Miscellaneous
On the 9th July 2020 we held an Action Call to build the Health Movement for a Green New Deal. We discussed the what, why and how of building the health movement for transformative climate justice and were joined by special guest speakers: Dr Abdul El-Sayed – Former Health Director of Detroit and professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health Guppi Bola – Former Medact Interim-Director, Chair of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, researcher and public health strategist with a background in economic justice campaigning. Dr Stephanie Davis Le Brun – Clinical psychologist working in older adult mental health services and a member of the North West branch of Psychologists for Social Change. Here are some useful links shared in the Action Call. Form to book a Health for a Green New Deal campaign session: https://link.medact.org/GNDSession ‘Reimagining Public Health’ report by Guppi Bola: https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/reimagining-public-health ‘The Green New Deal doesn’t just help climate. It’s also a public health new deal.’ by Abdul El-Sayed https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/26/the-green-new-deal-public-health-new-deal Just Recovery letter - Psychologists for Social Change North-West http://www.psychchange.org/a-north-west-just-recovery-following-coronavirus.html