Cameron Clarke
Organizer, Writer, and Medical Student in Harlem, NYC
Cameron Clarke
Organizer, Writer, and Medical Student in Harlem, NYC
Cameron D. Clarke is a health, housing, and environmental justice organizer and medical student, currently based in Harlem, NYC.
Originally from Jersey City, Cameron studied health education and biology at Howard University in Washington, DC, and subsequently earned masters degrees in social and public policy from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Cameron has worked in public health and health education at various levels at the Baltimore Health Department, Planned Parenthood, Children's National Hospital, the National Institutes of Health, the United States Congress, and the DC Superintendent of Education, among others.
Since starting medical school, Cameron has worked as an Equity and Justice Fellow, as a volunteer with the Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership, a student run clinic serving unhoused and uninsured residents in Harlem.
In addition, Cameron helped to found and currently organizes with New York City Against Segregated Healthcare (NYCASH) - a citywide student-led coalition opposing racism in the healthcare system. At the state level, Cameron participated in campaigns to win eviction protections for renters, charity care standards for uninsured patients at hospitals, compensation for survivors of medical abuse, and an end to the expansion of subsidized fossil fuel infrastructure in New York State.
This fall, Cameron returned from a 2-year leave of absence from medical school where he served as a Environmental Health fellow at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a Harlem-based community and environmental organization.
At WE ACT, Cameron led the organization’s asthma policy and advocacy efforts, wrote a toolkit for community organizations engaging in community based participatory research on asthma outcomes, and crafted a statewide policy agenda for asthma prevention, treatment, and management.
In addition, Cameron wrote and led workshops on climate change resiliency, extreme weather and disaster preparedness, and taught a course on environmental justice for graduate students and community members as an adjunct professor at CUNY School of Public Health.
Currently, Cameron serves as a fellow at Physicians for a National Health Program, and as the Co-Chair of the Health and Environment Committee for Manhattan Community Board 9 (encompassing West Harlem and Morningside Heights). Outside of his community work, Cameron enjoys rock climbing, cycling, hiking, and gardening.
Articles:
Feature in the Washington Post - 2016
Interview with NBC Washington - 2016