Community Lead Awareness Sessions

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EPA is partnering with communities across the country to host a series of free educational sessions on the dangers of lead and how to reduce and prevent lead exposure. These sessions are based on the Lead Awareness Curriculum, and will be held in English and Spanish.

Lower IQ, slowed or stunted growth, and hearing problems are just some of the long-lasting health effects caused by even low levels of lead in children. The good news is that there are many actions you can take to reduce and prevent potential lead exposure.

EPA’s upcoming lead awareness sessions will provide:

• Important information about lead exposure and its impacts on health;
• Specific actions to protect children and communities from lead exposure;
• Practical resources in English and Spanish; and
• Opportunity to network with other community leaders and members with shared interests.

Everyone is Welcome!

If you are a community member interested in learning more about lead, join EPA for an Understanding Lead session to learn about lead, its impacts, and actions to reduce and prevent potential lead exposure.

Community leaders who have experience educating and training members of their communities and would like to educate others about lead, join EPA for a Lead Awareness Curriculum Train-the-Trainer session. This includes community health workers, environmental staff, faith-based leaders, tribal leaders and representatives, social workers, and anyone else interested in educating others about lead. Participants will learn how to use and modify the Lead Awareness Curriculum to educate their communities about lead, lead exposure, and actions to reduce and prevent childhood lead exposure. Attendees will receive a digital certificate of participation after completing the session. Prior knowledge of lead or lead exposure is not needed to use the curriculum.

How to Participate

Check out the upcoming Lead Awareness Curriculum sessions below. Click “Register” to sign up. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with additional session details. If you would like to register by phone, call (888) 254-0818.

Take the first step in protecting your community from lead exposure. We also have upcoming sessions in Spanish.

Location	Date & Time	Session	Language	Click for Details
Kansas Migrant Education Program, Salina, KS	Tuesday, December 10, 2024	Understanding Lead	English	N/A

Resources for the Lead Awareness Curriculum Sessions

• Download PDFs of the Understanding Lead presentation (English and Spanish) and the Train-the-Trainer presentation (English and Spanish).
• These sessions use the Lead Awareness in Indian Country: Keeping Our Children Healthy! curriculum (commonly referred to as the Lead Awareness Curriculum)

The Lead Awareness Curriculum sessions are part of the Community Lead Awareness segment of EPA’s Enhancing Lead-Safe Work Practices through Education and Outreach (ELSWPEO) initiative.

Sessions Completed in 2024

• NAACP Central Delaware, Dover, DE, December 4, 2024
• Community Housing Development Corporation, N. Richmond, CA, November 20, 2024
• Region XI AIAN Head Start Program, November 20, 2024
• Kansas City Health Department Community Wellness Ambassadors, Kansas City, MO, November 20 & November 21, 2024
• Los Angeles Department of Public Health Works, November 19, 2024
• Region 10 Head Start Program, November 12, 2024
• New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors, November 6, 2024
• Region 5 Head Start Conference, Chicago, IL, November 7, 2024
• Region 2 Head Start Conference, St. Thomas, USVI, October 29-30, 2024
• Harris County, TX, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, October 24, 2024
• Utah Department of Health & Human Services, , October 23, 2024
• Lincoln, NE, October 23, 2024
• Lincoln, NE NeighborWorks, October 23, 2024
• Lincoln NE, Healthcare Professionals, October 23, 2024
• Lincoln-Lancaster, NE Health Department, October 22, 2024
• Eliminating Health Disparities Conference, York, NE, October 16, 2024
• Hastings, NE, October 17, 2024
• PEHSU's Pediatric Environmental Health Grand Rounds, October 17, 2024
• Region 6 Head Start Lunch & Learn, October 9, 2024
• Morgan County (CO) Partnership for Children and Families, October 8, 2024 
• McPherson (KS) Housing Coalition,  September 26, 2024
• Delaware Early Childhood Partners, Dover, DE, September 25, 2024
• Safe Homes, Healthy Lives: Lead Detection and Community Wellness, Martinsdale-Brightwood Neighborhood in Indianapolis , IN, September 21, 2024
• Community Housing Development Corporation, N. Richmond, CA, September 18, 2024
• Kentucky Health & Family Services, Department of Public Health, Louisville, KY, September 16, 2024
• Wyoming Lead Action Committee, September 12, 2024
• Campesinos Sin Fronteras Somerton, AZ, August 30, 2024
• Comite Civico del Valle, Brawley, CA, August 28-29, 2024
• Latin American Community Center Wilmington, DE, August 26, 2024
• Tribal Lands and Environment Forum in Eugene, OR, August 12, 2024
• Dent County Health Center, Salem, MO, August 1, 2024
• Healthy Learnings Environment Conference, Laredo, TX, July 23, 2024
• New Britain YWCA Youth Development, New Britain, CT, July 11, 2024
• Region 11 Head Start Program, July 10, 2024
• Capital Region Education Council, Hartford, CT, June 26, 2024 
• Río Piedreas, PR, Administración para el Cuidado y Desarrollo Integral de la Niñez (ACUDEN), June 20, 2024
• National Train-the-Trainer Webinars, June 12 & 25, 2024
• Little Village, Chicago, IL, June 5-6, 2024
• Region 7 Head Start Conference, June 6, 2024
• Laredo Public Health Department (virtual), June 5, 2024
• San Juan, PR, ACUDEN, June 4, 2024
• Rochester, NY Lead Inspectors, May 28, 2024
• Indian Nations Meeting, Akwesasne, NY, May 21, 2024
• Africatown, Mobile, AL May 14 & 16, 2024
• Mobile, AL, May 15, 2024
• R2 Head Start, May 2, 2024
• Catawba Nation, SC, April 19-20, 2024
• Washington, DC, April 17, 2024
• R2 Head Start, April 16, 2024
• Cleveland Heights, OH, April 12-13, 2024
• New Orleans, LA, April 11, 2024
• New Mexico Office of Community Health Workers Tribal/Northern Training Collaborative, April 9, 2024
• Dallas, TX, April 2-4, 2024
• Anchorage, AK, March 28-29, 2024
• Boise Flower and Garden Show, March 22, 2024
• Boise, ID, March 21, 2024
• Twin Falls, ID, March 20, 2024
• Idaho Falls, ID, March 19, 2024
• Pocatello, ID, March 19, 2024
• Manchester, NH, March 17, 2024
• Washington, DC, February 26, 2024
• New Mexico OCHW Metro/Central Training Collaborative, February 20, 2024
• Hattiesburg, MS, February 10, 2024
• North Charleston, SC, January 19-20, 2024

