By Megan Haberle. Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, (January 2018). Excerpt: "Fair housing and environmental justice are deeply intertwined, though they have long operated in separate siloes among both policymakers and advocates. In recent years, the importance of connecting these issues has been brought home in acute ways. This included the public … [Read more...] about Fair Housing and Environmental Justice: New Strategies and Challenges (Megan Haberle, January 2018)
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PRRAC Update (August 10, 2017): NCSD 2017! and EJ at EPA
Registration is open for the October 19-20 conference of the National Coalition on School Diversity, A Struggle We Must Win: Advancing School Integration through Activism, Youth Voice, and Policy Reform. $100 for general registration, $50 for students. Sessions will be held at Columbia Teachers College, NYU, and at selected K-12 schools around New York City. Register here. … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (August 10, 2017): NCSD 2017! and EJ at EPA
PRRAC Update (February 13, 2014): Protecting vulnerable children
Housing mobility and child health: We participated in a powerful Aspen Institute Roundtable in Baltimore last week titled "After Thompson: Getting Kids Out of Harm's Way - Implications for the Well-Being of Children," which focused on recent research on the developmental impacts of "toxic stress" and trauma on young children living in distressed communities - and the important … [Read more...] about PRRAC Update (February 13, 2014): Protecting vulnerable children
Symposium: Environmental Justice
The May/June P&R contained case-studies, written by activists - from Michigan, Louisiana, New York and California - illustrating successful use of demographic data in community environmental struggles. The two articles below, by academics working in this area, provide a more general discussion of the issue. July/August 1996 issue of Poverty & Race The May/June … [Read more...] about Symposium: Environmental Justice
