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SUMMARY:National Healthy Schools Day
DESCRIPTION:Since 2002\, parents\, teachers\, school nurses\, custodians\, advocates\, and agencies have promoted National Healthy Schools Day activities nationwide.
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SUMMARY:Game-Changing Federal Legislation for Healthy Schools
DESCRIPTION:Remarks by Congressman Paul Tonko (NY) focusing on the bipartisan Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act (H.R. 5123). Moderated by Tracy Washington Enger\, MS\, Healthy Schools Network\, and EPA Indoor Air Division (retired). \n  \nSession Focus: \n\nIndoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act (H.R. 5123)\nLegislative outlook for 2026 and beyond\n\n  \nREGISTER \n \nCongressman Paul D. Tonko is a ninth-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives\, representing New York’s 20th Congressional District in the Capital Region\, including the cities of Albany\, Amsterdam\, Schenectady\, Troy\, Saratoga Springs. \nHe has dedicated his career in public service to bettering the lives of those in his district with meaningful legislation that creates good jobs\, strengthens the middle class\, and drives economic opportunity. Tonko is the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment\, in addition to serving on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations. \nThis 119th Congress\, he was selected to serve on the House Committee on the Budget. He also serves as Democratic Deputy Whip for Policy that works on the coordination and planning of the House Democratic Caucus’s policy. \nAlong with his committee duties\, Tonko co-chairs the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC)\, and the Addiction\, Treatment\, and Recovery (ATR) Caucus. \nPrior to serving in Congress\, he was the president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Before that\, he served in the New York State Assembly for 25 years\, serving for 15 years as Chairman of the Committee on Energy. \nTonko graduated from Clarkson University with a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering and is a former engineer for the New York State Public Service Commission. \n  \nTracy Washington Enger\, MSJ is an experienced senior leadership coach and change agent\, with 35-years of federal service that includes experience designing\, developing\, and leading major environmental\, health and community development programs and initiatives with Peace Corps and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. \nAs a servant leader\, Tracy coordinated and implemented numerous national public/private collaborations\, partnerships\, and communities of practice. Tracy has coached thousands of emerging local community leaders to transform their unique skills\, commitment\, and passion into dramatic\, measurable results for their schools\, communities and the country. \nTracy’s particular passion is for designing and facilitating dynamic\, action-learning events that advance goals\, surface new opportunities\, and reshape the strategic landscape to build strong\, resilient teams. \nTracy was born in Wilmington\, North Carolina and grew up in Cleveland\, Ohio\, Tracy earned a BS and MS in Journalism from Ohio University in Athens\, Ohio. Tracy served in the Peace Corps where she taught English literature and language in Sierra Leone\, West Africa\, and is a graduate of the Newfield Network Coaching Program and the Georgetown Facilitation Certification Program.
URL:https://healthyschools.org/event/game-changing-federal-legislation-for-healthy-schools/
CATEGORIES:NHSD 2026
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SUMMARY:The Movement at 30: Reflections & the Road Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Capstone event celebrating National Healthy Schools Day with a conversation reflecting on the evolution of the healthy schools movement and identifying priorities for the next decade. Featured panelists include Lynn Goldman\, MD\, MPH\, MS\, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Dean Emeritus\, Milken Institute School of Public Health\, George Washington University\, and former Assistant Administrator\, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\, and William Datema\, DrPH\, MS\, MCHES\, Chief Executive Officer\, Society for Public Health Education and President-Elect\, National PTA. Moderated by Claire Barnett\, MBA\, founder and former Executive Director\, Healthy Schools Network. \n  \nFeatured Speakers: \n\nLynn Goldman\, MD\, MPH\, MS\, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Dean Emeritus\, Milken Institute School of Public Health\, George Washington University\, and former Assistant Administrator\, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\nWilliam Datema\, DrPH\, MS\, MCHES\, Chief Executive Officer\, Society for Public Health Education\, and President-Elect\, National PTA \n\n  \nSession Focus: \n\nKey milestones and achievements of the healthy schools movement over the past 30 years\nEmerging challenges for children’s environmental health in schools\nPriorities for the next decade\nBuilding momentum for the next phase of the healthy schools movement\n\n  \nREGISTER \n  \nLynn R. Goldman M.D\, M.S.