Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Environmental Health Coalition is dedicated to achieving environmental and social justice. We believe that justice is accomplished by empowered communities acting together to make social change. We organize and advocate to protect public health and
Toxic Free Neighborhoods Campaign: Organizes and educates in low income communities of color to advocate for the prevention of toxic pollution from industrial and mobile sources. Currently, our efforts are focused in the communities of Barrio Logan, Logan Height, and City Heights in San Diego and Westside National City. These communities suffer from years of incompatible zoning that has created an unhealthy mix of toxic industries, homes, and schools; lack of green space, like parks; and a lack of healthy food options. These communities receive additional pollution from freight-related activities at nearby terminals and multiple freeways. EHC staff and community leaders are actively involved in developing new visions for their neighborhoods through participation in various community organizations, stakeholder groups and with the local government organized committees and events. The EHC Community Action Teams meet monthly to learn about and discuss new opportunities to achieve their vision of a healthy community and develop plans to ensure that the community's voice is heard.
Healthy Kids Campaign: Environmental Health Coalition works to protect children's health from lead poisoning and other indoor pollution. Since 2002, more than $35 million has been awarded to the City of San Diego and National City to address these issues and make children's home safe and healthy. EHC works with non-profit partners and government agencies to provide healthy homes and lead hazard control services including education and coordination of health events to provide blood tests to children for lead poisoning. EHC's efforts successfully ensured the elimination of the sale of lead-contaminated candy in California and EHC continues to educate the public about those candies that have been tainted with lead. EHC authored the Children's Right to Lead Safety Housing ordinance, the first of its kind, adopted by the City of San Diego in 2008.
Climate Justice Campaign: Promotes a comprehensive regional strategy to reduce greenhouse gases from industrial, transportation and energy sources to maximize benefits in low income communities. EHC representives are serving on stakeholder groups for the City of San Diego and Port of San Diego Climate Action Plans and provide technical and community expertise on the most effective ways for investments to be made in the most impacted communities to increase public transit options and increase public investment. From rising temperatures, worsening air quality, increased wildfires, and dwindling rainfall, these impacts pose the biggest threats to low-income communities who already have less access to services and adequate health care. In 2018, EHC released "Start Here, Start Now, An Environmental Justice Assessment of the City of San Diego Climate Action Plan".
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Diane Takvorian | Executive Director | 40 | $66,588 |
| Bari Samad | Staff Representative | 40 | $0 |
| Enrique Medina | Vice-President | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Mckirnan | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Margaret Godshalk | President | 1 | $0 |
| Terry Bunting | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Roddy Jerome | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Heifetz | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Roberta Alexander | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Beatriz Barraza | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| Sonia Ruan | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
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