Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis on Women for a Healthy Environment's trailblazing & transformative action (S06EP05)

We Can Be - The Heinz Endowments · Dec 10, 2025 · 39m

Heinz Endowments President and “We Can Be” host Chris DeCardy welcomes Women for a Healthy Environment Executive Director Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis to “We Can Be.”

In 2007 a group of about 20 women attended an information-sharing conference in Pittsburgh that addressed links between environmental factors and women’s health. After the gathering, they determined that there was a need for continued questions and answers, research and community organizing. Three years later, with support from The Heinz Endowments, Women for a Healthy Environment was born.

“When Women for a Healthy Environment…