1) Assignment: Review the equity report and add any comments/edits by end of next week (Feb 2). Then Kayla will finalize and circulate it (Kayla: Post on the Hive Equity group, email to leaders@cancerfreeeconomy.com, add to the newsletter.)

 2023 CFE Equity Report (Working…[Read more]

Earlier this week, I sent the message below to CFE’s Executive Committee letting them know that, after six rewarding and meaningful years, January 31st will be my last day as CFE’s Strategic Director. We’ve all discussed CFE’s fiscal crisis for some time now,…[Read more]

David Ropeik, a former environmental journalist and retired instructor in the environmental management program at Harvard University’s School of Continuing Education, is the aut…[Read more]

1. VOTE: New Member applications from Jayla Burton and Rosalba Ramirez (2 min)
   1. Approved
2. VOTE: Proposal for new MarketShift structure and focus (10 min) (Kayla)
   1. Approved

This event is coming up before out next newsletter, so I wanted to make sure you saw it!

Our next CHE Café: Multisolving for climate, chemicals & health, will take place Thursday, January 25 at 11am PT/1pm ET. This discussion, co-hosted with The New School at Commonweal, will feature biologist and systems thinker Dr. Elizabeth Sawin…[Read more]

Here is our report on CFE’s Peer to Peer Fundraising pilot project with Causematch. While the experience was disappointing from a financial perspective, members reported learning a great deal. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback.

Best,

Debra

Thanks for participating in this pilot project! Please see the report on our experience here.

Let me know if you have any additional feedback or insights.

Best,

Debra

CFE’s 2024 Executive Committee (Kayla Williams, Jamie San Andres and Audrey Tran Lam) will have its first meeting of the year on Thursday. The agenda includes two votes:

VOTE: New Member applications from Jayla Burton and Rosalba Ramirez

VOTE: Proposal for new MarketShift structure and focus

If you’d like to offer feedback into…[Read more]

Here’s what’s happening next week at your network:

Monday, 1/8 at 2pm ET: Our 4th Emerging Leaders Cohort officially launches with a social hour! (Contact Andrea and/or Haleemah)

Wednesday, 1/10 at noon ET:  Pesticides project meeting (Contact…[Read more]

I wanted to give you all an update on our end of year fundraising campaign. We had a big $7000 match challenge from network leaders, and while we didn’t completely meet that challenge, we wound up with our biggest EOY campaign total ever (by a long…[Read more]

So sorry for the delay in posting our meeting notes and next steps. See the next steps below and PLEASE TAKE ACTION on item #1 right away!!

Next Steps:

1. 1. ALL LEADERS:  Share CFE’s EOY event with your audiences and on social media. Help us meet our $7000 leadership match challenge!!  Dec 14th, 12 pm ET/ 9 am PT will have a live s…

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Andrea previously served as CFE’s Policy/Legal Coordinator and will soon be starting as Co-Program Manager for our fourth Emerging Leaders Cohort!

$75,000 – $80,000 a year – Full-time

Apply now

EMERALD CITIES COLLABORATIVE BACKGROUND

The Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) is a national non-profit organization that partners with labor unions, community organizations, social justice advocates, development intermediaries, research and technical a…[Read more]

As we enter the season of gratitude, let me express just how very grateful I am for each and every one of you who participates in this network and contributes to making the world a safer, healthier and more just place. It’s a privilege to be associated with you.

It’s a short week coming up, but there are still some things on the…[Read more]

We didn’t receive these in time to include in the newsletter, but there are lots of exciting webinars coming up!
Greetings CHE Community,
Thanks to all who joined us for last week’s discussion of environmental justice and the global plastics treaty. The speakers highlighted key issues on the table as negotiations get underway in…[Read more]

Hello,

My name is Jessica Trowbridge I am an Associate Researcher with PRHE’s Science and Policy Team.  I am reaching out because EPA has requested nomination for the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to review “the revised Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulat…[Read more]

We had a short check in/Q&A session today. You can see the notes here.

This is our last group check in. If you have any questions or need help moving forward, please reach out to Bini directly. He is eager to help you!

Please keep a look out for an email from me to schedule a group debrief.

Good luck with your campaigns!!

Monday, 11/6 at 2 ET – Household Cleaners Health & Safety Lab (contact Ana)

11/6 at 4 ET – Peer to Peer Fundraising Campaign Check In w/Causematch (contact Debra)

Wednesday, 11/8 at…[Read more]

We will be rescheduling our standing mtgs to try to find a time that works for more team members. Please keep an eye out for a Doodle!

ICYMI, we agreed to push back the countdown clock so that it ends on November 15 at 11:59pm. You can let your ambassadors know that we’ve extended the deadline, so if they haven’t gotten started yet, now is their chance.

