About EHRA

About EHRA

The cornerstone of EHRA has been the EHRA Academy for youth ages 16 to 18. The EHRA Academy formed in response to community concerns about air quality issues.  Now in its 5th year, the EHRA summer academies entailed 2.5 intensive weeks of active learning, including:

The Process of EHRA

In past years, teams of Fellows were matched with local leaders to help them coordinate and deliver a community presentation on air pollution using local data and with recommendations for reducing environmental health impacts. Fellows gave community presentations to, 

More of EHRA

However, EHRA is more than our youth academies. For example, we host EHRA Talks, which is a virtual series by youth and for youth eager to address the environmental and social justice issues in Dearborn, MI and beyond.  


We are also working to translate agency documents into plain language -- keeping the scientific quality yet helping to ensure readability so the general public can engage in environmental decision-making in their community. 


EHRA is community-centered.  The EHRA founders includes representatives from several community, academic, health care, government, and faith-based organizations. 

EHRA Founders

Mahdi Ali - President

American Moslem Society

Sara Gleicher - Retired Project Manager

Healthy Dearborn, Beaumont Health

David Norwood

Deputy Director

Municipal Services Department, 

City of Canton

Ali Baleed Almaklani - Executive Director

Yemen American Benevolent Association  

Nicholas Leonard - Executive Director

Great Lakes Environmental Law Center

Carmel Price

Associate Professor of Sociology

University of Michigan - Dearborn

EHRA Co-Founder

Karima Alwishah - Community Member

EHRA Co-Founder

Samra'a Luqman - Community Member


Natalie Sampson

Associate Professor of Public Health

University of Michigan - Dearborn

EHRA Co-Founder

Dennis Archambault - VP of Public Affairs

Authority Health

Adel Mozip - Community Member


Madiha Tariq 

Deputy Director

ACCESS Community Health & Research Center

EHRA Team Members

EHRA has been blessed to work with extremely talented undergraduate students who have been essential to the success of EHRA.  

Amani Abuelenain

EHRA Research Assistant

Sara Almuktar

EHRA Plain Language Research Assistant 

Zeina Reda 

EHRA Youth Coordinator

Ilham Saleh

EHRA Research Assistant

EHRA works in partnership with:

Past Supporters of  EHRA:

The EHRA Academy is supported by Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (NIEHS RO1ES022616, RO1ES032389) & the Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease (NIEHS P30ES017885)