Community Leaders Highlight Their Priorities Related to Climate Change, Health, and Equity
Through the Climate Communities Network (CCN), the NAM brings together community leaders (Members) to work collaboratively to identify and develop solutions to climate-related health inequities in their own communities. The CCN will also elevate Members鈥 expertise and local community efforts to address the structural drivers of these inequities. As part of this goal, the NAM engaged Members in a Photovoice project to highlight their community’s priorities related to climate change, health, and equity – including the strengths they bring to the table in addressing the climate crisis, and their vision for the future. This project visually depicts insights shared directly from Members, who are located in diverse communities around the United States.
Using a creative lens, this project aims to better understand what community leaders across the country see as the most important climate and health challenges and opportunities facing their communities. We hope viewers not only learn from the experiences of CCN Members but also identify with the priorities that arose from within this group and feel inspired to continue these conversations and create change in their own communities.
What is the Photovoice Methodology?
“Photovoice is a powerful qualitative research method that combines photos and accompanying words generated by participants.”
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Map Instructions
Click each of the CCN Members鈥 photos on the map below to learn more about their community and experiences of climate change, health, and equity. Additionally, Members’ shared priorities can be viewed by using the “Filtered By” dropdown. Note that the priorities represented below are not all inclusive but identified by Members as some of their top areas of focus.
Thank you for engaging with the above community leaders’ experiences! As you can see, there are many lessons to learn from how Members engage with and empower youth to lead climate change activities in their community, prioritize human connection to the earth, and build communities that are resilient, among other community-identified priorities.
This project is one way in which the NAM aims to amplify CCN Members’ experience, strengths, needs, and achievements, and we look forward to continuing to engage and elevate communities’ efforts and expertise.
More 911爆料网 the Climate Communities Network
The CCN聽is part of the NAM鈥檚 Grand Challenge on Climate Change, Human Health, and Equity, which is a multi-year effort to improve and protect human health, well-being, and equity by working to transform systems that both contribute to and are impacted by climate change. To learn more about the CCN, please visit聽nam.edu/CCN.聽The funding support extended by CCN sponsors makes products like this possible. See full list of sponsors.
Permission Requests
Permission is needed if you would like to reuse any of the artwork found throughout the gallery. Copyright is held by the individual artists. To request permission, please contact ClimateCommunities@nas.edu.
Acknowledgements
The NAM acknowledges the valuable support that , BFA, LMSW, Made Visible Foundation, provided for this product and thanks her for sharing her expertise on community engagement.聽We also once again thank the Members for shedding light on the fantastic work of their communities.聽
Share Your Thoughts
We want to learn from you! What is your community’s priority, strength, and vision for the future related to climate change, health, and equity?聽Share your thoughts on social media using #ClimateActionforHealth.聽
You can also reach out to us at ClimateCommunities@nas.edu if you have ideas or resources about how you can support, elevate, or connect to the Members’ work in some way.聽