\, M.P.H. is Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University; served as the Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Public Health 2010-2025 \nFormer Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency  \nLynn R. Goldman\, a pediatrician and an epidemiologist\, is the Michael and Lori Milken Dean and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. She is a renowned expert in pediatric environmental health and chemicals policy. Dr. Goldman has contributed academic scholarship that has helped shape this field of study. She also has translated research to policy by writing policy analyses and congressional testimony in service of successful efforts by Congress to enact reforms to federal pesticide law (the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act) and federal chemicals law (the 2016 Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century).  \nPreviously\, Dr. Goldman was Professor of Environmental Health Sciences at the Bloomberg School of Public Health\, Johns Hopkins University (1999–2010); Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\, where she directed the Office of Chemical Safety and Prevention (1993–1998); and Chief of the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control (as well as other positions) at the California Department of Public Health.  \nDr. Goldman is a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and received the NAM Walsh McDermott Award for service to the academy. She is a recipient of the Heinz Award for Global Environmental Change and the American Public Health Association Environment Section’s Homer M. Calver Award. She has received alumna awards from Hopkins (Woodrow Wilson Award for Excellence in Government and Society of Scholars); UC San Francisco (150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award); and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health (Alumna of the Year and its Influential Alumni Award). Dr. Goldman serves on the Environmental Defense Fund Board of Trustees; the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health Executive Committee; and Past Chair of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. She has served on advisory committees to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Council\, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA. \nDr. Goldman earned her BS and MS from UC Berkeley\, an MD from UC San Francisco; an MPH from Johns Hopkins University; and completed her pediatric residency training at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland \n  \nDr. William Datema was elected as National PTA president-elect in June 2023. During his term\, Dr. Datema is committed to developing leaders and strengthening national support for state and local units. Starting as a student member\, Datema has been a PTA member for over 45 years. He has served as National PTA secretary-treasurer (2021-2023)\, two terms on the National PTA Board of Directors\, one term on the National PTA Nominating and Leadership Recruitment Committee (NLRC) and various other terms on national\, state and local committees. \nDatema has served in education and public health for over 40 years\, including service from local to international levels. He has held several national leadership positions including chief of the Program Development and Services Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health\, director of partnerships for children’s health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston\, and executive director of the Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education in Washington\, DC. Datema has also served as a board member for various levels of nonprofits and is the United States representative for the UNESCO Chair–Global Health and Education. \nHe holds a Doctor of Public Health from the University of Georgia and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Missouri State University. Datema has presented in 48 states and 12 other nations and has authored and contributed to several publications. He is a father of four children and grandfather of two. \n  \nClaire Barnett\, MBA\, Senior Adviser\, is the founder and former Executive Director of the Healthy Schools Network. Under her leadership\, Healthy Schools Network established its Information and Referral service for parents and others focused on protecting children’s environmental health and learning. Also established: the national Coalition for Healthier Schools; a collaboration on chemical policy reform in schools; NewsSlice\, an online news service for the healthy schools community; National Healthy Schools Day\, a day to encourage healthier facilities; and National Healthy Schools Hero Awards. \nIn 2017\, she received the William K. Reilly Award from American University School of Public Affairs for Environmental Leadership\, and the American Public Health Association’s David P. Rall Award for contributions to public health through science-based advocacy. The Network has received awards from US EPA for IAQ; a Green Apple Award from the Collaborative for High Performance Schools; a National Partner Award from Green Seal; and recognition from New Orleans’ Walter A Cohen Alumni Association for saving the historic African American high school from demolition post-Katrina. In 2025\, Barnett received the Mount Holyoke College Alum Association Achievement Award for instituting sweeping policy changes in New York and nationally. She received her BA (psychology) from Mount Holyoke College and MBA (health systems) from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She lives in upstate New York; her two sons and their families are in Colorado. \n 
URL:https://healthyschools.org/event/the-movement-at-30-reflections-the-road-ahead/
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