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Labor Advisory Committee

Posted on Apr 2, 2008

The Labor Advisory Committee is one of the things that makes AHT such a unique coalition in Massachusetts and around the country. Very few environmental or environmental health campaigns are working directly with the labor community to strategize together and coordinate their work. This important committee is made up of labor union leaders and members. They meet regularly to discuss AHT's campaign strategies and legislative efforts and then offer input to the coalition's Governing Board. This committee helps ensure that the goals and accomplishments of the coalition support jobs, working families and labor unions in Massachusetts.

The committee's members are from a diverse set of labor organizations including the AFL-CIO, SEIU, The Massachusetts Teachers' Association, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, Jobs with Justice and others. For a complete listing of AHT Member Organizations click here.

To contact members of the labor advisory committee email info@healthytomorrow.org.

Labor Resources:

Just Transition: Economic Safeguards for Workers and Communities:

The following is an excerpt from "Just Transition for Workers and Communities (PDF)."

A transition to safer technologies, materials and processes will have many potential benefits to workers and the Massachusetts economy as a whole... Preventive environmental, health and safety policies in government should be supported by a policy of Just Transition, which is about engaging workers to plan ahead for changes toward cleaner and safer technologies and processes. Policies to protect the environment and health can and should avoid eliminating jobs wherever possible. Just Transition is first and foremost about improving and maintaining good jobs at sustainable and healthy workplaces.

Senior Advisory Council

Posted on Apr 2, 2008

The following individuals support the goals of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, and have agreed to provide advice and expertise.

Organizations and institutions are listed for identification purposes only.

Shelley Alpern
Assistant Vice President
Trillium Asset Management Corporation

George Annas, JD, PhD
Professor of Health Law
Boston University School of Public Health

Nicholas Ashford, JD, PhD
Director of Technology & Policy Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Les Boden, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health

Eric Bourgeois, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sociology
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

James Boyce, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ted Boylan
President
Admiral Building Products

Julia Brody, PhD
Executive Director
Silent Spring Institute

Stephanie M. Chalupka, EdD,APRN,BC
Professor, Department of Nursing
Worcester State College

Richard Clapp, ScD
Professor of Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health

Amiel Cooper, MD
Chief of Pathology
Faulkner Hospital

Anthony Cortese, ScD
President
Second Nature

Richard Deth, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Northeastern University

Dianne Dumanoski
Author, Our Stolen Future

Paul Epstein, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment
Harvard Medical School

Ken Geiser, PhD
Co-Director of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production; Professor of Work Environment;
Former Director of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lynn Goldman, MD, MPH
Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Roger S. Gottlieb, PhD
Professor of Philosophy
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Dale Hattis, PhD
Professor, Environmental Science and Policy
Clark University

Polly Hoppin, ScD
Director, Environmental Health Program
University of Massachusetts Lowell

James Hoyte, PhD
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan School of Public Health

Kevin Knobloch
President
Union of Concerned Scientists

Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH
Professor and Chair Emeritus
Department of Community Health Sciences
Boston University School of Public Health

David Kriebel, ScD
Co-Director of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production; Professor of Work Environment
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Nancy Krieger, PhD
Professor, Departmnet of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health

Sheldon Krimsky, PhD
Professor, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Tufts University

Philip Landrigan,  MD, MSc
Dean, Global Health Program
Mt Sinai School of Medicine

David LeGrande
Director of Occupational Safety and Health
Communications Workers of America

Les Leopold
Executive Director
The Labor Institute

Richard Levins, PhD
Professor, Dept. Global Health & Population
Harvard School of Public Health

Mindy Lubber
Executive Director
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)

Robert Massie
Senior Fellow
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)

Michael McCally, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor, Department of Preventative Medicine
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Elise Miller, M.Ed
Executive Director
Institute for Children's Health

William Moomaw
Professor, Director of the Center of International Environmental Resource Policy
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Tufts University

Peter Montague, PhD
Executive Director
Environmental Research Foundation

Rafael Moure-Eraso, PhD, CIH
Professor, Department of Work Environment
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Judy Norsigian
Executive Director
Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Co-Author Our Bodies Ourselves