For folks who agreed to be Ambassadors, but haven’t done anything, Bini suggests reaching out to see if they’d…[Read more]

[Debra Erenberg (she/they)] 16:04:39
It’s great to see a lot of you at the membership. Meeting last week. I’m Just recovering, but going on vacation tomorrow, so happy about that.

[Debra Erenberg (she/they)] 16:04:50
And I’ll pass it over to Ellen.

[Ellen Goldberg,…[Read more]

Usually I save interesting articles for the newsletter, but I couldn’t wait to share this piece by Kristina Marusic that uplifts the work of CFE and several of our members. Please share widely!

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Let’s prevent everyday exposures that increase our risk

Hope to see you at the Membership…[Read more]

As promised HERE is the link for all the creative material that Raimy created for CFE Network. You can use this as a template for your own organization’s materials.

[Hannah @ CEHN] 16:04:19
They’re like on standby and they’re ready to jump in but they know because of everything going on last week for us.

[Hannah @ CEHN] 16:04:25
That I’m currently working on the ambassador, our ambassador in book now and we’ll have more information to them at the beginning of this week or by…[Read more]

In case you hadn’t noticed, next week is a BIG one at CFE!  We’re having our annual virtual membership meeting Wednesday – Friday from 12 to 5 ET. Please join us for as much as you can! Check out our great agenda, and be sure to register so we know when to expect you! The meeting will feature important discussions about how we move…[Read more]

Here’s the recording from today’s meeting. Also, just sharing that Bini had a great suggestion that we use the graphic image from our campaign page as our zoom background to build interest.

Access the video…[Read more]

Here’s what’s happening next week at your network:

Monday, 10/9 – Indigenous Peoples Day (CFE offices closed)

Tuesday, 10/10 at noon ET – Peer to Peer Fundraising (Causematch) check in

Wednesday, 10/11 at noon ET – Pesticides team meeting

Other reminders:

CFE’s Membership Meeting is 10/18-20. Please attend as much as you can! Reg…[Read more]

Next steps and requests:

1. We’ll continue these discussions about the network’s future (sy…

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CFE and the Childhood Cancer Prevention Initiative are supporting the upcoming Childhood Cancer Prevention Symposium. If you’re in or near DC, please consider attending this live event. Either way, please use the toolkit to help promote this event to your audiences who may be interested.

Find the complete agenda, sponsorship…[Read more]

We’re rescheduling next week’s call to Tuesday, 10/10 because of the Indigenous People’s Day holiday. During this meeting, we’d love to hear from you all where things stand with your campaign planning, challenges, and updates. Please join if you can, let’s all learn from and support each other!

Pasting the latest update and link…[Read more]

Fellows will meet with national leaders well-versed in health, healthcare pol…[Read more]

I hope you’re planning to join us for a very important webinar next week:

Changing the System toward a Cancer Free Economy. Session 2: Moving from an Extractive to a Regenerative Economy 

October 3rd, 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET

All CFE members are invited to join us on October 3rd for a reflective and participatory discussion about the tr…[Read more]

Audrey Tran Lam, CFE’s At Large Network Council member, and her family welcomed their son, Aurelo Simone, on September 21st in the very early morning. Audrey reports that he was 15 days past his due date, and labor wasn’t much shorter…Eight pounds, five ounces. Twenty inches long. Lots of hair. C…[Read more]

CFE’s annual membership meeting is a great chance to learn more about what’s going on across the network, connect with and learn from your fellow members, and help shape the future of our work together. This year’s virtual meeting will be held October 18-20 from 12-5 ET, with the 18th being reserved for optional content and…[Read more]

Are you ready to step into a new level of leadership at CFE? We are currently accepting nominations for a two-year position as an At Large member of CFE’s governing Network Council. At Large representatives are elected by -and represent – CFE’s membership as a whole. If you’re interested in running, please fill out this…[Read more]

1. VOTE: TIMBER Membership application Approved
2. VOTE: Building Power & Action Fund application (honoraria for systems change webinar speakers)- Approved
3. VOTE: Revise membership guidelines to remove asset map survey requirement, and remove this aspect of our removal process.- Approved
4. VOTE: (Membership Renewal) Allow until the end…

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Here’s what’s happening next week at CFE:

Monday, 9/18 at 12 ET: X-Node PFAS team meeting (Contact Molly or Kayla)

Monday at 2 ET: Household Cleaners Health & Safety Lab (Contact Ana or Augustine)

Tuesday, 9/19 at 12 ET: Climate, Toxics, Health & Safety project monthly meeting (Contact Jamie)

Friday, 9/22 at 10am ET:…[Read more]

[bini maryles] 16:03:06
To discuss in this manner from here out It’s much more of you know, you know, tasks and tactics and some of the media strategies to put into place.

[bini maryles] 16:03:16
We could schedule a couple of more of what I would call open AMA sessions. For everybody where we could just sort of jump on together.

[bini…[Read more]