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EPA/300-R-02-002
February 2002
http://www.epa.gov/comDliance
Office of Environmental Justice
To Obtain Copies
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Environmental Justice Small Grants Emerging Tools - (1999) EPA 200-R-99-001
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Table of Contents
Preface iii
Introduction 1
What is Environmental Justice? 1
EPA's Role in Environmental Justice 2
Why the Small Grants Program was Developed 2
The Grant Selection Process 3
Project Descriptions Grouped by EPA Regional Offices
Region 1 - Boston 5
Region 2 - New York 15
Region 3 - Philadelphia 19
Region 4 - Atlanta 29
Region 5 - Chicago 39
Region 6 - Dallas 45
Region 7 - Kansas City 53
Region 8 - Denver 57
Region 9 - San Francisco 65
Region 10 - Seattle 73
Appendix A: Index to Projects by State 79
Appendix B: Index to Projects by Focus Area 80
Appendix C: EPA Regional Offices and State Breakdown 82
Appendix D: List of Environmental Justice Coordinators at EPA 83
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MESSAGE FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR
I am pleased to provide the United States Environmental Protection Agency's 2nd Edition
of the Environmental Justice Small Grants Emerging Tools for Local Problem-Solving. This
report provides a snapshot of the best projects awarded under the Environmental Justice Small
Grant Program between 1997 and 1999. I believe the report will help the public assess the
collaborative efforts directed at addressing and/or resolving real life environmental justice issues.
This document describes a variety of projects that have made a difference. It describes 71
grants selected as the "best success stories for the three-year period from 1997 -1999 to
demonstrate how communities can come together in different ways to solve local problems.
Much of the progress described in the report is a direct result of contributions by
community-based organizations and tribal partners. Ensuring strong and creative partnerships is
essential and continues to be a top priority of this Agency.
The work detailed in this report demonstrates the potential such partnerships have for
continued progress. Not only have these efforts improved conditions in the communities
described in the report, they are also models of success that can be applied in similar situations
across the country. We find these projects inspiring, and hope that by highlighting these case
studies we will help others find ways to solve their local problems and to think creatively about
environmental justice issues in their communities.
Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator
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Introduction
This publication is a compilation of information about 71 of the hundreds of grants that have
been awarded through the Environmental Protection Agency Small Grants Program which
reflects some of the support the EPA gives to community-based organizations. EPA has
supported communities through partnerships, research, communication and public participation
to help ensure a more just and fair distribution of environmental benefits as well as
environmental burdens. This document describes community projects representing several focus
areas such as: air quality, children's health, farmworker safety, hazardous waste disposal, lead
and CO2 education, PCB contamination, perchloroethylene (perc) education, pollution
prevention, radon, water quality and environmental stewardship. Our purpose is to: (1) inform
communities and show them how to link or implement similar projects and programs; (2) reduce
duplication of effort; (3) strengthen the networking of organizations; (4) improve the quality of
future projects; and (5) provide lessons learned from completed projects. Appendix A is a list of
projects by state.
This biennial publication highlights the accomplishments of the grant recipients under the Small
Grants Program. It covers grants awarded during the three-year period of 1997 through 1999 of
the Small Grants program. In subsequent years a Small Grants Program accomplishments report
will be published biennially and will include those successes from the previous years.
What is Environmental Justice?
Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless
of race, color, national origin, culture, education, or income with respect to the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair
treatment means that no one group of people, including racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic groups,
should bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from
industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and
tribal environmental programs and policies. Meaningful involvement means that: (1) potentially
affected community residents have an appropriate opportunity to participate in decisions about a
proposed activity that will affect their environment and/or health; (2) the public's contribution
can influence the regulatory agency's decision; (3) the concerns of all participants involved will
be considered in the decision-making process; and (4) the decision-makers seek out and facilitate
the participation of those potentially affected.
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EPA's Role in Environmental Justice
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On February 11,1994, the President issued Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations," which
identified three goals:
to focus federal agency action on the environment and human health conditions in
minority and low-income communities;
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to promote nondiscriminating in federal programs that substantially affect human
health and the environment; and
to provide minority and low-income communities greater access to information
on, and opportunities for public participation in, matters relating to human health
and the environment. '
The President encouraged federal agencies to reinvent the way the nation approaches
environmental justice so that our day-to-day efforts would be more effective in protecting the
public health and environment. The EPA has a leadership role in helping federal agencies
implement this Executive Order.
Why the Small Grants Program was Developed
The EPA recognized that community involvement was critical to environmental decision
making and made a commitment to invest resources in projects that would financially benefit
affected communities. In Fiscal Year 1994, the Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ)
established the Small Grants Program to provide financial assistance for addressing local
environmental problems to eligible community groups which included community-based
grassroots organizations, churches, other nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments.
Each year approximately $2 million is made available for the Environmental Justice
Small Grants Program divided equally among the ten EPA regions where the actual grant is
awarded and managed. Awards range from $ 10,000 to $20,000 each. The amount available in
a given year may vary depending on the availability of funds.
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Environmental Justice Small Grants Program Summary
Fiscal Year
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
$ Amount
500,000
3,000,000
2,800,000
2,700,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
899,000
1,300,000
Awards
71
175
152
139
123
95
61
88
The Grant Selection Process
The grant proposals submitted for the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program are
evaluated, within the EPA region where the project is located, through competitive review and
evaluation. Award decisions are made within each region based on established criteria which
include geographic and socioeconomic balance, diversity of project recipients, and sustainability
of benefits of projects after the grant is completed. The review process also gives a higher
priority to proposals that demonstrate strong community involvement at the proposal
development stage.
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REGION 1
(CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Grant Number:
EQ991045
Action Against Asthma Program
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Andrea Mullin $20,000
Committee for Boston Public Housing (CBPH) FY1997
Roxbury, MA 02120
Focus:
Air Quality
Target Audience:
The 23,817 individuals residing in public housing in
Boston. Ninety percent of these residents are below the
poverty line, and seventy percent are racial, cultural, or
linguistic minorities.
Purpose:
To address poor indoor air quality in Boston's public
housing developments by educating public housing
residents about the impact of environmental and
housing conditions on health.
Goals:
To increase recognition of asthma as a high-
priority environmental justice issue.
To build strong alliances between public
housing residents, environmental
organizations, and local health care providers.
To improve environmental and housing
conditions in public housing developments,
and therefore the health of individual
residents.
To encourage public housing residents to
become environmental justice activists.
Methods:
Recruit public housing residents to participate
in six weeks of training to become Asthma
Health Advocates (AHAs).
AHAs create and conduct health surveys to
gather information about the rate and severity
of asthma in public housing.
Conduct educational workshops and
community meetings to address asthma in
public housing.
Collaborate with community-based
organizations to share information and
contribute to programs that address.asthma.
Products/Results:
The Committee for Boston Public Housing trained 29
public housing residents to become AHAs. These
residents partnered with city health inspectors to
conduct 25 home assessments for asthma triggers in
four public housing developments. AHAs also
surveyed more than 300 public housing residents to
determine the rate and severity of asthma in public
housing. The Action Against Asthma (AAA) program
also continued to strengthen its Advisory Committee,
consisting of 20 members, including public housing
residents. The Advisory Committee drafted a report
called "Asthma in Public Housing."
