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Healthy communities with clean air every day, for everyone.

Join the Latino Health Summit Air Alliance Houston in advocating for clean air and equitable access to health for everyone in the Houston region. Together, we can address industrial pollution, transportation issues, and promote responsible development.

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Healthy communities with clean air every day, for everyone.

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  1. Healthycommunitieswithcleanairevery day, foreveryone. September 19, 2019 Latino HealthSummit

  2. Air Alliance Houston believes everyonehasarighttobreatheclean air and where you live, work, learn, andplayshouldnotdetermineyour health.

  3. TheHoustonRegionissaturatedwithindustrialpollutionandchemicalsafetyrisks.TheHoustonRegionissaturatedwithindustrialpollutionandchemicalsafetyrisks. q5-6millionlbs.of“illegal”airpollutionreleasedeachyear(on average) qUnknownadoption/implementationofbestavailablecontrol technology among “badactors” q97%ofviolationsnotenforcedinTexas q800,000childrenliveorgotoschoolwithinchemicaldanger zones q There is one chemical accident in Houston every six weekswith nosystematictoxicalertnotificationsysteminplace qFossil-fueldominanteconomyandindustryisexpanding qInadequatelandusepoliciesthatallowthesitingofhazardous facilities near vulnerablegroups q More toxic pollution is released annually in the Houston MetropolitanareathanthetopfiveMetropolitaneconomies combined

  4. Communitiesofcolorandlow-incomeneighborhoodscontinuetobearthebruntofthepublic healthandsafetyrisksposedbyanuncheckedindustrialcomplex.

  5. TheHoustonRegioncontinuestoembraceirresponsibledevelopmentandtransportation planningpracticesthatprioritizescars. Houston Air QualityContext q HarrisCountyhasthehighestvehiclemilestraveled (VMT)inTexasandthepopulationisgrowing q Majorityofemissionsarealreadyfromtransportation sources(automobiles) q Publictransit(andothermodesoftransportation)is limited throughout theregion q Allocationoftransportationfundingisheavilyskewed toward highwayinfrastructure q Minimaladoptionofelectricvehiclesamong governmental andorganizational fleets q 80,000Houston-areachildrenattendschoolsin traffic-related air pollution(TRAP) zones

  6. TheHoustonRegioncontinuestoperpetuateshortsighted“planning”decisionsthatfavor developerswhilecementingourrelianceoncarsandacceleratingclimatechange. DisplacesBusinesses Air Quality WillBe Worse Makes FloodingWorse Waste of Taxpayer $ Destroys Parks ErasesCulture

  7. Buildinghealthfromthegroundup. Coalition Researchand Education Media Advocacy Mobilizing

  8. Thewholeisgreaterthanthesumofitsparts. Air AllianceHouston AvenueCDC Bayou CityWaterkeeper BayouPreservation BikeHouston Buffalo Bayou Partnership Citizens' Transportation Coalition (CTC) Downtown District Eastwood CivicAssociation Freedman's TownPreservation Committee Friends of Woodland Park Galveston Bay Keeper Germantown HistoricDistrict Greater EastEnd Greater Heights SuperNeighborhood 15 Greater NorthsideManagement District Harris County CommissionerRodney Ellis HeritageSociety Hermann ParkConservancy Housing for Houston Houston Parks Board KinderFoundation LINKHouston Lower Brazos RiverWatch Montie Beach Civic Club Montrose District Museum Park Super Neighborhood66 Saint ArnoldBrewing Company Scenic Houston Trees for Houston Memorial ParkSuper Neighborhood22 White OakBayou Association Winlow Place Civic Club Woodland Heights Civic Association ...andyou!

  9. Evidencematters.

  10. Children atrisk. Proximity tohighway Physiology ofchildren Communitycharacteristics

  11. Youhaveavoice,useit(andletthemediahelpyou).

  12. Theworldisbeforeyouandyouneednottakeitorleaveitasitwaswhenyoucamein.–JamesA.BaldwinTheworldisbeforeyouandyouneednottakeitorleaveitasitwaswhenyoucamein.–JamesA.Baldwin

  13. AAH & Make I-45 Better Coalition Summary ofActivities July2017 Note: this timeline doesNOT capture ALL of the activities of AAH& the Make I-45 Coalition on this issue. Coalition letter toTxDOT August2017 10 elected officialssubmit letter toTxDOT Early2018 Five Issue-Based Briefingsby Coalition and Other Community Stakeholders to TxDOT HoustonDistrict April2018 Meeting ofCoalition, TxDOT Houston, and CommissionerRyan July2018 AAHreceivesfundingfortheHIA Coalition to TxDOT, RE: NHHIP – TechnicalReports Review September2018 HIAstakeholder“kick-off” meeting

  14. AAH & Make I-45 Better Coalition Summary ofActivities Spring 2018 - Spring2019 AAH conducts HIA in partnership with and significant help from LINK Houston, Texas Housers,and LSLA Note: this timeline doesNOT capture ALL of the activities of AAH& the Make I-45 Coalition on this issue. Spring 2018 – Spring2019 Ongoing and regularmeetings with electedofficials, TxDOT, and otherdecision-makers June - July2019 Stop I-45 Coalition isformed HIAReportpressconferenceatCityHall CityofHoustonlaunchesI-45stakeholderworkgroupmeetings July2019 Op-edreleasedintheHoustonChroniclebylocalengineer Allgroupslaunchthe“DelaytheVote”campaign H-GACTPCapproves$100millionTxDOT fundingrequestforSegment2 H-GACTPCapproves$50millionforcommunity mitigations August2019 MayorTurnerandotherelectedofficialssubmit letter toH-GAC HarrisCountyCommissioners Court unanimously passesthe “NHHIPResolution” August – December2019 City of Houston launches community engagementmeetings APApeerreviewofI-45designand recommendations forimprovement

  15. These decisions impact how WELL welive… Latinosoftenlackaccesstoequitabletransportations. Latinosarelesslikelytohaveapersonalvehicle. Latinos are more likely than their peers to depend on public transit or other drivers to get to jobs, doctor appointments,etc.,allwhilefacingunreliableridesand longercommutes. Latinosfacecostandreliabilitychallengesusingpublic transit, which impactshealth. Source: The State of Latino Housing, Transportation, and Green Space: A Research Reviewhttps://salud-america.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Fact-Sheet-Transit-2019.pdf

  16. ….and how LONG welive. SocialContext:Therearemajor According to thesedata, life expectancy ranges from 65.7 to 89.1 years - an inequity of nearly twenty three anda half years between neighborhoods in Houston.

  17. Thevision.

  18. Questions? Bakeyah Nelson bnelson@airalliancehouston.org 18

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