Infrastructure and environmental justice: a case study of the Hurley Way Revitalization Project
Hurley Way is a 2.1 mile stretch of road that cuts through several diverse urban neighborhoods in the unincorporated Sacramento County community of Arden Arcade, just east of the City of Sacramento. The road is two-way and alternates between two…
Building collaborative communities: the Center for Regional Change and the Environmental Justice Project at UC Davis
At UC Davis, the idea of the engaged university finds its expression in multiple action research partnerships between faculty, students, and communities focused on environmental justice in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys. Through these partnerships, communities gain access to…
Two new law review articles on environmental justice and implicit bias in the judiciary
Carlton Waterhouse, Abandon All Hope Ye That Enter? Equal Protection, Title VI, and the Divine Comedy of Environmental Justice, 20 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 51 (2009). Summary: “This article explores the attempts to use civil rights law as a means…
E-Newsletter 4.1 – Environmental Justice Advocacy, Poverty, and Race (Part I)
Welcome to our first e-newsletter of 2009. Before we dive into the content of this e-newsletter, the REP would like to thank the hundreds of advocates across the county who fought to achieve more equitable results for low income communities…
Securing environmental justice through community lawyering
Authored by Steve Fischbach, Rhode Island Legal Services Environmental justice advocates seek redress for a plethora of environmental problems that disproportionately affect low income and minority communities. Since those problems are experienced on a community wide basis, environmental justice work…
Environmental justice and community lawyering: successful advocacy strategies
Authored by Sofia Sarabia, The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment The notion that poor people and people of color bear a disproportionate burden of pollution and other environmental hazards is not new. Hundreds of studies looking at a…