Succe sses/Streng ths:
The AAA program created the Urban Asthma
Coalition, which includes members of the Attorney
General's Office, medical providers, lawyers,
residents, and environmental professionals. The
coalition's mission is to examine indoor air quality in
public and private housing and bring government
attention to the asthma problem. The Advisory
Committee met twice with the Administrator of the
Boston Public Housing Authority to discuss the public
health impact of the dilapidated conditions of the
majority of the city's public housing. AAA also
became involved with the Healthy Kids/Healthy
Homes program, the Northeast Environmental Justice
Network, and with Neighbors Against Urban Pollution.
AAA's year-long organizing efforts culminated in the
installation of an air monitoring system near one
housing development and a sewage leak monitoring
system near another development.
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Boston Neighborhood Recycling Campaign
Grant Number:
EQ981145
Project Coordinator:
Vivien Watts
Recycling Initiative Campaign j
Boston, MA 02111 \
EPA Funding:
$17,945
FY1999
Focus:
Recycling
Target Audience:
Residents of three of the lowest-income neighborhoods
in Boston (Dorchester, East Boston, and the South
End) , many of whom are people of African-American,
Vietnamese, Haitian-Creole, and Latino descent.
Purpose:
Boston's recycling rate is only 12 percent, compared to
the statewide average of 34 percent. The Recycling
Initiative Campaign (RIC) aims to boost recycling rates
:" Boston by targeting three neighborhoods.
in
Goals:
To work with community groups to identify
solid waste problems in their communities and
help design and implement programs to
address them.
Create three Block Captain Programs of 40
people each and three tenant groups of 10
people each to work on implementing
recycling.
Hold three meetings and form the basis of a
city-wide coalition to foster information
exchange and partnerships between city
officials, recycling advocates, representatives
from the recycling facility, and representatives
from the company that hauls recyclables.
Methods:
Establish individual recycling coalitions in
each of the targeted neighborhoods through
grassroots community outreach.
Recruit and train volunteers to become Block
Captains or tenant leaders. Create and
distribute fact sheets or other documents about
recycling.
Establish contact with all recycling
stakeholders and create a city-wide coalition
to promote recycling. Organize meetings for
all stakeholders.
Pro ducts/Results:
Boston Neighborhood Recycling Coalition (BNRC)
members talked to hundreds of people through block
captaining, attending community events, and handing
out blue recycling bins. The BNRC created various
leaflets with information on common recycling
mistakes and recycling in Boston. During the first year
of the project, Boston city officials launched a 5-year
strategic plan to improve recycling in Boston. BNRC
members were interviewed on several occasions as part
of the strategic planning process. In addition, the
coalition published a report detailing their analysis of
the city's recycling program and the steps necessary to
achieve 40% recycling in 2005.
Succe sses/Streng ths:
RIC originally targeted three neighborhoods, but
actually helped start recycling coalitions in seven,
including the South End, Dorchester, Allston/Brighton,
Fenway, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and West Roxbury.
Members of the North End and Four Point Channel
neighborhoods have also expressed interest in getting
involved with the recycling campaign.
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EnvironmentalJmtice Connections: Incorporating Environmental Justice into
Community Health Nursing Curriculum
Grant Number:
EQ991017
Project Coordinator:
Anne Reynolds
Tellus Institution, Inc.
Boston, MA 0211
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1998
Focus:
Education
Target Audience:
The College of Nursing community at the University of
Massachusetts (UMASS) in Boston.
Purpose:
To connect environmental justice and public health
issues by integrating environmental justice concepts
into a community health nursing curriculum.
Goals:
To create and implement a model
environmental justice course module for
community health nursing students.
Methods:
Design and implement an environmental
justice course module.
Assess the permanent inclusion of the module
in the UMASS nursing curriculum.
Disseminate the module as a model for other
nursing programs.
Pro ducts/Results:
Tellus created a year-long environmental justice course
module that included four components: lectures,
reading, a tour, and a community clinical practicum
project. Two three-hour lectures were developed that
addressed the connection between environmental
justice, pollution issues, public health, and community
nursing. A concise required reading packet of recent
literature on environmental justice and environmental
health topics was compiled. Tellus partnered with
Alternatives for Community and Environment to
provide a student tour of Roxbury, where information
on environmental justice issues and activism were
presented. Two tours were given each semester to
accommodate all students. Finally, all students were
required to complete a semester-long clinical
experience at a community-based health or social
service organization and conduct an environmental
group project for the organization.
Successes/Strengths:
Students completed seven semester-long practicum
projects with community-based health and social
service organizations and several environmental justice
projects on topics ranging from tobacco smoke,
recycling, asthma, brownfields, flooding, and cancer.
At the conclusion of both semesters the faculty of the
College of Nursing at UMASS decided that a lecture on
environmental justice and environmental health would
be permanently included in their curriculum. The
college also plans to continue the clinical practicum
project. In contrast to the first two semesters, students'
groups are not required to focus only on an
environmental justice topic for their project, but
students are required to address environmental health
considerations of the community health issue they
select.
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Health Hazards of Contaminated Fish Consumption
Grant Number:
EQ981148
Project Coordinator:
Madeline Martin
Penobscot Indian Nation
Old Town, ME 04468
EPA Funding:
$19,700
FY1998
Focus:
Water quality
Target Audience:
The 2,194 enrolled tribal members of the Penobscot
Indian Nation (Penobscot) in east central Maine.
Purpose:
Fish consumption advisories are in effect for most
resident fish species in waters fished by Penobscot
tribal members because of contamination from dioxin,
coplanar PCBs, and mercury. The purpose of this
project is to build Penobscot's capacity to identify and
resolve environmental health problems by expanding
the efforts to relate the extent, prevention, reduction,
and elimination of water contamination in tribal areas.
Goals:
Educate staff from the Penobscot Health
Department and the Department of Natural
Resources about health problems from
exposure to dioxin and mercury, and provide
training to detect and assess exposure.
Educate the tribal community about health
problems from exposure to dioxin and
mercury. Specifically target the most at-risk
tribal members, including children and adults
of childbearing age.
Methods:
Review literature on dioxin and mercury in
aquatic environments and fish tissue, and any
associated health effects.
Hold a workshop on the health hazards of
contaminated fish for staff from the Penobscot
Health Department and the Department of
Natural Resources.
Hold a community forum to foster
understanding of the human health effects of
exposure to mercury and dioxin.
Distribute culturally sensitive material on fish
consumption advisories affecting tribal water
resources.
Pro ducts/Results:
A report entitled "Literature Review of Human Health
Risks From Dioxin & Mercury Exposure in Fish
Tissue" was published after the first stage of
information-gathering. After the report was distributed,
a workshop was held for staff from the Penobscot
Health Department and the Department of Natural
Resources called "Health Hazards of Contaminated
Fish: Education for Providers." A community forum
called "Understanding Human Health Effects of
Exposure to Mercury and Dioxin" was also held for
interested tribal members. Finally, updated culturally
sensitive fish advisory material was developed and
distributed to tribe members.
