Environmental Health Action Committee Education Coordinator
Term: 2026-2027
Action Committee overview: Environmental Health
The Environmental Health Action Committee is responsible for executing AMSA’s programming and advocacy efforts regarding environmental justice, climate change action, Earth Day, etc. AMSA, back in the late 60s, played a major role in the establishment of Earth Day, which became recognized in 1970, on an international level. More recently, climate change has only been touched on by other action committees. However, given the breadth and importance of environmental health, AMSA established the Environmental Health Action Committee in 2019. This Action Committee has begun to fill the present void and continues to raise awareness as climate change remains a pressing matter in the lives of our future patients.
Position description
Education Coordinators are understood to serve within the larger context of AMSA’s Advocacy and Action work. Leveraging their areas of expertise, they will engage in the following in close consultation with AMSA’s Legislative Affairs Director:
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- Organize and lead Advocacy Grand Round sessions, which explicitly connect health policy and lived experience, helping members to gain a comprehensive contextual understanding and foundational literacy necessary to meaningfully precede directed advocacy efforts. Grounded first in education, advocacy aims can be targeted, clear, and shaped for meaningful impact.
- Develop and maintain educational resources, including but not limited to case-based educational offerings, utilizing both student voices and subject-matter experts to deliver lectures, panels, and interactive material that translates medical and health justice education for future physician knowledge, empowerment, and change.
- Build a deeply thoughtful bridge between Advocacy & Action, the AMSA Academy, and AMSA’s Scholars Programs, positioning members to deepen their understanding of health justice and human rights, alongside building a practice of critical reflection on contemporary social, political, and clinical realities.
- Oversee the alignment of committee-specific projects with AMSA’s primary organizational priorities, thoughtfully integrating pillar deliverables into all initiatives.
