April 2025 Health Equity Updates
Health Equity Updates, by Elana Brochin
Health Equity Committee
At our most recent Health Equity Committee meeting we continued our conversation about the intersection of Health Equity and Environmental Justice with partners from the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Round Table. The Health Equity Committee will be meeting next on Monday June 16th at 2pm. Please contact Elana (elanab@macdc.org) if you’d like to join us.
Massachusetts Healthy Homes Program Briefing
We partnered with the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Roundtable to hold a legislative briefing focused on two indoor air quality bills and funding for the Massachusetts Healthy Homes Program (MHHP). MACDC’s Director of Health Equity, Elana Brochin, and Revitalize CDC’s Assistant Manager of HRSN Healthy Homes, Aneida Molina Flores, were among the speakers at this well-attended briefing. Please see attached press release. Please contact Elana (elanab@macdc.org) if you'd like to join our next MHHP Coalition meeting.
Housing Quality and Health Equity Initiative Expanding Focus to Lynn, New Bedford, and Worcester
For the first two years of our Housing Quality and Health Equity Initiative we focused our community engagement efforts on an initial cohort of Gateway Cities: Brockton, Springfield, and Holyoke. For the next two years we will be working in a second cohort of Gateway Cities, including Lynn, New Bedford and Worcester. We are excited to be collaborating with CDCs, community members, and municipal officials in each of these cities.
Lead Paint Webinar
The Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) is hosting a webinar for property owners on how to identify and address lead paint in their homes and in rental units they own. This webinar will be provided in an online format and will feature speakers from the MA Department of Public Health, local rehabilitation agencies, lenders, and others. The webinar is free, but registration is required.
Please note the webinar is strictly educational in nature, not regulatory. MACDC will not share the names or email addresses of registrants with anyone.
Date and time of the webinar: May 1st 6-8 pm EST
Registration link: Healthy Homes Webinar
For outreach materials (in Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole) or general questions about the webinar, you can reach out to Grace Dowling from MACDC, at graced@macdc.org