Successes/Strengths:
The collaboration between the Penobscot Nation
Health Department and the Department of Natural
Resources on this project resulted in a strong
partnership between the two groups that will facilitate
Penobscot's ability to identify and resolve future
environmental problems. The Penobscot Nation also
plans to continue efforts to assess the extent of health
problems from mercury and dioxin by conducting a
surveillance study of a sample of tribal members to
estimate the body burdens of these contaminants.
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Linking Environmental Justice and Economic Development in Low-Income
Communities through Job Training
Grant Number:
EQ991038
Project Coordinator:
Paula Paris
Jobs for Youth
Boston, MA 02208-2786
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Education
Target Audience:
Adult residents of low-income neighborhoods in
Boston that are either unemployed or underemployed,
with a high school diploma or equivalent, and less
than two years of post secondary education or
training.
Purpose:
To build capacity in the low-income communities by
educating and preparing the residents with the skills
and knowledge to enter into the environmental
services field.
Goals:
To provide classroom instruction and
certification that will allow participants to
compete for jobs in the environmental
services field.
To contribute to building a base of
indigenous professional expertise within
communities that are disproportionately
affected by environmental hazards.
To empower community residents through
education and job training to become aware
of environmental problems and become
environmental advocates.
Methods:
Recruit participants through employment and
welfare offices, community-based organizations
and programs, and through newspaper
advertisements.
Assess applicants for reading and math ability,
which must be at a minimum ninth grade level.
Conduct two, 17 to 20-week, training cycles
that include classroom instruction in
environmental science and applied math, and
OSHA certification.
Assist participant with job placement in entry-
level positions as environmental technicians or
environmental services specialists.
Products/Results:
Thirty-three racially diverse students from urban
neighborhoods in Boston enrolled in the Environmental
Technology program, and 29 completed the training.
Twenty-five program graduates were placed into jobs
with 17 different employers. Twenty-two of these jobs
were in the environmental industry. The average starting
salary of the graduates was $22,770, which represented
an average wage gain of $7,000.
Succe sses/Streng ths:
Jobs for Youth partnered with Suffolk University,
Franklin Institute, Roxbury Community College,
University of Massachusetts-Lowell, and University of
Massachusetts-Boston to provide the highest quality
education possible. The program also benefits from an
advisory board made up of local businesses and
environmental organization. Through these and other
strong partnerships, Jobs for Youth has been able to
place its graduates into competitive environmental
services positions. In addition, Jobs for Youth was
successful at meeting additional demands of its student
body, by providing remedial literacy training, academic
tutoring, and counseling as needed.
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Merrimack County Air Quality Awareness Project
Grant Number:
EQ981143
Project Coordinator: \
Anne Campbell
New Hampshire Citizens Alliance
Concord, NH 03301 \
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Air Quality
Target Audience:
The 11,500 residents of Pembroke and Allenstown,
NH, two towns that are situated downwind from a coal
burning power plant in Bow, NH .
Purpose:
To build community awareness of the potential health
problems associated with living downwind from an
antiquated coal burning power plant by developing
community leaders who will foster community outreach
and develop community problem solving skills, and
improve residents' leadership skills.
Goals:
To assist residents in learning more about the
potential health impact of living downwind
from a coal burning power plant.
To train residents to become leaders in their
communities in educating others about air
quality issues and related health impacts.
To develop a network of organizations and
individuals that can facilitate the sharing of
information and resources.
To develop a community-based organizing
model to engage residents to investigate the
impact of suspected environmental
contaminants.
Methods:
Recruited resident community leaders to
participate in the project through outreach to
community groups and referrals.
Participants collected information about air
quality problems associated with coal burning
power plants and created informational
brochures.
Participants conducted an anecdotal health
survey that enabled them to collect
information about air quality in the towns, and
to begin discussions with other residents to
engage them in addressing air quality
concerns.
Pro ducts/Results:
Participants created an educational brochure that they
used to educate other residents about air quality and to
engage them in addressing the potential health
problems associated with the nearby power plant.
Project participants also conducted more than 300
anecdotal surveys, which proved to be a valuable
information tool and served to open up more dialogue
about air quality in the communities. Finally, the
project participants organized a press conference and a
community forum to discuss the results of their survey.
Successes/Strengths:
All the events coordinated through the project were
incredibly well-received in the community and well
attended by many people including town selectmen,
state representatives and the media. In addition,
participants reported that over time they developed a
sense of ownership of the project. The effort can be
considered a model for community organizing.
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Neighborhoods Against Urban Pollution: Developing a Greater Boston
Environmental Justice Network
Grant Number:
EQ981075
Project Coordinator:
Penn Loh
Alternatives for Community
and Environment
Roxbury, MA 02119
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1998
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Residents of low-income and minority neighborhoods
in the greater Boston area.
Purpose:
To build a network of resident-driven environmental
justice groups from across low-income and minority
neighborhoods in Boston, Chelsea, and Sommerville.
The network will enable groups to share resources,
learn from one another, and address regional problems
more effectively.
Goals:
Plan and create a greater Boston network of
organizations that deal with environmental
justice.
Methods:
Conduct outreach and meet with
representatives from community-based
organizations that address environmental
justice to gather input for proposed network.
Recruit organizational members for the
network and elect a steering committee.
Establish and hold regular meetings.
Use meetings to identify environmental justice
initiatives for the network, and follow through
with a plan of action for each initiative.
Products/Results:
More than 50 representatives from groups in Roxbury,
Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, South End, South
Boston, East Boston, Chinatown, Chelsea, and
Roslindale participated in three planning meetings for
the creation of a greater Boston Environmental Justice
Network (GBEJN).
The Greater Boston Environmental Justice Network
(GBEJN) was officially launched in April, 1999, with
25 organizational members. A steering committee of
11 members was elected that met every other month to
determine the agenda for full membership meetings.
Three quarterly full membership meetings were held
and the GBEJN participated in several local and state-
wide environmental justice initiatives.
Successes/Strengths:
The GBEJN was instrumental in the passage of new
Boston Public Health Commission regulations
governing dumpster storage lots, junkyards, and
recycling facilities. The regulations explicitly require
the consideration of the cumulative effects of siting.
The regulation requires public hearings for proposed
facilities and requires public hearings if a facility
receives three citations. The GBEJN has been working
to support a new Environmental Justice Designation
bill that would designate areas of critical environmental
concern to protect communities overburdened by
environmental degradation. Other initiatives the
GBEJN has concentrated on include opposing the
Logan Airport runway expansion and addressing the
environmental justice concerns of other new
development in Boston.
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Waverly Street: Implementing an Urban Environmental Model
Grant Number: Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
EQ981141 Laura Archambault $15,000
Keep Providence Beautiful, Inc. FY1999
Providence, RI02903 |
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
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Waverly Street: Implementing an Urban Environmental Model
Grant Number:
EQ981141
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
LauraArchambau.lt $15,000
Keep Providence Beautiful, Inc. FY1999
Providence, RI02903
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
The predominantly low-income and minority
residents of Waverly Street in the West End of
Providence.
Purpose:
To replicate a neighborhood revitalization project
from Bellevue Avenue in Providence on nearby
Waverly Street, with a focus on adding greenery and
improving solid waste containment.
Goals:
Strengthen the Waverly Street Association
and hold monthly meetings to develop
agendas that address residents' concerns.
Develop a new and improved vision of the
street.
