It’s Native American Heritage Month, everyone. Let’s take some time to celebrate our fellow Americans this month and to learn more about the environmental justice issues that plague Indigenous communities.

Find a Native Tribe near you:

https://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislators/quad-caucus/list-of-federal-and-state-recognized-tribes.aspx

Start following these accounts:

@najournalists
@DinaGWhit

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Last week was National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Too often, lead exposure has compromised the health and wellbeing of communities of color. We need to talk about it.

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This is our first installment of “Notes from Benedict College” (NFBC), where I share experiences as a Professor of the Practice at Benedict College.

Bottom line: We need all of our engineering students (not just the environmental ones) engaged and excited about confronting issues related to environmental justice.

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Time to celebrate Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We love all of our Native American friends and neighbors, and we continue to seek justice on your behalf.

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The water crisis in Jackson, MS continues. And we are still talking about it.

Class Action Lawsuit: https://www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jackson_Complaint_Filed.pdf

NAACP Title VI Complaint: https://naacp.org/articles/naacp-files-discrimination-complaint-mishandling-jackson-water-crisis

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The EPA made a big announcement today - The establishment of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. Let's talk about it.

Link to announcement: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-launches-new-national-office-dedicated-advancing-environmental-justice-and-civil

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Let's talk about environmental racism and mental health. The issues do not end when the water is restored or the air is cleaned up. It remains a real problem.

Article: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2796540?utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=092022

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It's Week 2 of the water crisis in Jackson, MS. Let's check in, see where we are, and see where things are headed.

Important articles and videos:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62783900


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCVJP1Cg3g8


https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3625822-water-crisis-in-jackson-miss-raises-concerns-about-environmental-racism/


https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/advocates-environmental-racism-blame-jackson-water-crisis-89181953

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There is a water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi right now. While there are a lot of thoughts about why this water crisis has occurred, I can clearly see why this is happening.

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Call me an "environmental justice advocate".  Environmental justice activist. Warrior. Researcher. Just don't call me an environmentalist. That's not me.


Learn more about environmental justice: 


Environment & Climate Justice (naacp.org)


Why communities of color are demanding environmental justice - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)


Environmental Injustice - EHN

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