____________________________________ 2015 Summer Institute for Public Health Practice August 3, 2015 Tao Kwan-Gett, UW NWCPHP (host/facilitator) Alberto J. Rodríguez, DRCC/TAG Mike O’Brien, City of Seattle Bill Daniell, UW School of Public Health

In 2001, the EPA listed the Duwamish River as one of America’s most toxic waste sites.

Lead Mercury Arsenic Cadmium Chromium Copper Silver Zinc PCBs Dioxins Anthracene Fluorene Fluoranthene Naphthalene Phenol Pyrene Pentachlorophenol N-Nitrosodiphenylamine Benzo(g,h,I,)perylene Benzoic acid Benzyl Acid Benyl alcohol Dibenzofuran Hexachlorobenzene cPAHs: - Benz(a)anthracene - Benzo(a)pyrene - Benzo(b,k)fluoranthenes - Dibenz(a,h)anthracene - Indeno (1,2,3-cd)pyrene - Chrysene Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 1,4-dichlorobenzene 2.4-dimethylphenol 2-methylnaphthalene Diethyl phthalate Di-n-octyl phthalate Butybenzyl phthalate Phenanthrene

EJ & inequities

Two meetings (3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.) Food Simultaneous interpretation in Vietnamese Public testimony in four (4) different languages 162 attendees Georgetown

In partnership with Concord Int’l School Four (4) different languages Food TTickets to the Seattle Aquarium Art Coloring maps* Comments corner 246 attendees (~90% submitted comments) Multilingual Public Meeting and Community Workshop

“Being here is like being in the United Nations!”

Community Capacity, Leadership, and Power Building In partnership with GACC, Duwamish Artist Residency and Sandbox Sports 50-foot model Community members presenting in six (6) different stations Food TTickets to the Seattle Aquarium Art Comments corner 129 attendees The Duwamish River in 3-D

“Amazing job, & you are setting the bar very high for future public meetings on all topics!!!”

2, ,350+ (1,270+)

Duwamish Valley Healthy Communities Initiative

Key instrument to promote equity in regards to the river cleanup and beyond!

Seattle Resolution related to the Duwamish Waterway Cleanup and the health of communities adjacent to the Lower Duwamish Waterway King County Motion related to the Lower Duwamish waterway cleanup and the health of communities adjacent to the Lower Duwamish Waterway Left to Right: Macklemore, Jasmine Marwaha and Councilmember Mike O'Brien, thank advocates Rein Attemann and James Rasmussen

University of Washington researchers teamed up with Puget Sound Sage and neighborhood residents to measure diesel pollution in South Seattle