Educate residents about proper solid waste
disposal.
Methods:
Hire a community organizer and a street
captain to plan meeting and events, thereby
strengthening the Street Association.
Hire a landscape architect to draw plans for
the new vision of the street.
Distribute information on solid waste
disposal and recycling to residents.
Products/Results:
Waverly Street residents noticed the aesthetic
improvement in its neighboring Bellevue Avenue
Street Association had organized with direction from
Keep Providence Beautiful (KPB) and wanted to get
involved with a similar project. As many as 30
Waverly Street residents attended meetings and
planned the new vision of their street. The residents
also learned about proper solid waste disposal,
composting, and the hazards of lead. Residents
conducted two street cleanups and planted trees.
Successes/Strengths:
KPB used its previous success in revitalizing Bellevue
Avenue as a model for improving Waverly Street.
Rather than simply duplicating its past effort, however,
KPB encouraged Waverly Street residents to set their
own agenda. As a result, the Waverly Street Association
grew, and KPB proved that the revitalization model
could be replicated in other neighborhoods.
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REGION 1
Grant Number:
EQ981016
Urban Community Gardening Project
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Lauren Brown , $20,000
New Haven Land Trust ' FY 1997
New Haven, CT 06513
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Residents of low-income neighborhoods throughout
New Haven.
Purpose:
New Haven has one of the highest rates of
unoccupied buildings in the Connecticut area, with
700 units currently considered blighted by the
government. As the city systematically demolishes
these buildings, many vacant lots are left behind. The
purpose of the Urban Community Gardening Project
is to convert vacant lots into community gardens in
neighborhoods that otherwise lack parks and other
green space. While creating community gardens,
program participants will become more aware of a
variety of environmental issues and will develop a
sense of ownership of their gardens.
Goals:
To work with residents and community
groups to identify vacant lots for community
gardens and convert them.
To educate participants on various aspects of
organic gardening and environmental issues
related to vacant lots.
To work towards making the community
gardens sustainable.
Methods:
Identify vacant lots for conversion and
conduct labor-intensive cleanup and site
preparation for gardens.
Present workshops on organic gardening at
annual Urban Gardening Conference.
Present other workshops and provide
technical assistance as needed to community
gardeners.
Hold two Leadership Development
Conferences for garden coordinators on
collaborations, networking, grassroots fund-
raising, publicity, and organizing a
community garden.
Products/Results:
New Haven Land Trust (NHLT)worked with 66
community gardens in low-income neighborhoods
through this project, 50 of those were created in
previous years and 16 were created this year.
Gardeners learned about proper trash and toxic
disposal through labor-intensive vacant lot clean-ups
and site preparations. More than 110 people attended
NHLT's annual Urban Gardening Conference where
nine workshops were presented on various aspects of
organic gardening. Many of these workshops were led
by community gardeners themselves. NHLT also
coordinated other hands-on workshops on topics like
raspberry growing, blueberry harvesting, organic pest
control, composting, water conservation, hazardous
waste disposal, and recycling.
Successes/Strengths:
The project created six more community gardens than
originally anticipated. The two Leadership
Development conferences that were held put the
community gardens on the path to sustainability by
providing gardeners with the means to continue the
gardens when the project is over.
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Council on the Environment
Grant Number:
EQ982020
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Cathy Shea $14,000
Council on the Environment, Inc. FY1997
New York, NY 10007
Focus:
Training Student Organizers
Target Audience:
African-American, Latino, and Polish high school
and intermediate students who live in the
Greenpoint-Williamsburg section of Brooklyn,
New York. Several industries, including waste
transfer stations, sewage treatment, radioactive
waste transfer facilities are located in this
community.
Purpose:
To increase awareness of environmental issues
and develop the capacity of young people to take
action to resolve environmental problems.
Goals:
To increase the dialogue between
industry, government and non-profit
technical assistance providers.
To build community capacity by
motivating students to take action to
reduce industrial toxics.
Methods:
Students will monitor air toxics and
organize action projects to improve the
air quality in the schools or community.
Students will survey and evaluate the use
of industrial toxics, and the potential for
replacing toxics (and polluting processes)
with more environmentally benign
alternatives.
Students will start dialogues with two
major local polluters and attempt to assist
them in reducing pollution.
Pro ducts/Results:
Students were trained to conduct research
and investigations relating to the causes,
effects, prevention and control of air
pollution.
The pamphlet, "What is in the Air?",
explains how to investigate industrial air
pollution in the neighborhood. The
pamphlet was produced and distributed to
more than 200 students and teachers staff
and more than 100 local residents.
Students developed a one page flyer
informing the public about the New York
City Department of Environmental
Protection's DEP-HELP hotline for air
quality complaints.
Ten local industries attended a Pollution
Prevention evening at the local school. They
discussed pollution control systems that
were implemented in their businesses while
still maintaining profitability.
Successes/Strengths:
The community toxic project addressed
improvements in communication and coordination by
beginning the first successful large-scale dialogue
between industry, residents and pollution prevention
technical advisors.
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Long Island Sound Issues Project
Save the Sound
Grant Number:
EQ992841
Project Coordinator:
JohnAtkin
Save the Sound, Inc.
Stamford, CT 06902
EPA Funding:
$19,988
FY1998
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Community leaders and educators from the
Soundview and Hunts Point communities of the South
Bronx, NY.
Purpose:
To help overcome existing inequities related to costal
management, water quality, and sludge treatment in
two coastal South Bronx neighborhoods.
Goals:
To build a partnership between a regional
environmental organization (Save the Sound,
Inc.), a Bronx-wide environmental
organization, and community based
organizations in the targeted areas of Hunts
Point and Soundview.
To plan, implement, publicize, and evaluate
project activities designed to increase
awareness of community leaders and
residents from Hunts Point and Soundview
areas of the South Bronx about issues related
to the communities' shorelines including its
solid waste treatment and recycling facilities
and the water quality in the East River and
Long Island Sound.
Methods:
Conducted workshops on topics related to
the East River, Long Island Sound, and solid
waste disposal for the targeted communities.
Trained elementary school teachers in the
two target communities to incorporate hands-
on Long Island Sound education into their
curriculum through 8-hour training
workshops.
Held community-based forums on East
River, Long Island Sound, and solid waste
disposal issues and how they related to
community leaders.
Partnered with community groups for hands-
on, on-site workshop/action projects.
Products/Results:
About 75 residents and community leaders
attended workshops on water quality,
nitrogen reduction from sewage plants, the
local sludge recycling plant, habitat
preservation and restoration, open space and
access to waterfront
Approximately 10 local elementary school
teachers and 250 students participated in
hands-on programs about Long Island
Sound's ecology and environmental issues
facing it.
A workshop on how to initiate a habitat
restoration project, actual habitat restoration,
storm drain stenciling and shoreline clean-up
was attended by 25 community leaders plus
other volunteers for a total audience of more
than 50.
Succe sses/Streng ths:
Dredging along the waterfront in the Bronx emerged
as an issue for Harding Park, while waterfront open
space and development was a prime issue in Hunts
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Neighborhood Environmental Leadership Institute
Grant Number:
EQ992638
Project Coordinator:
Michael E. Clark
Citizens Committee
for New York City
New York, NY 10001
EPA Funding:
$19,974
FY1997
Focus:
Environmental Education/
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Leaders of block, tenant, neighborhood, youth and
other volunteer groups in low-income communities
in the Bronx, NY.
