2/12/25 Webinar: Environmental Justice and Children’s Health
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE)
invites you to an upcoming webinar.
Date: February 12, 2025
Time: 12 noon ET
Webinar participants who complete the evaluation and obtain an 80% or higher on the course post-test will receive a certificate for 1 nursing contact hour.
Environmental justice is defined as the just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of who they are or where they live, in decision-making and other activities that affect human health and the environment. The aim of environmental justice efforts is to ensure that people are fully protected from disproportionate and adverse human health and environmental effects, risks, and hazards. The panelists for this webinar will discuss environmental injustice and its effects on children from three unique perspectives.
About the Presenters
Dr. Kristin Ball Motley, PharmD, MBA, is walking in her purpose. A pharmacist and advocate for community health, Dr. Motley is praised for efforts in advancing health equity. Hailing from Chester, PA, she holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from Florida A&M University and an MBA from the St. Joseph's University (formerly University of Sciences).
Founder of Health Educated, Inc. and host of the "Keeping It 100" podcast, Dr. Motley dedicates herself to educating the marginalized communities on important health topics. Recognized for her impactful work, she has received several accolades, including the President’s Award from the NAACP - Chester Branch. She’s also received a Humanitarian Award, Health Literacy Champion Award and the Innovative Pharmacist of the Year Award. She is the Health Manager for the City of Chester. She is also the Compliance Coordinator & Field Supervisor at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at St Joseph’s University.
Amani Reid, BA, currently serves as Eastern Regional Coordinator for the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Environmental Justice. Amani has a B.A. in Political Science with an Environmental Studies minor from Temple University and is a former U.S. Army Reservist. Amani is a saxophonist, clarinetist, and traveler! Her past work includes Climate Justice Organizer with POWER Interfaith, Policy Engagement Manager for Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light and Legislative Aide for State Representative Donna Bullock.
Dr. Daniel Taylor, D.O., FAAP, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine and general pediatrician at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children for the past 17 years. Dr. Taylor is also course director of Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and is the Medical Director of the medical legal partnership at St. Chris. Dr. Taylor is also the co-director of the Reach Out and Read program at St. Chris and directs the homeless healthcare for children initiative at St. Chris’s as well.
Dr. Taylor is the founder of the Children’s Advocacy Project of Philadelphia (Cap4Kids) which is an online on-line resource directory for providers, child advocates and families to find resources in their community to help address various social determinants of health that can affect the health, safety, and long term outcomes of the children we serve. This site gets hundreds of hits daily and has been replicated in a dozen communities nationally.
Dr. Taylor is also a prolific writer and has authored over 60 articles for the Health and Science section of the Philadelphia Inquirer that focuses on the health of the most vulnerable populations we serve, as well as articles in JAMA, Contemporary Pediatrics and several other prominent journals.
Dr. Taylor speaks locally and nationally on issues that affect vulnerable populations, especially those that have to do with children affected by poverty and violence. Dr. Taylor also has garnered many local and national awards for his work including several teaching awards; awards from several of the organizations that he works so closely with in the community; the President’s Award for Drexel University; the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatrician of the Yea; rand the Tenet Hero Award.
Dr. Taylor’s passion is children and their families, especially those that are underserved, living on the fringes, and those most vulnerable. His impact on this population ripples throughout St. Chris, Philadelphia, and in the pediatric community nationwide.
Learning Objectives:
Define environmental injustice.
Name two effects of environmental injustice on children’s health.
Identify one strategy to address environmental injustice.