TOOLKIT

Project: Health Disparities
Walk:
Begin educating your group on the role environment plays in our
health. Host a campus or community film screening.
See suggestions below:
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, 2006.
Unnatural Causes, California Newsreel, 2008.
www.unnaturalcauses.org
Living Downstream, The People’s Picture Company,
2010. www.livingdownstream.com
Mann v. Ford, HBO Films, 2011.
Run:
Host a teach-in for your Youth Council/College Chapter and invite
a local official from a local agency, here are some suggestions:
Department of Public Health
Department of Environmental Protection
Local Hospital
Local University that specializes in Health issues
Sprint:
Start a local campaign about the injustices of pollution in your
community or around your campus – see if there is a Superfund
site near you. The action will be determined by your Youth
Council/College Chapter, some suggestions are:
Collect comments regarding the site and post them on the
Facebook wall.
Start a petition, get signatures and submit to the EPA.
Hold a peaceful demonstration highlighting the injustices.
A Superfund site is an uncontrolled or abandoned place where
hazardous waste is located, possibly affecting local ecosystems or
people. To find a Superfund site in your area visit
www.epa.gov/superfund/sites.
Superfund sites are listed on the National Priorities List (NPL)
upon Completion of Hazard Ranking System (HRS) screening,
public solicitation of comments about the proposed site, and after
all comments have been addressed.
MILE MARKER 6:
HEALTH
Resources
American Medical Association:
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physicianresources/public-health/eliminatinghealth-disparities.page
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention:
www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/disparities/ind
ex.htm
National Library of Medicine Tox Town:
http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/
How to win environmental campaigns:
www.campaignstrategy.org
US Department of Health & Human
Services:
www.hhs.gov/
Reporting
Remember that different forms of
movement are worth specific steps.
Walk = 50 steps
Run = 100 steps
Sprint = 150 steps
Hydration Stations = 25 steps
In order to receive credit for the 10,000
steps all activities must be documented.
To report projects, click on this
link
Fill out the form titled
REPORTING.
Please make sure all the text
boxes are filled out completely.
It is also recommended that activities are
uploaded to the official NAACP pages
listed below with a brief commentary
which includes:
Name of Youth Council/College
Chapter
Location
2-4 sentences describing the
activity.
When using social media, use the
hashtags: #10KSteps, #NAACPECJP or
tag NAACP, NAACPConnect,
NAACPECJP.
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