Purpose:
To train grassroots neighborhood leaders from low-
income communities to organize effectively to
address environmental injustices on a local level.
Goals:
To train 200 grassroots leaders from low-
income communities in the Bronx to effect
positive environmental change in their
neighborhoods through interactive training
in environmental issues, leadership skills and
organizational development.
Methods:
Conduct a series of workshops organized
into three distinct tracks of training, the
Environmental Track, the Basic Organizing
Track and the Advanced Organizing track.
Offer problem-solving clinics to provide an
opportunity for program participants to
network and problem solve together.
Pro ducts/Results:
More than 270 Bronx leaders participated in the
Neighborhood Environmental Leadership Institute.
By attending workshops focused on organizational
development and leadership skills, combined with
advanced training on difficult environmental issues,
these neighborhood leaders acquired the knowledge-
based skills needed to build community capacity to
identify and address environmental justice issues in
the Bronx.
Workshops were offered in the following topic areas:
lead poisoning; pollutants in home and community;
leadership training; public speaking; navigating city
government; incorporation and tax-exemption; and
program planning for community organizers.
Three problem-solving clinics were offered. Through
one-on-one meetings, telephone consultations, and
distribution of tip sheets and other self-help materials
produced by the Citizens Committee, workshop
participants received assistance in solving the tough
problems they faced in their organizing efforts.
A special grant makers forum was conducted to
provide neighborhood leaders an opportunity to meet
representatives from key foundations and
organizations. Each panelist gave a detailed
description of their grant program, and offered
guidance on developing successful programs, filling
out grant applications and writing proposals.
Succe sses/Str eng ths:
A detailed survey was developed and mailed to a
random sample of participants. Survey respondents
indicated that the workshops held through the
Neighborhood Environmental Leadership Institute
had a positive impact on individuals and
neighborhood organizations through out the city. In
all, 87 percent of respondents indicated that
participating in Institute workshops led to positive
changes and improvements in their organizing efforts.
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(DC. DE. MD, PA, VA. WV)
Community Environmental Awareness
and Career Education Project
Grant Number:
EQ993931010
Project Coordinator:
Gregory Herbert, Director
Montgomery County Health Department
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
1430 DeKalb Street, P.O. Box 311
Norristown, PA 19404
EPA Funding:
$18,450
FY1999
Focus
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Norristown, Pennsylvania area residents, with an
emphasis on teen and pre-teen youths.
Purpose:
To promote a high level of environmental awareness
and understanding among all age groups in the
community of Norristown.
Goals:
To enhance the lives of the target audience
through programs, sponsored by the
Norristown Carver Center, by having a
positive effect on self-esteem and life-skill
development.
Methods:
Operated a summer day camp, where
participants were introduced to various
environmental issues.
Conducted educational programs, from the
Montgomery County Health Department, on
clean air, water, and improved solid waste
management for program participants and
local community volunteers
Products/Results:
The Norristown Carver Center directed a summer day
camp for approximately forty neighborhood youths.
Through the aid of the Montgomery County Health
Department staff, project participants gained
knowledge on environmental issues, the daily
functions and tasks of an Environmental Health
Specialist, and the health services provided by the
agency.
Successes/Strengths:
Because of the success of its summer program
presentations, the Montgomery County Health
Department has now established a connection with the
Norristown community. An avenue of communication
is secured that permits the department to actively meet
with the community and promote the services that it
offers. Additionally, a partnership is planned with the
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education and
environmental clubs in the Norristown school district,
in order to expand the environmental education
program that currently exists at the Carver Center.
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Anacostia River Cleanup Project/Environmental Youth Corp
Grant Number:
EQ99345401
Project Coordinator:
Henry B. Taylor, President
Holding On to Memorable Events
(H.O.M.E) P.O. Box 60347
Washington, D.C. 20039 ',
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Water quality/
River Cleanup
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Grant Number:
EQ99345401
Project Coordinator:
Henry B. Taylor, President
Holding On to Memorable Events
(H.O.M.E) P.O. Box 60347
Washington, P.O. 20039
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Water quality/
River Cleanup
Target Audience:
Communities in proximity to Anacostia River and the
selected tributaries: Watts Branch, Hickey Run and
James Creek.
Purpose:
To engage selected communities, university students,
service companies, government and non-government
organizations (NGOs) in clearing excessive amounts
of debris from the Anacostia River and selected
tributaries.
Goals:
To increase community awareness about the
impacts of dumping in local waterways.
To clear waterway blockages and increase
flow through a collaborative removal
program.
Methods:
Organized teams of instructors from Morgan
State University to teach removal and
monitoring methods.
Assembled more than 80 community
members to serve as participants.
Formed associations with D.C. FRESH,
National Park Service, U.S. EPA, African
American Environmentalist Association,
Catholic University, D.C. Public Schools,
D.C. Dept. of Recreation, The La Val
Corporation, Handon Diving, The Boy
Scouts of America-Sea Explorers-Ship 547,
and Sojourner Douglas College to assist in
the implementation of the program plan.
Collaborated with all parties to effect
cleanup of river and tributaries known to be
blocked by excessive amounts of debris.
Products/Results:
The Anacostia River Cleanup Project/Environmental
Youth Corp. was able to successfully remove
approximately 95% of the debris from its targeted
waterways. This served to significantly increase the
water flow and provide aesthetic improvements to the
affected areas.
Successes/Strengths:
H.O.M.E. has provided a model that successfully
integrates the efforts of local institutions and
community residents to perform river quality
improvements. The project attracted twice the
number of community participants projected. The
unexpected level of interest, and the participation of
industry and non-industry groups fostered a
constructive dialogue around the cleanup program
and other local environmental justice issues. By
localizing the area of concern, H.O.M.E. has created
a network of stakeholders whose future interests will
now include the health of resident waterbodies, such
as the need for the waterbodies to remain free flowing
and the presence of community environmental justice
issues.
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Environmental Justice Technology Center (EJTC)
Grant Number:
EQ99360201
Project Coordinator:
Dr. BabafemiA. Adesanya,
Executive Director
Hampton University
27 W. Queen's Way, Suite 102
Hampton, VA 23669
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1998
Focus:
Education/Assessment
and Support
Target Audience:
Southeast End residents of Newport News, VA
Purpose:
To assemble detailed environmental and health data
for dissemination to the public and relevant state
agencies to encourage development of targeted
government programs that can deal with community
environmental justice issues.
Goals:
Assist the community in investigating and
characterizing the environmental health of
the community.
Assist communities in obtaining
environmental information.
Develop a methodology for the community's
continuing involvement in local
environmental policy decision-making
processes.
Help to design and implement training
programs that build capacity among
community members to promote pollution
prevention and neighborhood liaison
activities/initiatives.
Methods:
Developed a cooperative arrangement with
the Department of Environmental Quality to
conduct environmental toxic release audits
using their files .
Trained team members on the process of
conducting environmental audits using air,
water and waste files from the DEQ.
