From Hall.Loren@epamail.epa.gov Wed Mar 29 12:12:34 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA36982 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:12:33 -0800 From: Hall.Loren@epamail.epa.gov Received: from myrtle.rtpnc.epa.gov (myrtle.rtpnc.epa.gov [134.67.208.33]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA06862 for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:12:32 -0800 Received: from EPAHUB9.RTPTOK.EPA.GOV (rtplabs.rtptok.epa.gov [134.67.212.43]) by epamail.epa.gov (PMDF V5.2-32 #42055) with SMTP id <0FS700BSW9DF0P@epamail.epa.gov> for waphgis@u.washington.edu; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:10:32 -0500 (EST) Received: by EPAHUB9.RTPTOK.EPA.GOV(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.3 hotfix 1 (767.1 12-15-1998)) id 852568B1.006EA9AF ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:08:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:14:42 -0500 Subject: NEJAC May meeting announcement To: ccroner@cdc.gov, waphgis@u.washington.edu Message-id: <852568B1.006EA352.00@EPAHUB9.RTPTOK.EPA.GOV> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline X-Lotus-FromDomain: EPA Here's a meeting notice, which hopefully can be included in the next issue of the Public Health GIS News and Information from CDC. Announcing the next National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Meeting May 23-26, 2000 Omni Hotel at CNN Center 100 Center St Atlanta, Georgia 30335 404-659-0000 The next meeting of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will focus on federal efforts to secure disease prevention and health improvement in communities where health disparities exist that may result from, or be exacerbated by, disproportionate effects of environmental pollutants and certain racial, ethnic and socio-economic factors. What strategies and areas of research should be pursued by federal agencies to achieve more effective, integrated community-based health assessment, intervention, and prevention efforts? How should these strategies be developed, implemented, and evaluated to ensure substantial participation, integration and collaboration among federal agencies, in partnership with: impacted communities, public health, medical and environmental professionals; academic institutions; state, tribal and local governments; and the private sector? How can consideration of socioeconomic vulnerabilities: (a) contribute to better understanding of health disparities and cumulative and disproportionate environmental effects; and (b) be incorporated into community health assessments? The NEJAC was established to ensure that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) receives the viewpoints of diverse stakeholders on issues related to environmental justice. The NEJAC consists of 25 members representing community groups; industry; state, local and tribal governments; and both government and nongovernment organizations. The NEJAC has six subcommittees that focus on issues related to air and water, enforcement, health and research, indigenous peoples, international issues, and waste and facility siting. In addition to the 25 NEJAC members, each of whom sit on a subcommittee, 47 individuals serve as members of the various subcommittees. For more information, please visit the NEJAC web site at: http://www.ttclients.com/nejac/. If you wish to pre-register to attend the meeting, please complete the registration form (at http://www.ttclients.com/nejac/form.htm) by May 1, 2000. If you have any questions, please call the toll-free NEJAC Hotline at 1(888) 335-4299 or send an e-mail to nejac@ttemi.com. Individuals who require special arrangements can contact Ms. Tama Clare directly at: telephone: (703) 390-0641, fax: (703) 391-5876, email: claret@ttemi.com. .