R.E.A.C.H.-ATL

R.E.A.C.H. - ATLANTA

Resilience, Equity and Adaptation for Climate and Health

The goal of REACH-ATL is to understand how chemical stressors (soil/water contamination, air pollution) and non-chemical stressors (income, insurance, access to healthcare, etc) that affect health are impacted by climate change in vulnerable communities in Atlanta; and to use this information to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities.

Program Objectives

Create an index and map at the neighborhood level focused on the cumulative chemical and non-chemical exposure of individuals in Atlanta and how their health effects are exacerbated by climate change.
Understand how highly susceptible individuals with chronic disease perceive and manage the effects of chemical, non-chemical, and climate-related factors on their mental health, asthma, and obesity-sensitive conditions.
Facilitate community-based and community-led education sessions to empower the community and increase resilience against climate change and its effects on health.

Core Team

ECO-Action Team

Vunerable Atlanta Communities

R.E.A.C.H. - Atlanta Engagement

Community Action Circles

Group Model Building

Mobile Clinic

Mobile App

"I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve, almost to a fault. If you get in my way, you get kicked."

“ Go to contribute, not be extractive and to try to take things away from the community, but to figure out how you can contribute to setting conditions so that community members themselves can empower themselves...”

"I believe that anyone that cares about the earth is an environmentalist. People that make a decision to not throw garbage out on the street because they consider the possible impacts. That's environmentalism in its most basic form."