April 7, 2020
Melissa Damico, a second-year Ohio University Honors Tutorial College (HTC) environmental studies student, was recently featured in online publication, The Athens Effect, regarding her initiative, the Grey-Green Alliance.
Damico is a research apprentice through HTC, where she works alongside Dr. Geoffrey Dabelko , professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. After taking an interest in the impact of climate change on older adults, Damico founded the Grey-Green Alliance, a resource of climate change knowledge and emergency preparedness for older adults living in Franklin County, Ohio.
“I provide them with a checklist … and tools to effectively work through that checklist so they weren’t overwhelmed,” she told The Athens Effect. “Every time you look at an emergency preparedness guide, I feel like you’d get so overwhelmed when you’re an older adult trying to prepare.”
Damico is currently working to broaden the reach of the Grey-Green Alliance to Athens and more. Her goal is to turn it into a nonprofit by the time she graduates in 2022.
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