These blogs are about different meetings that our team members may have hosted or attended.
The CleanAirNow coalition held its first membership meeting on March 2. at the Community Health Coalition of Wyandotte County. After planning for over a year, we were happy to reach this point. Members from the Kansas City area and other cities attended the meeting in person, by phone, and by video conference. During the meeting, …
The Kanza Group of the Sierra Club held their annual fundraiser and auction last month. Eric Kirkendall, director of the Diesel Health Project, attended and staffed an information table. Richard Voss, who has been helping the Diesel Health Project by building an Arduino-based particulate matter monitor, displayed that very fascinating device. The evening was …
Diesel Health Project represented at Kanza Sierra Club event Read More »
On Feb. 15 and 16, members of the Diesel Health Project team had EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants Training. The training included the requirements for their recently awarded grant, rules and regulations, and spending requirements. “I think most important for me [to learn] was how to work effectively with the EPA folks it’s important to …
Leticia DeCaigny and I just returned from an excellent EPA workshop. I was representing the Diesel Health Project (DHP) and Leticia represented both DHP and the Argentine/Turner Good Neighbor Committee. We were pleasantly surprised to meet another Kansas City, Kansas community organizer, the very dynamic Rachel Jefferson, with the Historic Northeast Midtown Association. For more …
Three KC – area organizations attend EPA Community Air Monitoring Training Read More »
The Argentine/Turner Good Neighbor Committee had a great community meeting last night. More than 30 people attended, including committee members, other Argentine residents, and representatives of Global Community Monitor, the Kansas Sierra Club, Diesel Health Project, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The BNSF Railway did not send representatives. The CBS affiliate TV Station KCTV5 was there, …