This workshop is the companion to the Oct. 18 workshop Community-Academic Collaboration to Advance Environmental Justice

Workshop 2: Community Capacity Building: Using Data to Advance Environmental Justice 

Co-Presenter Jennifer L. Alvidrez, PhD, Health Scientist Administrator, Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) National Institutes of Health (NIH)

This workshop will familiarize participants with 7 publicly available, federal government agency developed, environmental justice data tracking tools: Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool (CEJST); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) EJ Screening and Mapping Tool; EPA Air Quality Index (AQI); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science Data System; National Weather Service (NWS) Heat Risk Tool; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Justice Dashboard; CDC Heat and Health Tracker that community stakeholders can use to identify, monitor and address existing and emerging environmental threats.