The Way FORWARD: 2026 Children’s Environmental Health Day Youth Symposium
Students across New York State present their community-based work for local environmental justice.
Climate change and environmental pollution are causing preventable disease.
Resource-poor communities are unjustly impacted.
Youth leaders on the frontlines can lead us toward justice.
Moderators: Mary Bisogno and Sena Knopf, Ambassadors from Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (Long Island)
Part 1
Participants:
Cafeteria Culture (New York City)
“School Cafeteria Food Waste Prevention + Local Composting”
6th graders from PS/MS 46
Albany Cornell Cooperative Extension & Albany Medical Center (Capital Region)
“Healthy Homes Program Analysis”
Kamryn Kershaw
BridgeUp Health (NYC)
“Congestion Pricing in NYC”
Nozanin Mardoni
Starflower Experiences (Long Island)
“Zero Hero”
Christopher Turnier
Part 2
Participants:
Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service & Nullary Care (New York City)
“Cada Paso: Training Champions for Change in East Harlem”
Khadijah Ahearn
Sana Arshad
Grace Kenny
Kaila Reynolds
Comité Diálogo Ambiental (Puerto Rico)
“”Pollution Sampling in the Jobos Bay Watershed in Salinas, Puerto Rico”
Abdiel Colón Maldondo
Jerrimar Ortiz
Yonkers Partners in Education (Hudson Valley)
“Measuring Kitchen Ventilation Effectiveness for CO2 Pollution from Gas Stove Cooking”
Titan Ifedigbo
“The Effect of a Semi-Regular E-Waste Collection Drive on the Amount of Electronic Waste Collected”
Noora Adili
Youanna Tenisa
“Correlation of HOLC redlining and Voting Turnout of Modern Communities”
Brandon Roman