Voices in Advocacy: Hanna Beightley

A message from Healthy Homes Program Manager at Women for a Healthy Environment

Women for a Healthy Environment is a nonprofit organization that addresses environmental exposures that impact public health. Through community programming, technical assistance, and advocacy, we focus on creating healthy homes, schools, early learning centers, and communities across the southwestern PA region and the state of PA.

OUR MISSION

To educate and empower community members to act as ambassadors about environmental risks so they can make healthy choices for themselves and their families, and advocate for change for a better tomorrow.

OUR PROGRAMS

HEALTHY HOMES

Delivers community-based presentations and workshops that help create a healthy home environment, conducts healthy home checkups to identify environmental hazards in the home and connect families to additional support.

HEALTHY SCHOOLS PA

Assesses environmental risk factors in schools and keeps children's environment free from toxins and helps children thrive and learn. Some of these risk factors include cleaning supplies, mold, building renovations, bus idling, maintenance equipment, pesticides or radon. 

HEALTHY CENTERS

Helps establish early learning centers that are not only clean and safe, but hazard free; we ensure this through providing guidance and funding on lead and radon testing, professional development opportunities, and certifications that will improve the health of children & staff.

HEALTH POLICY

Examines key environmental health issues and presents opportunities for local, state, and federal policy change that can create healthier homes, schools, and early learning centers.

 To learn more and get involved visit WomenForAHealthyEnvironment.org !