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Green should not equal white.(TO THE POINT)(racial attitude towards environmental issues)
IN RESPONSE to mounting ecological crises, the United States is going through its most important economic transformation since the New Deal. Unfortunately, the vital process of change along more eco-friendly lines is moving ahead with practically zero participation from people of color.
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Why aren't more racial justice groups hoisting the green banner--or at least working to shift the green economic trajectory in ways that will include and benefit people of color? And how can racial justice activists begin to shape the agenda so that our communities get the maximum benefits from the next environmental revolution?
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- Magazine article from: Colorlines Magazine Themba-Nixon, Makani December 22, 2003 700+ words
...that occurred over a decade ago, in which people of color and the poor came together and made explicit their environmental issues and concerns, which had not been a part of the mainstream agendas of mostly white groups like the Sierra Club...
- NLC launches racial justice and race relations project. (Cities Promoting...
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Wright, Gwen September 16, 2002 700+ words
...efforts to reduce racism and achieve racial justice in their cities. The National League...from the Ford Foundation, the goal of Racial Justice and Race Relations is to strengthen...leadership capacity of local officials in racial justice and race relations. The project...
- Uniting For Racial Justice.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Peace and Freedom Partridge, Laura January 1, 2001 700+ words
The Uniting for Racial Justice campaign looks back at 2000 with...enhance U. S. WILPF's own racial justice goals. UFORJE presented its first...the highly sensitive subject of racial justice requires each of us to closely...
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...White House's failure to fight for a racial justice provision in the crime bill and threatened...final vote if it failed to include the racial justice provision. The provision would permit...Clinton would not help them press for the racial justice proposal in a House-Senate ...
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- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Anderson, Sharon D. February 12, 2001 700+ words
...topic of undoing racism and promoting racial justice. Through a series of presentations...city officials in better promoting racial justice in their communities. The goal was...the NLC Officers that the issue of racial justice must continue. Mayor Knight noted...
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- Magazine article from: Peace and Freedom Braxton, Gwen September 22, 2004 700+ words
...racism--and the many movements pushing for racial justice--racism and racial justice were not originally on the agenda at this...Joyce McLean and Annelise Ebbe helped put racial justice on the Congress agenda. The Uniting for...
- Crime Bill Contains Controversial Racial Justice Act
- Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered June 9, 1994 700+ words
...crime bill before Congress includes the Racial Justice Act. WERTHEIMER: It's a controversial...One of the most contentious is the Racial Justice Act. That measure would make it easier...GREENBERG, Reporter: At the heart of the Racial Justice Act is a deep conviction that minorities...
- Washington cities launch campaign for racial justice.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Walter, Shane May 6, 2002 700+ words
...has begun its own Campaign to Promote Racial Justice. The campaign recently was launched...support for cities working to advance racial justice, building and understanding of racism...For this, the program will build Racial Justice Leadership networks statewide. Participating...
Source: HighBeam Research, Green should not equal white.(TO THE POINT)(racial attitude towards...