Developed a methodology for conducting
the investigation which included lists of:
proximate companies, toxic sites, industry
outflows, permits, reported violations,
zoning classifications, age of homes, health
and environmental indices and water soil,
and lead tests.
Held "Train-the-Trainer" workshops for the
community on environmental information,
CIS and pollution prevention.
Used volunteers to do a community waste
audit. The primary goal was to develop
community profiles, which included
regionally available data and locally
gathered data. Supporting data included
information from the EPA and ATSDR
(Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry).
Conducted four environmental education
workshops in the community covering;
general environmental education, sources of
information on pollution and health effects
and indoor pollution prevention.
Evaluated workshops using pre and post
tests to determine level of participant
understanding and effectiveness of the
programs. Used verbal and written feedback
to ascertain project's worth.
Products/Results:
The project was able to develop a detailed profile of
the Southeast End community's potential pollutants,
and its abandoned sites. It also collected information
on indoor air quality. The data was combined with
state and federal figures to present an integrated
environmental assessment of the community.
Successes/Strengths:
The community assessment successfully drew
together different data sources to formulate a baseline
profile of the Southeast End area. By educating the
residents and communicating the data to them, the
level of discourse on the regional environmental
issues was elevated. State and local governments
were included in the information sharing, in hopes of
impelling programmatic changes that would benefit
the Southeast Environmental community. Educating
the community was key. It empowered the residents
to engage in a more scientific evaluation of their
residential plight and enabled them to ask the
appropriate questions of officials who will determine
the fate of town's environmental future.
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Get the Lead Out Environmental Justice
Empowerment Project
Grant Number:
EQ993932010
Project Coordinator:
Ruth Ann Norton, Executive Director
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
2714 Hudson Street
Baltimore, MD 21224
EPA Funding: Focus:
$20,000 Lead Hazards
FY1999 and Poisoning
Target Audience:
High risk communities for lead hazards and lead
poisoning in Baltimore City, Maryland, specifically
the communities of Sand town-Winchester, Middle
East, and Park Heights.
Purpose:
To empower communities to utilize lead prevention
resources such as; tenant's legal and housing rights,
housing relocation resources, grants, loans, HEPA-
vacuums, free lead dust cleaning kits and educational
resources to promote lead poisoning prevention
efforts.
Goals:
To increase awareness of the risks of lead
poisoning through environmental education
and legal rights training.
To increase access to resources and
prevention information in the communities at
highest risk for lead poisoning.
Methods:
Established Community Lead Poising
Prevention Resource Centers, accessible on
a walk-in basis, in areas of significant need.
Expanded upon a current HEP A-vacuum
loan program, which provides low-income
home owners with free access to otherwise
expensive HEPA-vacuums that capture
minute lead particles and dust.
Facilitated an all-day Parent Lead Forum,
where community residents were trained in
the causes and effects of lead poisoning and
the prevention resources available to them.
Distributed lead-specific cleaning kits to
members of the target audience.
Products/Results:
"Get the Lead Out!" established three Community
Lead Poisoning Resource Centers, serving as "one-
stop-shops" for parents, property owners, service
providers, and community residents to learn about
lead poisoning, testing, risk awareness and prevention
resources and tools. These centers provide
information about the HEPA-vacuum loan program,
whose inventory was increased during FY 1999
through the purchase of three HEPA-vacuums and the
filters and bags needed to run the vacuums for one
year. A total of 58 community residents and 24
community organizations representatives attended the
"Get the Lead Out!" Parent Lead Forum where 146
lead-specific cleaning kits were distributed to low-
income families.
Successes/Strengths:
Thanks in part to the "Get the Lead Out!" program,
the City of Baltimore, Maryland has taken a proactive
stance on the issue of lead poisoning eradication. Via
its outreach and empowerment successes, the project
laid the groundwork for an ongoing blood lead testing
education campaign and the adoption of a universal
blood lead testing law in Baltimore City for all one
and two year old children. Most important, however,
is the program amplified the voice of community
advocacy on lead and provided greater access to the
use of legal and housing rights related to lead hazards
to the target audience.
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KidsGrow: An Empowerment Stewardship Program
Grant Number:
EQ993927010
Project Coordinator:
Jacqueline M. Carrera,
Parks & People Foundation
1901 Eagle Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1999
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Baltimore City, Maryland youth, families, and
communities.
Purpose:
To equip urban youth with the knowledge and
practical skills needed, in order to become
environmental activists in their own neighborhoods.
Goals:
Assist the target audience to: understand
ecological concepts; gain awareness of
environmental issues and values; participate
in outdoor activities that they would not
otherwise experience; become proficient in
scientific investigation and critical thinking;
acquire the skills needed for effective action
and to enjoy undertaking community
projects.
Methods:
Developed year-round classroom and
outdoor instruction for Baltimore City
elementary and middle school students,
which emphasized hands-on environmental
programs and reading skills enhancement.
Produced newsletters for the parents of
project participants and community
members, in order to inform them of the
students' activities, as well as increase their
general level of environmental awareness.
Products/Results:
KidsGrow delivered 15 hours of program instruction
each week during the 1998-1999 school year for 40-
60 students. The project also provided 210 hours of
instruction for 40 students during a 1999 summer
camp program. Nutritious snack and/or lunches were
prepared and distributed every day, via a staff student
ration of 1:10. Local environmental problems were
identified and solutions to these problems were
designed. Educational newsletters were published,
which displayed highlights of KidsGrow program
activities.
Successes/Strengths:
The FY 1999 KidsGrow curriculum focused on the
issue of lead poisoning. Aided by materials prepared
by the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning,
project participants discovered an area in their
community in which residents were living in houses
designated as "lead paint hazards." Both shocked and
inspired by this situation, the students decided to
create a model of how these houses could be
detoxified of lead and rehabilitated. Further
development of this project will be pursued in the
future.
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Grant Number:
EQ99359801
Mattaponi Heritage Foundation
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Carl Custalow, Director $20,000
Mattaponi Heritage Foundation FY1998
1467 Mattaponi Reservation Circle
West Point, VA 23181
Focus:
Water Quality Monitoring
Target Audience:
Mattaponi Indian Reservation
Purpose:
To protect against threats to the tribe's livelihood by
assessing and monitoring river and groundwater
testing.
Goals:
To use water quality testing as a means of
determining the effects of surrounding
development on the Reservation's water
Methods:
Created partnerships with the Virginia
Institute of Marine Science and the Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay as consulting and
training resources.
Residents received testing process training.
and equipment.
Tested water parameters every week for one
year and logged results into the Reservation
computer database for annual comparison
with future testing, following the procedures
for proper river water testing, groundwater
testing, and quality control.
Created a multimedia presentation to
describe and to document testing activities.
Products/Results:
The project resulted in a consistent data set
quantifying the following water parameters:
temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, salinity and
pH.
Additionally, at the time samples were taken, the
following ambient environmental conditions were
also logged; speed and direction of the wind, cloud
cover, tidal stage, air temperature and any anomalous
conditions.
Successes/Strengths:
The Mattaponi have taken a proactive scientific
approach to quantify the effects of encroaching
development on their land. Training and eventual
testing will give them a baseline account of their
watershed's health and allow them ample time to
respond to any potentially destructive influences
emanating from outside their reservation. They have
increased local knowledge of scientific processes and
parameters while securing partnerships with local
institutions to aid in their fight to maintain a pristine
environment and to control the assets guaranteed by
treaty.
