Included in this edition:
- Opportunity for Students: Champions for Climate Justice Awards
- Recent Publications from Texas PSR Board Members
- Join Texas PSR for a Health Advocacy Trip to Port Arthur, TX!
- Nonpartisan Civic Engagement for Health Professionals
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Opportunity for Students:
Champions for Climate Justice Awards
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Calling all college or university students: apply now for the Student Champions for Climate Justice Awards. This award provides funding for an event to inspire action around climate change and health equity on your campus and in your community.
The American Public Health Association's (APHA) Center for Climate, Health and Equity offers the opportunity for up to five college or university student groups to champion climate justice on and off campus with engaging, innovative events during September or October 2024. Click here to learn more. The deadline to apply is July 29, 2024 by 11:59 p.m.
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Recent Publications from Board Members
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Board Chair Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN, was recently featured in an National Public Radio article, "Why isn't extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S." in which she explained her experiences with patients experiencing extreme heat. Read more here.
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Additionally, the Financial Times recently published a letter to the editor that Professor Cantu submitted on behalf of Texas PSR titled, "How Texas challenges notion that green policy is anti-business" in response to an article published in the Financial Times, "How red Texas became a model for green energy".
Professor Cantu made it clear, "As we celebrate Texas’s achievements, it is important to recognise that this is only the beginning. Tx PSR will continue to advocate for our policymakers to prioritise health and equity in their environmental strategies, ensuring that the transition to a green economy benefits all citizens." Read the full article here.
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Board Member William Brett Perkison, MD, MPH, FACOEM, recently published research on his work with Pocket Ark. Pocket Ark is an app that helps construction workers find assistance with food, supplies, and lodging when working in communities affected by floods, wildfires, or other natural disasters. Read more about this important work here.
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Join Texas PSR for a Health Advocacy Trip to Port Arthur!
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Won't you join us? This event is open to all health professionals and health professional students. Please click on this link or point your smartphone at the QR code to get more details!
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Nonpartisan Civic Engagement for Health Professionals
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Vot-ER is bridging a gap in care with a groundbreaking prescription: civic engagement. Their mission is to empower patients and healthcare professionals to address the root causes of health disparities through civic participation.
This month we are highlighting their July 25 6-7pm ET event:
Vote-ER Basics: How to register voters using your badge
Calling all health professionals! Join Vot-ER to learn the step-by-step of how to talk with patients and colleagues about voter registration, answer hard questions, and ultimately set your patients and colleagues up to build a habit of civic engagement. Experience how Vot-ER’s nonpartisan approach to connecting with patients about voting can help them turn out to vote in community with other health professionals. Come ready to practice your voting conversations! RSVP and join from a space where you can participate actively.
Recent research highlights the crucial role health professionals play in promoting civic participation. The article titled "Increasing Voter Participation Through Health Care–Based Voter Registration" published in the JAMA Health Forum, examines how health care settings can be utilized to boost voter registration and participation, especially among historically underrepresented populations.
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Are you interested in learning more, or getting involved in local actions to prevent the growing threat that nuclear weapons pose to our health and environment? Let us know of your interest and we'll be in touch! Fill out this quick form or email our Executive Director at Director@TexasPSR.org.
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We do so much with so little, imagine what we could do
with just a little bit more!
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To mail your contribution to us, please send a check to our new mailing address: Texas PSR, 3571 Far West Blvd. #3428 Austin, TX 78731
As a registered non-profit under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, all donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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