2025 Air Quality Awareness Week

Clear the Air Press Conference + Policy Platform roll out. Hosted by: Clear the Air Cumulative Impact Workgroup

Join Arboretum Detroit and Clear The Air in learning about how trees contribute to our air quality, while we take action as we plant dozens of Giant Sequoias and native understory trees and shrubs. This Filter Forest will be a vegetative buffer along one of the busiest streets in our neighborhood, on the South end of the Arboretum’s network of parks.

We will meet at the Neighborhood Tree Nursery at 3300 Farnsworth st., dig up trees and move to the planting location at 3371 E Warren.

Ocelot Print Shop will provide a live screen printing experience, so you can go home with a t-shirt to rep for clean air and trees!

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Join us to walk from Patterson Park to Clark park to hand out flyers to attendees.

Hosted by: Clear the Air in Partners Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision (SDEV)

Panel Discussion: How do communities organize around air quality?

Hear from local organizers, legal advocates, and environmental activists around the power of community led air quality data. This conversation Monday night will prep residents to submit a public comment Tuesday morning. 

Facilitated by JustAir

Panelists:
Nick Leonard, Great Lakes Environmental Law Center
George Perdue, Schoolcraft concrete crushing zoning
Mark Covington, Georgia St Collective/DHCBHE

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City Council Public Comment at Formal Session

The meeting starts at 10am, but it’s best to arrive early to go through security and get your name in for comment. We will meet at Eastside Community Network at 9am for those interested in carpooling in the van.

Zoom Link: https://detroitmi.gov/Online-CC-Meeting

Join us for an exclusive film screening of Descendant at New Lab in Michigan Central on Wednesday, May 7th at 5:30 PM! Hosted by the Green Door Initiative, this captivating event will take you on a powerful journey through history and culture. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this thought-provoking film in a vibrant Detroit setting. Reserve your spot today and support Air Quality Awareness Week initiatives!

Hosted by: Green Door Initiative (GDI)

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As part of their course Environmental and Social Justice: A Place-Based Perspective, HNRS 4302 students at Western Michigan University are hosting a virtual screening of Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air. This powerful film delves into the history of the Clean Air Act and the ongoing fight for air quality in communities affected by environmental injustice.  The screening, followed by a discussion, offers a timely opportunity to engage with the continued challenges in achieving healthy air for all. This virtual event is free and open to the public.

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Join us at Vámonos for a film screening of Unbreathable in English with Spanish Subtitles. Refreshments included.

Hosted by: Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision

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Wayne County Health, Human, and Veteran Services [HHVS] will be distributing mobile air quality monitors and digital inhalers for eligible Wayne County residents. At this distribution event, community health partners will be tabling to share more about their public health and air quality programs.

Hosted by: JustAir

Go for a bike ride with us to tour some of the pollution our community struggles with as well as community groups that are addressing air quality and promoting environmental justice. Exact route tbd, but we will likely have 3-4 stops and bike around 7-8 miles total. There will be a support van following the group to help with traffic management and provide respite if needed. We will provide snacks and water for the ride. We will have 10 portable air monitors to ride with and engage riders along the way around what their monitors are picking up.

Hosted by: Clear the Air in Partnership with Eastside Community Network 

*Rain Date: May 22, 2025 from 5-7:30 pm

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