “new” and used merchandise, donated by manufacturers, stores, contractors and individuals. These items are then sold, to the general public, at a discount: 50-90% off retail price.
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