The American Lung Association: Championing Clean Air for All
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This session will explore strategic advocacy approaches to advance clean air policies that protect public health and promote environmental justice. Attendees will learn how to support state and local efforts to reduce air pollution, transition to zero-emission vehicles and clean energy, and improve air quality monitoring—especially in communities most impacted by pollution and climate change.
Speaker Bio:
Kristina Hamilton, MPH, Director of Advocacy for Illinois and Iowa for the American Lung Association. Kristina earned her bachelor’s degree in history and African American Studies at the University of Virginia and her master’s degree in health policy and administration at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) where she is also an adjunct lecturer in the UIC School of Public Health.Based in Chicago, Kristina leads all public policy efforts in Illinois and Iowa related to lung health issues, including tobacco use prevention and control, healthcare access, air quality, and lung disease treatment and awareness. Since beginning her full-time work with the Lung Association in 2014, Kristina’s legislative successes include helping to pass laws to require Illinois Medicaid to cover tobacco cessation counseling, fund lung cancer screening and tobacco prevention programs in Illinois & much more. [Trim down as needed, please!]