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July 9, 2008

Kate Davies to Chair Children's Environmental Health
Advisory Board

Kate Davies, director of Antioch University Seattle's Center for Creative Change, was elected to chair the advisory board of directors for the Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) at its annual retreat recently.

The organization is a nationally recognized leader in environmental health and features programs devoted to new collaborative research, educational and policy initiatives. Among them:

• The Learning and Developmental Disability Initiative is a network of nearly 200 organizations and individuals whose aim is to reduce exposures to pollutants that could undermine healthy brain development.

• The Partnership for Children's Health and the Environment, a coalition committed to sharing information and incubating initiatives on children's environmental health, has more than 270 North American organizations and leaders in government, academic and community sectors.

• In Washington state, ICEH coordinates the Collaborative on Health and the Environment – Washington, a regional project with more than 310 participants committed to reducing environmental contaminants.

Davies, M.A., D. Phil., is a member of the Collaborative's steering committee, has more than 25 years of environmental experience and is a frequent speaker at local, regional and international conferences. She is also a faculty member in the Environment and Community program at Antioch and a published writer. Davies is at work on a book with the provisional title, "Making Change: Ideas, Values and Strategies for Building the New Progressive Movement."

About Antioch
At Antioch University Seattle, adult learners find innovative, individualized programs with a commitment not only to academic excellence, but also to community service and social justice. Antioch is an accredited university in downtown Seattle. You'll find numerous master's degrees, a B.A. completion program in liberal studies, a doctorate in clinical psychology plus teaching and other certificates.

Antioch was founded in 1852 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Horace Mann, noted abolitionist and first president of Antioch College, gave a charge to the class of 1859 that is repeated to each Antioch graduating class: "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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