CARES Financial Relief During COVID-19
The United Way of the Coastal Empire (UWCE) is partnering with the City of Savannah to distribute CARES Act relief funds to assist City residents who have fallen behind on rent, mortgage and utility payments due to COVID-19. The short timeline for disbursing these funds has required the City and its partners to move very quickly. Our United Way…
Center for System Science & Engineering Dashboard
John Hopkins University’s Center for System Science & Engineering (CSSE) Dashboard has been maintaining a running total of coronavirus infection cases and deaths for the entire world since the pandemic erupted. CSSE is the ‘go to’ source for reliable data on the spread of COVID-19. To visit their…
National Environmental Justice Public Teleconference Meeting
The National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) will host a Teleconference “Meeting”. This will be a phone only meeting, which hopefully will allow for people from all over the country to be able to participate from home. Note that registration is required by Sunday, August 16th, but since there are only 1.5 hours…
Walking the Path Towards Environmental Health and Justice: A Conversation with Movement Leaders
The Environmental Justice Health Alliance (EJHA) is cosponsoring with the CHANGE (Californians for a Clean & Healthy Economy) Coalition and PSR-LA (Physicians for Social Responsibility–Los Angeles) a training on the History of EJ (Environmental Justice) Movement: how we ground and center our work fighting toxins and climate change…
“Right to Harm” OnLine Screening
Join the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) as they partner with Working Films for their July ‘Chat and Chill’ with a OnLine Screening of the film “Right to Harm“, Tuesday, July 28 from 6:30 — 8:00 PM. These events are casual, virtually interactive, ‘BYOBeverage and Snack’ environments. A…
NIH Research Matters
NIH Research Matters is a newsletter produced by the National Institute of Health (NIH). This article was first published by NIH on July 21, 2020. COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation, and we at NIH are doing everything we can toward the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, and…
Chatham Apprentice Program
Step Up Savannah’s Chatham Apprentice Program (CAP) has opened registration for its next virtual class! Classes for CAP will be held August 10th – September 3rd for both morning and evening sessions. See the details below. To registrar, please follow this link, CAP Registration.…
NIEHS WTP Summer Webinar Series
“In response to COVID-19, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP) has been conducting webinars and presentations on technical topics related to COVID-19 with a focus on protecting workers who may be at risk of exposure to COVID-19.” “The NIEHS WTP, in conjunction…