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Three interns spent 10-weeks this summer learning by doing at health organizations in Los Angeles.
From 2014 to 2016 UEPI's Healthy School Food Coalition mobilized a diverse coalition of community members and groups to continue advocating for healthy school food and nutrition policy at local schools in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles.
Learn about the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak and the health concerns of the local community. Produced by VICE NEWS, the video discusses the environmental health risks of urban oil fields and regulatory loopholes in California. Bhavna Shamasunder, Oxy professor and UEPI staff member, is featured in the video.
On April 5th fourteen Moving Forward Network members from across the country met with US EPA Administrator McCarthy in Washington, D.C. These members came from Southern California, the Bay Area, Houston Texas, Kansas City, Kansas, Charleston, South Carolina, Tallahassee, Florida and New Jersey.
Responding to the need for community based information about the Zika virus, interns from the UEP 307 Public Health Practicum class have partnered with staff from the MEND Clinic, a practicum partner site to develop a fact sheet in Spanish and English.
Last week the Moving Forward Network launched the Zero Campaign website to protect all communities from air emissions from ports and freight systems. A wonderful video produced by Leah Mahan profiles the stories of Network members.
Zoom in on the map below to access an interactive campus guide to Oxy's water fountain - a special project of our Water Works health program. Stay hydrated, Oxy!