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Health Equity Framework in Practice: Communities Energized for Health

By Theresa Boschert, JD | June 12, 2018
Project Director, ETR

I’d like to tell you a story about a woman I’ll call Minnie. She’s a single mom with two pre-school aged children. She called my office one day asking for help about her housing situation.

Minnie and her children lived in a second floor apartment in a privately owned low rent housing unit. She was routinely sleeping in her car with her kids because her downstairs neighbor came home from work each day around 6 PM and began smoking. By nine o’clock, her children, one of whom had asthma, were coughing and having problems breathing.

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Smoke-Free Housing: A Social Justice Issue

Smoke-Free Housing: A Social Justice Issue

By ETR | March 21, 2019

Last year, ETR Program Manager Theresa Boschert wrote a post for us about smoke-free housing as a social justice issue. Smoke-free multi-unit housing is now the rule for federally funded public housing. It’s a good idea for all multi-unit housing.

In the video below, Theresa has a conversation with Administrative Specialist Crystal Mantle about why these policies are important, how tenants feel about these rules, and the fact that tenants have been a driving force behind the changes. They also talk about why the shift to outdoor smoking is a foundational issue of social justice.

 

ETR is proud of the outstanding work of our staff in the Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC). Our team supports educators and advocates within California and across the nation. You can see examples of some of their work at our website, and check out the current TECC online catalog here.

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