Rising Together: Ft. Myers is a climate justice initiative of UU Justice Florida that partners congregations with existing leadership in vulnerable communities to help residents stay safe and healthy as the climate changes, and to build climate resilience by building community.
Fort Myers Training Session 1 Apr 2017
Ft. Myers Team Ward 2 Meeting Announcement
Ft. Myers Community Meeting
Ft. Myers STARS Complex
All Faiths Unitarian Congregation of Ft. Myers
Joan Marshall, Climate Leader
All Faiths Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ft. Myers and the Dr. Ann Murphy Knight STARS Complex continue their work in the Dunbar community. On August 2, 2017 they hosted an ‘An Inconvenient Special’ at an MTV live party event.
All Faiths Unitarian Congregation of Ft. Myers
“All Faiths
Unitarian Congregation is a welcoming,
caring community seeking diversity, practicing openness, and encouraging personal and spiritual growth…
“We are working toward a just, free, peaceful and compassionate world….”
In
Partnership
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Dr. Ann Murphy Knight STARS Complex
Community Forum
THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY FORUM is to inform and educate local residents about how to get access to resources and services available. It provides an opportunity to hear from the community about relevant issues such as: education, violence prevention, affordable housing, employment, public services, health issues, and much more. Crystal Johnson is the Committee Chair.
Ph: 239-245-1094
Outreach Materials being used in Ft. Myers can be accessed at these links:
- Climate and Health Fact Sheet (English)
- Climate and Health Fact Sheet (Creole)
- Climate and Health Fact Sheet (Spanish)
- Ft. Myers Outreach Report Form
- Climate-Related Risk Perception in Lee County (English)
- Climate-Related Risk Perception in Lee County (Creole)
- Climate-Related Risk Perception in Lee County(Spanish)
- ReACT ToolKit for the Climate Outreach Team
If you would like to know more about the Rising Together project in Ft. Myers, please fill out the contact form to the right or email Joan Marshall jfmdbm@yahoo.com
This website is maintained by the Unitarian Universalist Justice Florida’s Climate Resilience Ministry. It was established by the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton. The community pilot projects, on which the Community Toolkit was based, were undertaken in partnership with Developing Interracial Social Change (DISC) and Habitat for Humanity in Boca Raton, Florida; and Toussaint L’Ouverture High School for Arts and Social Justice in Delray Beach, Florida. Project Director for that effort was Janice T. Booher, MS. Pilot Project Manager Phase I was Dr. Ana Puszkin-Chevlin. Pilot Project Manager Phase II was Debra Weiss-Randall, Ed. D, CHES.
- This project is funded in part by the Unitarian Universalist Fund for Social Responsibility.
- Funding for this project was provided by the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton Endowment Fund.
- Funding for the project in Shorecrest, Miami with the Community Health Mapping Initiative is provided by the National Library of Medicine/NIH.
- Development of the ReACT Tool Kit and the Pilot Projects were funded by EPA Environmental Justice Grant #EQ-00D35415-0 awarded to the Green Sanctuary Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton.
Website designed and maintained by Janice T. Booher