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Children’s Health: A link between Allergies, Asthma and School Attendance
By Marcia Anderson Cockroach allergens are linked to children’s asthma Many schools have shown a high incidence of students missing valuable school days due to asthma and allergies. In many of the same...
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Local “Change Agent” a Catalyst for Transformation
by Blase Leven Jack Crumbly meeting with representatives from potential funding organizations; organized by KSU TAB, on April 1, 2015. Harriet Tubman, one of America’s greatest change agents, is...
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EJ2020: Defining New Goals for the coming years
By Mustafa Santiago Ali Realizing environmental justice for all people, regardless of their race, income or educational status is a long journey. It will not come overnight, but EPA made an important...
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A Brighter Future for My Community and Yours: A Mayor’s Perspective
By Lisa A. Wong (c) 2015 Sentinel & Enterprise. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Digital First Media. Fitchburg, Massachusetts, is a wonderful community that built its foundation...
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Help Shape the Future of EJ at EPA: Participate in Webinars on EJ 2020 and...
by Charles Lee Too often, America’s low-income and minority communities bear the brunt of our country’s pollution. These environmental and public health threats make it harder for kids with asthma to...
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Enhancing the Implementation of Human Rights – the Key Role of NGOs
by Brielle Green “I’m just going to Geneva, Switzerland to lobby United Nations (UN) member-states on U.S. environmental justice issues,” my friend said mocking me, “I don’t completely understand what...
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Choosing Public Health in the U.S./Mexico Border City of Laredo, Texas
by Hector Gonzalez, M.D.MPH The City of Laredo, Texas is the gateway city on the border between the United States and Mexico. The city has four international bridges crossing the Rio Grande that...
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Building Community Resiliency by Training the Next Generation
by Patrick A. Barnes In 2011, the first of the baby boomers reached retirement age. And for the foreseeable future, boomers will be retiring at a rate of 10,000 a day, nearly a quarter million a...
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Integrating Environmental Justice Into Our Work
By Cynthia Giles and Jim Jones We work to achieve our mission to protect public health and the environment in a myriad of ways by providing for grants to states, incentive programs, and technical...
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Real Time Monitoring: A Game-Changer for Industrial Fence Line Communities
by Eduardo (Jay) Olaguer, PhD I often hear people say they would like better tools to measure air pollution, especially in industrial fence line communities where environmental justice issues are...
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EPA-State Collaboration Expands Opportunity for Shared Results
by John Linc Stine Addressing inequities so that all citizens can pursue healthy and fulfilling lives is one of our most important jobs in public service. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has challenged...
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Local “Change Agent” a Catalyst for Transformation
by Blase Leven Jack Crumbly meeting with representatives from potential funding organizations; organized by KSU TAB, on April 1, 2015. Harriet Tubman, one of America’s greatest change agents, is...
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20/20 Vision: Inspiring Us to Act
By Jalonne White-Newsome I’ve been wearing glasses since the age of five because my vision has always been pretty bad. So I was surprised when my eye doctor told me during my last exam that my vision...
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Shaping a More Sustainable and Socially Just Future
By Sue Briggum Many U.S. companies take pride in being more “sustainable” by reducing environmental impacts and engaging constructively with the communities in which they operate and the customers they...
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Strength in Numbers: Tackling Environmental Challenges By Collaborating with...
by Johnny DuPree Rural communities in Mississippi face a seemingly insurmountable number of challenges to gaining access to a variety of resources. Access to healthcare and infrastructure is...
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Transforming Reflections into Action: Civil Society and Human Rights
The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (source: US Mission Geneva) By Danny Gogal For the second time in nearly five years, the United States reported to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council...
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County Health Rankings: A Breath of Fresh Air
By Donald F. Schwarz Air pollution has long moved on from being a concern reserved for proactive environmentalists. Today, it has become a more visible personal health issue for millions of families...
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Meaningful Implementation Requires Meaningful Involvement
By Tom B.K. Goldtooth About the Author: Tom B. K. Goldtooth is the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, formed in 1990 to address environmental and economic justice issues. Mr....
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Your Voice Matters! Help Shape How Federal Agencies Move Forward on...
By Mustafa Santiago Ali About the author: Mustafa Ali is the Senior Advisor to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for Environmental Justice and Community Revitalization. Public forums in which community...
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