PEHKA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides a range of education, research, and advocacy services to promote healthy environments, knowledge development of the public, and support for research capacity building of local community groups and organizations. Services are provided directly or as a result of linkages developed as a part of services.
We partner with community members and can serve as an incubator to help newly organizing or reorganizing neighborhood groups through our programs:
Our Programs
Collaborative Community and Campus Partnerships are grounded by core components of community-based collaborative research (CBCR) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) to guide our partnerships and advance principles of mutual decision-making.
Community and Environmental Health and Environmental Justice (CEHEJ) works with communities threatened by toxic exposures and inequality associated with poor health outcomes.
Learning Environments, Evaluation, and Design (LEE&D) assists in visioning, classroom design, evaluation, online and onsite community education programs, and the creation of healthy and sustainable schools.
Sustainable, Healthy Built Environments (SHBE) provides community education and resources on indoor environments to address building related illness such as asthma and create socially responsible and sustainable places.
Through connections between grassroots, community, government, and higher education sources, opportunities emerge for innovation, creative choices for action, and empowerment.
Learn more about our services and partnering with PEHKA by emailing us at: pehkainfo@gmail.com
