Marcalee Alexander

Background

About Marcalee Alexander

Organizer of Climate Health 2023 an international hybrid meeting dedicated to promoting community and insuring access to information about climate change and health from students throughout the spectrum of people's careers, Editor in Chief, The Journal of Climate Change and Health. Founder of the Green Route Aiding Healthy Adaptation and Mitigation-the Graham originally known as Canada to Key West. This walking journey from Campobello Island in Canada to Key West, Florida will resume 2/24/24 with a goal of obtaining signatures on the Healthy Living Spaces letter. The purpose of the walk is to raise awareness of the need for sidewalks, greenspace and accessibility for people around the world. I also developed the concept of Day for Tomorrow, October 22-a day for people all over the world to come together in community to prepare for extreme weather and climate change. I am the Editor-In-Chief of Telerehabilitation Principles in Practice and the founder of Sustain Our Abilities, the only 501c3 that focuses on education of rehabilitation professionals about climate change and the issues of people with disabilities and brings together rehabilitation professionals and people with disabilities from six continents to work on this topic. A visionary with experience in nonprofit, for profit, academic, community and government health care settings. An experienced international speaker with a background in research, program development, leadership, and patient care. First female president of the American Spinal Injury Association 2005-2007. ELUM 2004. Author Sexual Sustainability: A Guide to having a Great Sex Life with a Spinal Cord Disorder, also available in Spanish, Italian, Hindi and Greek and More Sex Less Drugs.