San Antonio faces an extreme heat crisis! Last year was the hottest year in at least 125,000 years. The last 10 years have all ranked among the hottest years on record. This excess heat is being primarily driven by planet-warming gases from industry and concurrent deforestation at home and around the world. This dangerous trend continues in 2024, breaking heat records through winter and into spring. We are in a climate emergency. Elected leaders aren't doing enough to prepare and protect our communities. Journalists too often aren’t communicating the full story of climate breakdown. In San Antonio and Bexar County, our health agencies aren’t even keeping track of who is dying from the heat.
Deceleration assembled this community forum to discuss local heat impacts, understand policies that could help keep our communities safe, network and support mutual aid efforts, and develop campaigns to navigate Earth’s changes. We welcomed three speakers who are experts in the fields of heat and public health and engaged in reducing the suffering this heat is causing. Following that was a community circle, where a clear interest in a One Health model-or integrated community health paradigm-was articulated.
Panelists Included:
Rose Jones, Medical Anthropologist
Adelita Cantu, UTHSC-SA, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Lotus Rios, Harlandale Sunshine Pantry
4:34-Panel Introductions
10:00-Adelita Cantu
21:50-Rose Jones
30:08-Lotus Rios
42:55-Community Circle
There was tabling by resilience and mutual aid organizations, individuals, and agencies followed by community dialogue to develop community-led solutions.
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