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Palmer Park Neighborhood Action (PPNAP) Program
Grant Number:
EQ99344501
Project Coordinator:
Sylvester Vaughns, President
Palmer Park Neighborhood
Action Partnership, Inc.
7617 GreenleafRd
Palmer Park, MD 20785
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Watershed education/
restoration
Target Audience:
Palmer Park community residents
Purpose:
To improve local watershed conditions through
resident education, site remediation and damage
prevention Using the efforts of community members.
Goals:
Restoration of the health and beauty of the
community's creek.
Improvement of water-related infrastructure
Education of residents on watershed issues
and impacts to community.
Methods:
Held instructional sessions covering a wide
range of topics including: polluters of the
Potomac river, habitat assessment,
watershed concepts, benthic organism
identification, tidal wetlands, aquatic
farming, river histories, bird and plant
identification, stream surveys, Native
American artifacts, tidal marshes, forest
buffers, wetlands, and impacts of humans
and land use on water quality.
Utilized a variety of teaching methods
including: nature hikes, presentations, canoe
rides, meetings and slide shows.
Employed the services of foundations,
nature guides, project groups, non-
government organizations (NGOs) and
others to aid in the distribution of
information to program participants. The
different groups accommodated the program
by tailoring their presentations to fit the
goals of PPNAP's project.
Held remediation sessions for volunteers to
remove debris from streams, record amounts
of trash present in streams, plant trees and
mark storm drains.
Pro ducts/Results:
PPNAP effectively educated more than 310 people,
held 20 project, presentation, training and field trip
sessions, and stenciled all the community storm
drains (121) with the message, "DON'T DUMP -
ANACOSTIA RIVER DRAINAGE". They removed
approximately 1.5 tons of trash from the local stream
and planted 100 trees.
Successes/Strengths:
PPNAP organized a diverse set of activities to
facilitate the education of its residents, cleanup of its
streams, prevention of further harmful activities and
communication of its local organizations. The plan
succeeded by choosing educational sessions and trips
that were most helpful to the watershed and to the
residents. It prompted the State Department of
Natural Resources Forestry Division and the Prince
George's County Department of Natural Resources to
commit to continuing the expansion of the forest
buffer along the stream by planting more trees.
Additionally, the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission began to study methods for
providing landscape quality street trees to the main
streets in Palmer Park.
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Participatory Urban Assessment (PUA) Handbook
Grant Number:
EQ99344701
Project Coordinator:
Paul Jahnige
Community Resources
5131 Wetheredsville Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21207
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Environmental Stewardship
Target Audience:
Urban community residents and professionals around
the country.
Purpose:
To create a handbook useful for assessing
environmental and social information that is typically
used to describe communities.
Goals:
To develop a simple, field-appropriate
participatory urban appraisal method that
will allow community residents to gather
high quality information about their
community's environmental and social
conditions.
To select an interdisciplinary team of about
twenty residents, academic environmental
professionals and community development
professionals to develop the manual.
Field test the method with residents and
local professionals in two inner-city
communities.
Develop a PUA Handbook that can be used
as a model by community residents and
professionals in cities around the country.
Methods:
Engaged in a literary search on the topics of
urban planning, visioning, environmental
assessment, rapid rural appraisal, and
technical data collection methods and
models.
Held two workshops to form definitions and
procedural strategies.
Drafted a PUA methodology to be used by
urban community leaders and environmental
professionals and had it reviewed and
revised by members of the PUA team.
Field tested the manual in three separate
urban communities. Worked with ten youth
and adult residents in each community over
a period of eight weeks.
Assessed testing outcomes.
Products/Results:
Community Resources' efforts culminated in a
handbook that will give its users a simple
methodology for conducting field assessments of their
communities.
Successes/Strengths:
This project is unique in that it provides a model
structure so that urban minority and disadvantaged
communities around the country will be able to
collect, interpret and control environmental and social
data about their own regions. The project employed
an interdisciplinary, multicultural team to bring
together community residents and local professionals
on an equal footing in creating an information
retrieval method. It will motivate the general public
to be more conscious of their local EJ issues and
involve community residents in the assimilation and
understanding of data concerning their living areas.
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(AL. FL. GA. KY. MS. NC. SC. TN)
Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest
Grant Number:
EQ 984785
Project Coordinator:
Dr. Albert Fritsch, Director
50 Lair Street
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
EPA Funding:
$10,000
FY1999
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Low-income Appalachians in some of the poorest
counties in America (five of the poorest are within 50
miles of Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest
(AS PI) in eastern Kentucky.
Purpose:
ASPI seeks to make science and technology
responsive to the needs of the lower-income people of
Appalachia through environmental education and
publicity. This project will address the problems of
waste management caused by illegal solid waste
dumping and straight pipes which go directly from
bathroom commodes to nearby streams.
Goals:
Identify waste mismanagement cases which
could be solved by better technical
information and policy changes.
Teach alternatives to utilizing straight pipe
which attribute to the seriously polluted
creek.
Methods:
Survey and educate the target community on
solid waste management practices in the
area.
Conduct workshops on building dry compost
toilets and terraced artificial wetlands in
areas unsuited for septic systems, and where
people of low economic means have the
building skills to construct these devices.
Products/Results:
Developed a publicity program through on-site visits
to each of the targeted counties. Heightened
awareness of pollution prevention measures in
Kentucky at a very critical period in its water and
solid waste management campaigns. Organized and
performed dry composting toilet/artificial wetland
workshops in Harlan, Laurel and Rockcastle
Counties. Developed and distributed a brochure,
"Ten Reasons for Installing Dry Composting
Toilets," to 4,500 persons.
Success/Strengths:
State officials are now attentive and a wide range of
people are talking about these viable alternatives for
solid waste disposal at conferences, in personal
conversations and in the media. The workshops were
successful with 200 attendees over the six days of the
two workshop series.
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REGION 4
Grant Number:
EQ984593
Associate of Filipino-Americans
Project Coordinator:
Bernadette Hudnell
517 Center Avenue
Philadelphia, MS 39350
EPA Funding:
FY1998
$20,000
Focus:
Pollution Prevention
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Associate of Filipino-Americans
Grant Number:
EQ984593
Project Coordinator:
Bernadette Hudnell
517 Center Avenue
Philadelphia, MS 39350
EPA Funding:
FY1998
$20,000
Focus:
Pollution Prevention
Target Audience:
Low income and disadvantaged families in Kemper
County, MS; especially school students at Kemper
County School District whose student population is
approximately 95% African-American.
Purpose:
To promote hands-on training, and public education
programs related to Pollution Prevention among
low-income and disadvantaged families in Kemper
County, MS.
Goals
Promote recycling project at local school.
To organize a "Pollution Prevention
Team" consisting of representatives from
various groups to address local
environmental justice problems, enhance
critical thinking, problem-solving and
ensure active participation of members of
disadvantaged groups in Kemper County.
Methods
Initiate a recycling project at the Kemper
County Elementary School. The students
also, developed and distributed a brochure
explaining the importance of proper
disposal of solid waste, outlining the
advantage of recycling.
