Rising Together: Hernando County 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.
Rising Together: Hernando County Climate Resilience Outreach Community Celebration
Mapped Reports of Households Reporting Mosquitos
Mold, Asthma and Water Contamination
Rising Together: Hernando County Climate Resilience Outreach Partners
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Services at: 20053 Yontz Rd., Brooksville, FL
The emphasis of Greater Love Outreach Ministries is evangelism and outreach to the community, particularly the youth. The name of the church came about because of the desire to “do greater things in Hernando County.”
Outreach Materials being used in Hernando County can be accessed at these links:
- Survey: Climate-Related Risk Perception in Hernando County (English)
- Hernando County Climate and Health Fact Sheet (English)
- West Central Florida Extreme Weather Information Sheet (English)
If you would like to know more about the Rising Together project in Hernando County, please fill out the contact form to the right or email iakeim1@gmail.com
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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