RAMP hosts periodic convenings to inform, learn, build relationships, and collaborate on complex environmental health issues in the region. In recent years, RAMP hosted convenings on diesel pollution, housing, and land-use. These convenings brought asthma advocates together with others working on public health, environmental and social justice, and equity in the region with the goal to build the capacity and partnerships necessary to effectively address environmental health concerns.

Most recently, RAMP partnered with the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII) and Planning for Healthy Places (a project of Public Health Law and Policy) and hosted Planning for Asthma-Friendly Communities: From Planes, Trains, and Automobiles to Zoning, General Plans, Redevelopment and Transportation Planning.  This full day convening was designed to demonstrate that choices made about where highways are placed, housing is built, public transit travels, and where industry is located are deeply rooted in local decision-making and may have a bigger impact on exposure to asthma triggers than reducing emissions from diesel engines. For more information about RAMP’s environmental convenings, contact Brandon Kitagawa at brandon(at)rampasthma(dot)org.

Convenings:
Clinical, Schools, Environment, Community Health Outreach Workers, Community Action to Fight Asthma