Advocacy Project: Healthy People/ THOMAS

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020:

Objective:   EH-22 Increase the number of States, Territories, Tribes, and the District of Columbia that monitor             diseases or conditions that can be caused by exposure to environmental hazards
Sub-Objective:
     EH-22.2 Pesticide poisoning
Baseline:   28 States monitored pesticide poisoning in 2009
Target:     56 States, Territories, and the District of Columbia

Target-Setting Method:  Total Coverage

Data Source:   Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) State Reportable Conditions Data Inventory

THOMAS:

H.R.3323.IH
Title: Freeing Agriculture to Reap More Act (Introduced by the House)
Sponsor:  Representative Bob, Gibbs
CoSponsor: 137
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2011 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
 Recommendations: Vote for No Freeing Agriculture to Reap More Act
My Political Representatives:
    Representative John Kline
    Representative Collin Peterson
    Representative Timothy Walz

Share & Voice: Environmental Justice

I was looking at this Environmental Justice website and I think that it's really neat. It contains a lot of information on what is being done to help the environment. I really like how they talk about the need for everyone to get involved. There are a whole bunch of links that you can visit on the website that talk about all the various things that they are doing and have done to help the environment. This website just has a ton of information on it that you can look at. You can even look at what is being done in our area. Like in how Minnesota is communicating with Environmental Justice issues on a regular basis. This website has numerous links on it which all contain lots of information on them

One of the links that I looked at on this website was "Plan EJ 2014" which is all about how environmental justice is going to be integrated in the EPA's programs, policies, and activities. This will hopefully advance environmental justice in the EPA and also the federal government as well. I think this is a really good idea to get some of the major companies and people involved in helping out.

I think that this would be a good website for the class to check out because not only does it contain information on what we are doing on a national level to help in the environment but there are also links so that you can see what is going on in your state and your area.

Advocacy Project: My Political Representatives

I don't pay much attention to politics so this activity was a good one for me to do. While looking for the information needed for this post I read a little extra just for fun.

Political Leaders:







President: Barrack Obama
Political Affiliation: Democrat
Website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama










Governor:
    Name- Mark Dayton
    Political Affiliation- Democrat Farm Labor
    Contact Info-
         Address:    Office of the Governor 
                          130 State Capitol 
                          75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 
                          St. Paul, MN 55155

       
         Phone:       651-201-3400


         Fax:          651-797-1850 








Senators:


        Name- Al Franken
        Political Affiliation- Democrat farm labor
        Contact Info-
              Address:   60 East Plato Blvd
                               Suite 220
                               St. Paul, MN
                               55107

             Phone:     651- 221-1016

Name- Amy Klobuchar
Political Affiliation- Democrat farm labor
Contact Info-
     Address: 1200 Washington Avenue South
                    Room 250
                    Minneapolis, MN
                    55415

     Phone:     612-727-5220

     Fax:         612-727-5223














House of Representatives:




Name- Thomas Huntley
Political Affiliation-Democrat farm labor
Contact Info-
      Address:
             351 State Office Building
             100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
             Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
      Phone:
             651-296-2228


      Email:
            rep.thomas.huntley@house.mn





Name- Roger Reinert
Political Affiliation- Democrat Farm Labor
Contact Info-
       Address:

100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.               State Office Building, Room 149               St. Paul, MN 55155-1206

       Phone:
           651.296.4188
       Email:
           sen.roger.reinert@senate.mn





Name- Chip Cravaak
Political Affiliation- Republican
Contact Info-
      Address:
           Cravaack for Congress Campaign Committee
           P.O. Box 951
           North Branch, MN 55056-0951
     Phone:
           651.317.9245