Adam Parker, MBA
Executive Vice President of Regions
Conservation Services Group, Inc

Lewis D. Pepper, PhD
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health
Boston University School of Public Health

Carolyn Raffensperger, JD
Executive Director
Science and Environmental Health Network

Catherine Roberts, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
Holy Cross College

Beth Rosenberg, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

John Savage, PhD
Professor, Department of Science
Middlesex Community College

Juliet Schor
PhD
Professor
Department of Sociology
Boston College

Joel Tickner, ScD
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Sustainability
University of Massachusetts Lowell

John Wargo, PhD
Professor of Environmental Risk Analysis & Policy
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Roberta White, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Health Department
Boston University School of Public Health

Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Governing Board

Posted on Apr 2, 2008

Organizational Members:
Breath Of Life Dorchester Teens
Clean Water Action
Coalition for Social Justice/Coalition Against Poverty (greater Fall River)
Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life
Environment Massachusetts
Environmental League of Massachusetts
GreenCAPE 
Health Care Without Harm-Boston
HealthLink
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Massachusetts
IUE-CWA Local 201, North Shore and Merrimack Valley Labor Council
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Massachusetts Parent Teacher Association
Massachusetts Public Health Association
Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Medfield Green
Merrimack Valley Environmental Coalition
Northeast Parkinson's & Caregivers Inc.
Our Rights Our Water Massachusetts
Regional Environmental Council
Sustainable Sudbury
The Arc of Massachusetts
Toxics Action Center
Women's Community Cancer Project

Individual Members (not representing organizations):
Frank Ackerman, PhD (Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University)
Daniel Faber, PhD (Northeastern University)
Jessica Lerner (Green on the Inside)
Amy Lubitow (PhD Candidate, Sociology Department, Northeastern University)
David Ozonoff MD, MPH (Boston University School of Public Health)
Kim Wilson, (Labor Extension Coordinator, U-Mass Dartmouth and AFT Local 1895)

What it means for an organization to join AHT

Posted on Mar 27, 2008

The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) is a coalition of organizations—organizational membership is the basis for its democratic decision-making structure. Individuals are also critical to the strength of the coalition and support the coalition through a vital activist network and expert advisory committees.

When an organization joins it means:

Agreement with the coalition goals, values and principles as described on the About the AHT page.

We ask each organization’s decision-making body to review the website (or our founding brochure, “Creating a Healthy Tomorrow”) and decide if you have basic agreement. On the back cover of the brochure and on the About us page you will find the key policy principles that we will seek to turn into concrete action, laws, policies and regulations. You may also want to review AHT's initiatives and campaigns, designed to reach these goals. This coalition was created to make a critical change in the world by exerting the power of mobilized citizens from all walks of life.

Demonstration of support for the AHT coalition goals.

The organization agrees that its name can appear on a list of AHT coalition membership —the membership list is shown to policy makers as a show of support for the coalition goals.

Your organization can lend support to the efforts of AHT by appearing on the membership list. We seek a wide diversity of supporting organizations.

Information and optional participation.

Member organizations select a contact person(s) for the coalition. That person will receive limited (averages to once every week or two) notices of campaign activities and needs. Participation of your organization’s members is optional, but will give us the people power to win.

A vote in the coalition

Member organizations elect a Governing Board for the coalition that makes all major decisions on policy and implementation. In addition, any major new campaigns are sent to the membership for comment before the Governing Board makes its decisions. Any member organization can be nominated to send a representative to the Governing Board.

How to Join:

If your organization would like to become a member of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, please send an email to info@healthytomorrow.org. Include the name of the organization, a brief description, and the name and contact information for the person that we should be in touch with. We will review your request and get back to you shortly.  There is no fee for joining.

Individuals can be active in the coalition through the Healthy Tomorrow Network:

AHT needs thousands of individuals to participate in its campaigns in order to win new state policies. Individuals are recruited from AHT member organizations and from the public in general. Regular updates are sent to an email activist list with key new information or requests for assistance. Join the AHT Network as an individual.