May 2018: Citizen Science in NYC School Communities Symposium

For the past year, NYC middle school teachers and their students have been collecting and analyzing air quality data from their neighborhoods using Air Beams as part of the “Citizen Science in NYC School Communities” project funded by the NYS Pollution Prevention Institute. On April 28th, 2018 the Mount Sinai CEC staff (Maida Galvez & Luz Guel), the Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation, CUNY Center for Urban Environmental Reform, and NYCDOHMH, led a one-day symposium where the students and teachers presented their pollution prevention plans. The students presented and proposed innovative solutions to air pollution to community leaders, city agencies, and parents in hope of informing public health interventions that promote healthy communities.