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Monday, February 29, 2016

What Is Environmental Racism?

'...1982 In Warren County, North Carolina, protesters of the PCB landfill in Warren County brought national attention to the waste facility and encouraged many African-American churches and civil rights leaders to begin supporting environmental justice..." 

When Environmental hazards, such as lead, chlordane, PCBS, other pesticides and chemicals are allowed to "just be" without remediation in low income areas like Flint, Michigan, it is called Environmental Racism. 
It is time we gave ourselves a reality check.

PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Pin point where the contamination is in Englewood and other Towns and Cities in the State
and begin to face the FACT. 
Click the link below the photo of a sign on a tree
at the Middle School taken as
I walked home from the DMHS graduation in 2014

After clicking
Scroll down the page
Type in your zip code
A map of your town appears.
Find your street.
Is there a blue, yellow or orange dot near your home.
Click on those blue dots in your City to learn more.
Look for places that you frequent.
Look for addresses where a Developer is trying to encourage us to 
build a Community Center.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/new-jerseys-toxic-sights-left-unchecked/?utm_source=%2Fstory%2Fnj-contaminated-sites%2F&utm_medium=treatment&utm_campaign=morelikethis

I was born and raised in Warren County, North Carolina.

The sign on the tree was removed a few days after this photo was taken. I assume the remediation has been completed.   I checked the map and there is no blue dot on the property where the school stands and that is encouraging.

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