Sessions Completed in 2023

• Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services, December 14, 2023
• Well Connected/Front Porch, December 5, 2023
• Rhode Island Head Start Programs, November 16, 2023
• Well Connected/Front Porch, November 15, 2023
• Vermont Head Start Programs, November 14, 2023
• El Paso, TX, November 13-15, 2023
• A.Y.U.D.A. Inc. (San Elizario, TX), November 13-14, 2023
• Ponce Municipality, PR, November 9, 2023
• Salinas Municipality, PR, November 8, 2023
• San Luis Valley, CO, November 8, 2023
• Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Hayward, CA, November 3, 2023
• Montana Health Agencies, November 2, 2023
• Ventura County, CA, November 2, 2023
• Massachusetts Head Start Programs, November 1, 2023
• Cleveland, OH, October 27, 2023
• Connecticut Head Start Programs, October 27, 2023
• St. Louis, MO, October 25, 2023
• NLPPW National Webinars in Spanish and English, October 24-25, 2023
• Maine Head Start Programs, October 23, 2023
• Siler City, NC, October 19
• New Hampshire Head Start Programs, October 19, 2023
• Albany, NY, October 18 and 19, 2023
• New England Head Start Programs, October 16, 2023 
• Scottsbluff, NE, October 12, 2023
• Grand Island, NE, October 11, 2023
• Kearney, NE, October 10, 2023
• Newark, NJ, September 28 and October 5, 2023
• Vermont, October 4, 2023
• Butte, MT, September 28, 2023
• Helena, MT, September 27, 2023
• Fremont, CA, September 25, 2023 
• San Leandro, CA, September 23, 2023
• San Luis Valley, CO, September 21, 2023
• Springfield, MO, September 21, 2023
• Tribal Children's Health Symposium,  September 20, 2023
• Pueblo, CO, September 19, 2023
• Biddeford, ME, September 16, 2023
• Chester, PA, September 14, 2023
• Cincinnati, OH, September 12, 2023
• Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, OK), September 7, 2023
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Pearl River, MS), September 5-6, 2023
• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa (Belcourt, ND), August 29, 2023
• Evansville, IN, August 22-23, 2023
• Kansas City, MO, August 16-17, 2023
• Toledo, OH, August 17, 2023
• Chelsea, MA, July 27, 2023
• Mesquite, NM, July 25, 2023
• New Orleans, LA, July 12-14, 2023
• McAlester, OK, July 11, 2023
• Durant, OK, July 10, 2023
• Memphis, TN, June 15-16, 2023
• Washington, D.C., June 12-13, 2023
• Region 10 Tribal Environmental Leaders Symposium, June 8, 2023
• Adams County, CO, May 24, 2023
• Warwick, RI, May 18, 2023
• Atlanta, GA, May 6, 2023
• Honolulu, HI, April 25, 2023
• Waterbury, CT, March 30, 2023
• National  Spanish Webinars, March 28 and April 4, 2023
• Waterbury, CT, March 21, 2023
• Miami, FL, February 28 and March 1-2, 2023