https://www.nbejn.com/key-issues daily 0.75 2024-03-20 https://www.nbejn.com/key-issues/the-birth-of-the-environmental-justice-movement monthly 0.5 2024-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/e090006a-1f7e-46fe-a2bb-a3cd831711ea/AI+Generated+Photo+Version+-+Timeline+of+EJ+Movement.png Key Issues - The birth of the Environmental Justice movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/2363b321-bc48-4392-8f4d-572645127273/2.png Key Issues - The birth of the Environmental Justice movement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/a3cf88bb-f92e-4f76-926a-e58a0451f36a/5.png Key Issues - The birth of the Environmental Justice movement - The North Carolina PCB Protest of 1982 The North Carolina PCB Protest of 1982 was a nonviolent activist movement in Warren County, North Carolina, a predominantly black community which the state designated to host a hazardous waste landfill to dispose of soil laced with polychlorinated biphenyls or "PCBs" which are cancer-causing industrial chemicals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/2c696662-eef2-4a52-b5dd-2422397a6dee/Hurricane+Katrina+and+Warren+County+Photo+Replacement.png Key Issues - The birth of the Environmental Justice movement - “This is racism. This is environmental racism.” - Dr. Ben Chavis, Civil Rights Leader “This is racism. This is environmental racism.” - Dr. Ben Chavis, Civil Rights Leader https://www.nbejn.com/key-issues/community-spotlight monthly 0.5 2023-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/1690658514243-DJDHTH7HR8A8NNFYTKRC/Amanda+Original+-+World+Cancer+Day+Post+.png Key Issues - Community spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/1690658520502-359DZI6BTJAN45YWLHGD/EECHO+Community+Spotlight+-+Final.png Key Issues - Community spotlight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/c6931a4d-e4a9-4713-95e8-7d090eeca8fe/Turkey+Creek.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - Turkey Creek Forest Heights: Forest Heights was established around 1966 by the National Council of Negro Women, in cooperation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and supported by the Ford Foundation. It was one of the nation’s first integrated homeownership developments for low-income families and was located in North Gulfport, Mississippi. The name Forest Heights is a tribute to civil rights activist Dorothy Height, who was president of the National Council of Negro Women from 1947 until 1997. This community was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and has continuously been plagued with increased development-generated flooding woes since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/e205340c-f8ef-4de4-bd41-f463501a8e87/Turkey+Creek+School.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - Turkey Creek Turkey Creek: In 1866, a group of emancipated African Americans settled along Turkey Creek on about 320 acres of land. Freed slaves, Thomas and Melinda Benton, acquired enough land so that their holdings comprised 50 percent of the community. Later settlers purchased property from the Bentons. Residents often planted gardens, grew fruit trees, and raised livestock on their property. By the mid-1950s, infrastructure development in the form of industries, highways, airports and housing construction, associated with the expansion of Gulfport, began to encroach on the Turkey Creek Community Although the Turkey Creek Community predated the founding of the City of Gulfport, it was annexed by the city in 1994. After the devestation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, developers set their eyes on North Gulfport, further encroaching on Turkey Creek. In 2021, Turkey Creek (the river that runs adjacent to the community) was listed by American Rivers as one of ten most endangered rivers in America due to the continuing threat of development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/19ba1f5e-ef09-40cf-964a-197b9ba3d75f/Barracoon-removebg-preview.png Key Issues - Community spotlight - Cudjo Kazoola Lewis, a founder of Africatown, lived until 1935 and was long thought to be the last survivor of the slaves from the Clotilda living in Africatown. His story in his own words was captured by author Zora Neale Hurston in her book Barracoon.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/6b658ee4-53c3-41ee-8730-1a5d950866e7/Descendant+Film.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - Descendant (Documentary Film, 2022) This Netflix-produced documentary spotlights the Africatown community. The film follows descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda as they celebrate their heritage and take command of their legacy in the midst of the discovery of the remains of the last-known slave ship to arrive in the United States. The Clotilda's unearthing offers them a tangible link to their ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/95ebcf23-f9a7-476d-b505-aa967f7d7805/Joe+Womack+-+Garb.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - C.H.E.S.S. ( Clean, Healthy, Educated, Safe, Sustainable) C.H.E.S.S. is a community organization leading the present-day fight to protect and preserve the Africatown Historic District. C.H.E.S.S. organizes projects geared towards beautifying Africatown's streets and homes, producing quality produce and living standards, and preserving the first public school for African-Americans in the state of Alabama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/80f93d83-bcba-4996-9d8a-53f1c6855f21/Ruth+Story.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - EEECHO ( Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate And Health Organization) Founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, EEECHO describes their organization as a "network of organizations and activists bolstering communities with a voice for self-reliance and the knowledge and skills to thrive." Co-founders Kathy Egland and Ruth Story, both involved with the NAACP at local and national levels, started the organization to address environmental concerns in their hometown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64c3ea0395d53531b81c01f3/6361d7a9-51c5-45c5-8bcc-b91214561b91/kathyegland-edited.jpg Key Issues - Community spotlight - Halting development on critical wetlands EEECHO has fought continuously since its founding to keep their community safe. Currently, they focus on halting development on critical wetlands that protect from flooding the historically significant African American neighborhoods of Turkey Creek and Forest Heights. 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