Rising Together: West Palm Beach 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.
Ramsay Laing at WPB Community Meeting
WPB Recognition of Outreach Members
Jerry Lind, Co-Founder of the Climate Action Coalition of South Florida at West Palm Beach Training
City Commissioner Materio meets Angela Williams, President of Mothers Against Murderers
WPB Sustainability Officer Penni Redford Distributes Information and Incentives
Office of Developmet WPB rep Ralph Wall
Jan Booher WPB Health and Climate Training Session
WPB Recognition of Outreach Team Members
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WPB City Commissioner Shanon Materio speaks
West Palm Beach Community Meeting Program
West Palm Beach City Councilwoman Shanon Materio meets President of Mothers Against Murderers at the WPB Community meeting
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Mothers Against Murderers Association (“MAMA”) is a charitable organization founded in 2003 by Angela Williams in memory of a nephew who was killed by a senseless act of violence. Having grieved with her family and watched her sister suffer the loss of a precious son, Angela decided to do something positive. MAMA’s mission is to assist and counsel the families of victims, to provide quality programs for youth that will turn them away from violent acts, to inform the community about the long-term effects of violence, and to voice the need for change to lawmakers.
Leadership from MAMA for the Rising Together project in West Palm Beach is being provided by Angela Williams.
Outreach Materials used in West Palm Beach can be accessed at these links:
- Sea Level Rise Risk Perception Survey
- Climate and Health Outreach Fact Sheet with Local Contact Information
- Additional Fact Sheets with More Detail
- Outreach Report Used for Tracking
- Training Powerpoint Used at the January 7th Training Session
If you would like to know more about the Rising Together project in West Palm Beach, please fill out the contact form to the right or email ramsay.laing@gmail.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