E-Newsletter 4.2 – Environmental Justice Advocacy, Race, and Poverty (Part II)
May 15, 2009 (posted by ElektroMoose)Welcome to the second part of our e-newsletter series on environmental justice advocacy, race, and poverty. This e-newsletter highlights two case studies of environmental justice advocacy conducted in Northern California and details a successful university-community-advocate partnership to combat environmental and regional injustice. The three contributing authors to this e-newsletter each bring their own unique perspective to environmental justice work. We hope that you will find their articles informative and inspiring. Enjoy!
A case study of environmental justice work in West Oakland, Helen H. Kang, Golden Gate University School of Law
Infrastructure and environmental justice: a case study of the Hurley Way Revitalization Project, Graham Brownstein, Environmental Council of Sacramento
Building collaborative communities: the Center for Regional Change and the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis, Maggie La Rochelle, Jonathan London, Julie Sze, University of California, Davis
Recent posts:
- Two new law review articles on environmental justice and implicit bias in the judiciary
- Minorities, immigrants and homeownership
- Law school admission rates for African American and Latino students lag
- More about stereotype threat and what can be done to close the achievement gap
- Disparate impact on graduation rates of students of color caused by the California High School Exit Exam
- Magic and mind science
- MCLE training on the use of frames in race equity advocacy
- Sample slides from course to train trainers on social cognition and mind science
- “The House We Live In”
- Presentation on the use of GIS in advocacy at the UC Davis Law School
- An analysis of Parents Involved in Community Schools from a psychosocial perspective
- Poverty and gay, lesbian, and bisexual couples of color
- New Orleans multi-family housing moratorium struck down as racially discriminatory
- Oakland shooting raises questions of life and death
- Filed under: Environmental Justice, REP
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