The number of Dearborn students becoming involved in more activism and learning development committees is increasing each year and the Environmental Health Research-to-Action (EHRA) Academy under Healthy Dearborn has empowered Dearborn high school and college preparatory students to take action in the health concerns facing Dearborn’s Southend.
Developed by two U of M-Dearborn faculty members, Natalie Sampson, Ph.D and Carmel Price, Ph.D, EHRA address environmental health disparities experienced by residents. The founding mechanism was introduced in early community meetings with a strong interest from community leaders and residents in addressing environmental health disparities through the methods of research and activism.
