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CHE-WA Environmental Justice Working Group Update

CHE-WA Environmental Justice Working Group Update. Chetana Acharya Community Outreach & Education Program UW Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health Superfund Basic Research Program. What is Environmental Justice?.

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CHE-WA Environmental Justice Working Group Update

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  1. CHE-WA Environmental Justice Working Group Update Chetana Acharya Community Outreach & Education Program UW Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health Superfund Basic Research Program

  2. What is Environmental Justice? • Environmental Justice (EJ) means that everyone has the right, regardless of their race, culture or income-level, to live in an environment that doesn’t make them sick. It also means that everyone has the right to be involved in environmental policy setting processes. • The EJ mission of EPA Region X is to achieve environmental protection for all, so that no segment of the population, regardless of race, ethnicity, or income bears a disproportionate burden of the effects of environmental pollution. Collaborative on Health and the Environment

  3. CHE-WA EJ Working Group • Established in Spring 2004 • Emerged from the need to establish more dialog between the EJ and EH advocates • Rooted in addressing social justice and ethical principles Collaborative on Health and the Environment

  4. Working Group Activities • Met to build allies across agencies and disciplines • Organized an evening forum to hear from community organizations which are engaged in achieving EJ • Determined the need for EJ guiding principles for environmental health and environmental policies Collaborative on Health and the Environment

  5. The ideal EJ Process Who is producing the hazard? Establish a dialog between the decision makers, scientists, and the affected community. Empower community members to bring about change. Who is being exposed? Share information and decisions with all community members. Who are the decision makers? Collaborative on Health and the Environment

  6. How YOU can be involved • Participate in CHE-WA, especially in the EJ Working Group • Commit to reducing environmental injustices at your agency • Give input into the EJ checklist Collaborative on Health and the Environment

  7. Contact Information • CHE-WA EJ Working Group Chair • Yalonda Sinde, Community Coalition for Environmental Justice • 206-720-0285, justice@ccej.org • CHE-WA and CHE-NW Coordinator • Elise Miller, Institute for Children’s Environmental Health • 360-331-7904, emiller@iceh.org Collaborative on Health and the Environment

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