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| about grassroots: our story |
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Grassroots is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 by Patti and Doug Wood. Patti is an educator, author and environmental advocate, and serves as a Visiting Scholar at Adelphi University where she lectures on environmental health at the School of Nursing and in the Department of Chemistry. Doug is a composer, author and documentary filmmaker, former President of the Production Music Association and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). "When I first got involved with the issue of environmental toxins and I realized the impact they were having on innocent people - especially children and their families - I knew we had to do something," says Patti. "Parents of young children are instinctively protective, so we focus much of our work on reaching this group." "Real change in environmental health will come from the bottom up, not the top down," says Doug. "We're not depending on regulation or legislation to fix these problems. This is a case where the leaders will follow if the people will lead, so our mission is to help the people lead."
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