October 11, 2018 was proclaimed the first Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day in New York State, in conjunction with the launch of the NYS Children’s Environmental Health Centers (NYSCHECK). This is an archive of past Children’s Environmental Health Day presentations and celebrations.
This year Children’s Environmental Health Day is on Thursday, October 9th, 2025.
For a map of CEH Day activities see the bottom of this page: https://cehday.org/ Add your own!
2025 NYSCHECK CEH Day Celebration
Click here for the highlights of the day.
Some of the participants were:
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Alan Woolf, MD, MPH Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Alexandra Kranidis & Lynley Siag (NYS Children’s Asthma Initiative)
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Yelissa Alvarez, Jennifer Arcila and Daouda Diarrassouba (AIRnyc)
2025 CEH Day Events Around the Network
Hudson Valley – Westchester received a 2025 CEH Day Proclamation!
Upstate – Syracuse received a CEH Day proclamation from their Mayor! Click to enlarge.
2025 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
Here is the Gallery of all the entries.
NYSCHECK.org sought creative people of all ages to share their visions of what a healthy community looks like.
They created original artwork that captured their vision in one of two categories:
Healthy Communities – What do homes, neighborhoods and places that are healthy for people look like?
Fast Fashion – What can you tell us about the problems and solutions for the rapid production and disposal of clothing that contributes to climate change and pollution?
2025 Youth Symposium
On Wednesday October 8th, 2025 4pm (The day before CEH Day) the Youth Symposium was held out of New York.
Thanks to the amazing participants and hosts! The footage will be posted soon.
The Way FORWARD: Youth Symposium on Climate and Environmental Justice
Children from around the state share their work making healthy places for healthy people.
Participants:
BluePrint Geneva: Air Quality Monitoring
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition with the Capital Region and Central Children’s Environmental Health Centers: Enhancing Rural Resources with Diversified Communication Strategies
BridgeUP (NY Public Libraries): Air Pollution in NYC
Rochester Ecology Partners with the Finger Lakes Children’s Environmental Health Center: Health Ambassadors (EHA) Summer Program
Pleasantville High School with the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley: Lead in the Blood, Nothing on the Plate: Risks of Lead Exposure Among Food-Insecure Youth
Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE): Predicting Air Quality for Climate Justice; Measuring Climate Anxiety Across Age Groups
Co-Moderated by Sena Knopf and Claire Parks
Senior Ambassadors, Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (HBCAC).
2024 and Past Archive Below
The Way Forward 2024 Youth Symposium on Climate and Environmental Justice
Update:
We’ve completed the Youth Symposium for this year.
Please see the video archive page where the video is posted in two parts.
2024 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
See the Showcase.
2024 Other Events
We have just received an official Children’s Environmental Health Day Proclamation from Senator Serrano!
For Children’s Environmental Health Day at Mount Sinai NYC this year, Dr. Nathan Graber gave a presentation – Pediatric Policy: Persistence, Perseverance, Perseveration, Patience, and Perspiration. Enabling a better world for kids.
Link to the Presentation.
Link on Instagram for more.
There is a great overview map of all CEH Day activities nationally on the cehday.org site. Scroll down to see the map
Let’s talk about Children’s Environmental Health!
#CEHchat 2024 was held on October 9 at 12 pm ET, hosted by Children’s Environmental Health Day, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Eco-Healthy Child Care, and the Climate Mental Health Network.
All individuals and organizations who work for clean air and water, safer food and products, and healthier places for children to live, learn, and play are invited to join Children’s Environmental Health Chat 2024!
The Chat was held on multiple channels by the Children’s Environmental Health Network.
The questions and answers can be seen here:
2023
Our third annual Youth Symposium on Environmental and Climate Justice was held on October 11, 2023.
See the video
2023 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
See the results of the Showcase.
This year we are teaming up with Enviro-Art #clearskies.
For every piece submitted, member pediatricians will donate 1 tree to be planted through the Eden Reforestation Project, up to 10,000 trees.
2022
Our second Youth Symposium on Environmental and Climate Justice was held on October 12 from 5-6 pm.
See the video
2022 Art Showcase: Celebrate Children’s Environmental Health Day by sharing your vision
See the results of the Showcase.
Environmental health includes factors relating to clean air, water and food; chemicals in consumer products; healthy homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods; as well as energy, transportation and financial networks. Communities of color and communities with less wealth are disproportionally affected by adverse environmental health factors.
2021
Youth Symposium on Environmental & Climate Justice
Featuring presentations from:
Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning Schools (WHEELS) – Clean Air Green Corridor Initiative
Cyclopedia – Climate Resilience in East Harlem
Cafeteria Culture – Data + Action for Zero Waste in Schools
Envision the Environment 2021 Art Showcase
The NYS Children’s Environmental Health Centers are seeking creative people of all ages to share their visions of what a healthy community looks like as we move forward through the COVID-19 era.
2020
NYS Children’s Environmental Health Day 2020
Climate Solutions for Child Health & Equity with Aparna Bole and Udai Tambar (VP Community Health, Northwell)
Climate and Community Resilience
Legislative Advocacy with Elie Ward (American Academy of Pediatrics District II) and Kathy Curtis (Clean and Healthy NY)
2019
Children’s Environmental Health Day 2019
Mt Sinai and NYSCECH hosted a wonderful event in honor of the 2nd Annual Children’s Environmental Health Day!
Art Contest Results 2019
The New York State Children’s Environmental Health Centers (NYSCEHC) were looking for creative young artists to submit their original artwork to the NYSCEHC Art Contest.
