The history of Indigenous resistance may offer all of us the strength we need to keep fighting, from the coauthor of “All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans. His book — subtitled “How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement” — taps into Méndez’s own research into California communities and grassroots activism to show how the problems that plague us can also bring us together — but only if we invite everyone to the table. Grace Doerfler | Monday, September 28, 2020. Standing With Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement edited by Nick Estes and Jaskiran Dhillon. This book will open your eyes, make you angry, and then point you toward solutions for ending the plague of pollution-related health problems in marginalized communities of color. The late congressman John Lewis warned: “When we take our air, waters and land for granted; when we show a simple lack of respect for nature and our environment, we unmake God’s good creation. These books provide insight into the problems that plague people and the planet, while also offering solutions for a more just future.
Taking Water Protection Into Public Hands by Maude Barlow. Engage, Connect, Protect: Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders by Angelou Ezeilo. More than two-thirds of US adults say they have some anxiety about climate change, while nearly half of young adults say climate change stress impacts their daily lives. This two-volume series provides a powerful primer for activism on social-justice and environmental issues, using examples from more than 50 resistance movements around the world. Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman.

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Environmental justice advocates like me agree, but the rhetoric is at odds with his administration’s actions to reverse at least 100 environmental rules. In the United States, environmental racism criticizes inequalities between urban and exurban areas after white flight. Two of these are hot off the presses and scheduled to hit shelves this month, while the rest were pulled from previous “Revelator Reads” installments. In an email to the Notre Dame community on Sep 23, “Whether her parents like it or not, Claudia Con, During his sophomore year, senior Willian De Faria, “Attendance at football games will be limited to, Back in May, graduate student Emorja Roberson used, Media project aims to promote racial discourse on campus, Oklahoma Eagle publisher James Goodwin remembers the Tulsa Race Massacre in anti-racism lecture series, Klau Center hosts speaker on Islamophobia, UCI law professor discusses racial wealth gap rooted in decades of discrimination. Mustafa Santiago Ali.

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Latinx Environmentalisms: Place, Justice, and the Decolonial edited by Sarah D. Wald, David J. Vázquez, Priscilla Solis Ybarra and Sarah Jaquette Ray. Sep 26, 2020 Roma are Victims of Environmental Racism, New Report Shows. Approximately 74 million people of color, or 57%, live in counties with at least one failing grade for ozone and/or particle pollution, compared with 38% of whites. Since 1980, America has been hit with more than 250 weather and climate disasters, with increasing frequency in recent years. If America is ever going to “win” on climate change, it must first break its addiction to fossil fuels and racism. When Hanna-Attisha learned of the reports that could confirm residents’ suspicions, she began her research to determine that community advocates’ fears were grounded in reality: lead levels in Flint water were not safe. An essential book by one of the country’s most engaging youth activists. From the urban heat island effect, making cities much warmer than rural areas, to the lack of air conditioning and cooling stations in many communities of color, rising temperatures are deadly. I have already seen some of the ripple effects of our crisis that have prevented other crises.”. The lecture was a part of the Klau Center’s initiative this semester entitled, “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary.”. Photo: Elvert Barnes (CC BY-SA 2.0), Links 17/6/2020: Qt 5.12.9, Plasma 5.19.1 and FreeBSD 11.4 | Techrights, 16 Essential Books About Environmental Justice, Racism and Activism [The Revelator] | CNCL. This book for pre-teen readers delivers 20 short biographies of activists around the world who are working to save everything from trees to dolphins to people. Human Rights Sep 26, 2020 OSCE mission to investigate alleged rights violations in Belarus’ presidential election. All rights reserved.

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Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger by Julie Sze. Communities of color have appealed for decades to politicians, policymakers and environmental organizations that they “can’t breathe,” only to be ignored. Here’s a good place to start: We’ve gathered 16 essential recent books on environmental racism and related topics from leading journalists and experts. This powerful book tells the story of her life and death, a tragedy echoed in the murders and assaults committed against hundreds of environmental defenders every year. The Observer is a student-run, daily print & online newspaper serving Notre Dame, Saint Mary's & Holy Cross.