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ANHE Regional Forum: South

Over 400 ANHE Members in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas are working to [Insert blurb from Regional Organizer]. We host events, share information about what’s going on, and create opportunities for nurses to talk to their legislators and each other about all things environmental health.

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Meet Your South Regional Forum Organizer

LaDonna Gaines, DNP, MPH, RN, CSPI (She/Her)

LaDonna Gaines, DNP, MPH, RN, CSPI is the Administrative Director of the Alabama Poison Information Center located at Childrenโ€™s of Alabama in Birmingham. She has been a nurse for 19 years. She has worked as a Hematology/Oncology Staff Nurse, Medical Case Manager, and a Specialist in Poison Information throughout her career. Her public health concentration is environmental health and toxicology. She is a 2022-2023 Fellow of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE), a 2023-2024 Mentor for the ANHE Fellowship program, and a recent member of the Climate Advocacy Lab’s Climate + Health Peer Learning Circle, 2023-2024. She sits on the Advisory Board of Nurse Heroes for Zero.

Highlights

Join the ANHE South Regional Forum on April 24th at Earth Through Our Eyes: A Climate & Environmental Justice Arts Showcase

Come experience a powerful showcase of art highlighting the urgent need for climate and environmental justice in Birmingham. Learn more and Reserve your spot here.ย 

April 29-30, 2025 – Upcoming Virtual Workshop: The โ€œWhatโ€ of Systems Transformation: Anchoring Climate Action in Health

Join the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for the first of four information-gathering workshops to inform the Commission developing theย Roadmap for Transformative Action to Achieve Health for All at Net-Zero Emissions. Learn more here.ย