Note: A copy of the Nov. 2022 email sent to the Harrisburg NAACP Environmental Committee follows. Hyperlinks for prior Committee updates changed to references to their titles.
Hi, <Redacted>.
If not an inconvenience for them at this time of the school year, then I'm available to meet with the two environmental science students. Feel free to give them my email address and phone number if they don't have them. Or you can give me their contact info if you have it. I think my term as chair of the Committee expires in the middle of next year, and I chose not to run for another term. Nonetheless, I have several proposals that I still want to make good on. During an August branch meeting, I shared my desire to reach out to the City's Shade Tree Program for: 1) Consideration of planting a tree canopy along South Cameron Street, and 2) A pilot program (with PPL) to cut back tree limbs from power lines in low-income neighborhoods See Environmental Committee: Tree Canopy on Cameron Street Flood Zone below. As referenced in the second point, PPL is another entity I'd like to reach out to (and/or UGI, if servicing a specified neighborhood). The next month, in September, I offered to draft a letter of tentative support for HB1178, which seeks to maximize grant funding for volunteer fire departments in PA. This year, I've had a couple of trainings in writing op-eds and therefore wanted to make the letter more personable to the lay legislator. For the sake of time, however, I'll sum up the points I've already made in September. See Environmental Committee: Pa. Volunteer Firefighters below. In regard to the animated cartoon on fire safety, I've found an application with which to create it. It's a little costly and, as mentioned in October, I'm financing without branch funds; therefore, I hope to produce it, then screen it for you in February. See Environmental Committee: Fire Safety Cartoon, III below. Over the next 2 weeks, I'll catch up on every Post article you've gifted me. Again, thank you for the articles; I appreciate them! I'll also provide a little feedback on each. And if you ever want to co-write an opinion piece for publication in a local media outlet, then count me in! Until we meet again, Jubalyn ExWilliams Chair | Environmental Committee Harrisburg NAACP XXX-XXX-XXXX
The founding Environmental Committee of the Harrisburg NAACP popularizes awareness for fire safety & prevention in the City of Harrisburg. Upon its formal conception in March 2021, the Committee has been developing a free educational product for young learners about non-arson house fires.
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Related: Environmental Committee: Tree Canopy on Cameron Street Flood Zone (Aug. 2022)
Related: Environmental Committee: Pa. Volunteer Firefighters (Sept. 2022) Related: Environmental Committee: Fire Safety Cartoon, III (Oct. 2022) Related: Environmental Committee: Founding Objectives at Harrisburg NAACP Branch (2/2 Jun. 2021) Related: Environmental Committee: Proposal on Harrisburg Fire Safety, Prevention (Mar. 2021) |