Conducted a "train-the-trainer" workshop
with teachers, students and community
members. Experts in the field assisted in
conducting the workshop, training
participants and providing outreach
workers with pollution prevention
techniques.
Three other workshops were held to
educate the community about toxic
substances, primarily lead poisoning
prevention among children.
Products/Results:
The target audience is aware and knowledgeable about
solid waste reduction and recycling. They are aware
of toxic chemicals/materials and how improper use and
disposal of these chemicals can lead to environmental
pollution. They are better able to recognize pollution
sources in their environment, change practices in their
daily lives, improve the quality of the environment in
which they live, thus protecting the environment and
promoting public health.
Successes/Strengths:
As a result of the education and training, the citizens of
Kemper County, MS are able to make informed
decisions about how pollution problems can be
resolved. The implementation of a paper recycling
project at the Kemper County Elementary School and
development of a recycling brochure has empowered
the students to become better stewards of the
environment.
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REGION 4
Coalition United to Restore the Environment
Grant Number:
EQ984587
Project Coordinator:
Carrie Mitchell
P.O. Box 423
Atalla, AL 35954
EPA Funding:
FY1998
$20,000
Focus:
Wellhead Protection Studies
Target Audience:
The Town of Ridgeville, Alabama, a disadvantaged,
low income, minority community.
Purpose:
To conduct wellhead protection studies to determine
the geologic and hydrogeologic setting of the aquifer,
identify potential contaminant sources, and prepare a
management plan in an effort to prevent the aquifer
from being impacted.
Goals
To increase public awareness of
environmental justice issues in addition to
satisfying Alabama Department of
Environmental Management (ADEM)
wellhead protection requirements.
Dissemination of complex geological and
environmental data in a manner that is
understandable to the general public.
Methods
Hold public meetings to present the
Management Plan concept and findings from
the wellhead protection study.
Distribution of mailers and flyers to all
households located within the delineated
wellhead protection boundaries and door-to-
door canvassing to explain the importance of
wellhead protection.
Advertisement in local newspapers
presenting the concept.
Invitation to representatives of ADEM,
Alabama Rural Water Association, and other
agencies and organizations to become
involved in the Management Plan process.
Research the types of wastes disposed of in
the landfill and the relationship between the
aquifer beneath the landfill to the aquifer in
which the municipal well is installed.
Pro ducts/Results:
A progress report from a geological consultant
trained to conduct the technical portions of the
project. A project journal which includes information
from all public meetings, project goals and
milestones, discussion of responsibilities, and
progress of the project. A final Management Plan to
ADEM for approval within 12 months of
implementation.
Successes/Strengths:
The benefits of this program include increased public
awareness of environmental justice issues in addition
to satisfying ADEM wellhead protection
requirements. The major challenge involved
disseminating complex geological and environmental
data in a manner that is understandable to the general
public.
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REGION 4
Community Against Pollution
Grant Number:
EQ 984782
Project Coordinator:
David Baker, President
1012 West 16th Street
Anniston, AL 36201
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1999
Focus:
PCS Contamination
Target Audience:
Residents of West Anniston. West Anniston is home
to approximately 8,000 people, of which 80% are
African-American. This is a working class and low-
income area.
Purpose:
The community is faced with an industry that
produced various chemicals and products for more
than 40 years which resulted in extensive
polychlorinated bipenyls (PCBs) contamination in the
area. The project will research the effect of PCBs in
the West Anniston community.
Goals:
Research the current health status of
residents of West Anniston, and inform the
residents of the various environmental
results.
Involve the residents of West Anniston in
the development of strategies to address and
stop the various environmental assaults that
are present.
Methods:
Conducted house-to-house surveys and
collect relative data on sources of
contamination.
Held community forums and public
information activities such as interviews on
radio and cable television programs
regarding the health affects of PCBs.
Pro ducts/Results:
Completed approximately 1,000 health surveys while
directing residents to local hospitals for testing and
treatment. Participated with government agencies in
assessment, remedial design and cleanup of PCB
contamination. Conducted community awareness
meetings to inform residents of the processes used
when solid waste is incinerated, placed in landfills,
and when it is recycled. There are actual and
potential threats of-airand ground water
contamination by all three methods.
Participated in several large, citywide meetings with
EPA/ATSDR to bring the community up-to-date on
cleanup, enforcement and other pertinent information.
Succe ss/Streng ths:
The Community Against Pollution brought national
attention to the problem of PCB contamination.
There were meetings with Governor Don Seigelman
and Congressman B ob Riley regarding the issue. The .
project demonstrated the problems in Anniston to the
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council by
organizing a tour during the national meeting in June
2000. During the research of this project it was
discovered that the West Anniston community also
has a problem with lead contamination.
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Environmental & Community Health Organization, Inc.
Grant Number:
EQ 984787
Project Coordinator:
Susan Patton
4956 Pritchard Lane
Independence, KY 41051
EPA Funding:
$25,000
FY1999
Focus:
Water Quality
Target Audience:
The Yellow Creek Community in Kentucky. The
area is rural and low-income.
Purpose:
This project is to research the relationship between
environmental hazards and the health of the
community in Yellow Creek. The results will be
analyzed and made available to the community
residents and decision-makers. The community's
water supply and their environmental surroundings
were contaminated by several identified toxic
chemicals.
Goals:
Identify and involve all stakeholders,
including existing community-
based/grassroots organizational and local,
state, and federal environmental programs.
Hold community health education
workshops to identify health effects, plan for
future health care, and develop plans for the
health assessments.
Interview participants for the health
assessments and produce reports.
Develop an educational brochure around the
historical environmental exposure and the
health assessment.
Methods:
Develop a community leadership committee
to coordinate the local logistics and to be the
contact during the health assessment
process.
Hold two community awareness workshops
to discuss the health assessment project
approach of community involvement and
historical environmental exposure.
Conduct community health assessments.
* Report results to the community and
distribute brochures.
Products/Results:
Conducted 104 health assessments of participants that
lived within the watershed of Yellow Creek.
The interviews included 43 males and 61 females.
Ages raged from newborn to more than 90 years.
Developed a brochure called "Community Health
Assessment Project in Yellow Creek, Kentucky. " This
publication is the result of the preliminary
assessments.
Success/Strengths:
The most important aspect of this work is that the
community, through its heavy involvement in all
aspects of the project, trusts the outcome. One
benefit is that the project has now developed a
prototype for community-based health assessment
research.
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Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF)
Grant Number:
EQ 984783-99-0
Project Coordinator:
Sister Gail Grimes
Administrator
815 S. Park Avenue
Apopka, FL 32707
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Farmworker Safety
Standards
Target Audience:
The multi ethnic, farmworker communities of Central
and South Florida, composed mostly of Hispanic,
Haitian and African-American agricultural workers.
Purpose:
To address the disproportionately high exposure to
pesticides and other workplace health and safety
hazards among farmworkers in Central and Southern
Florida.
Goals:
Involve farmworkers in identifying health
problems which they experience in the
workplace, and report cases of pesticide
illnesses.
Conduct training for pesticide handlers who
have not received training.
Methods:
Document chemicals used on crops and
develop new crop sheets in collaboration
with the state Bureau of Pesticides.
Conduct monthly workplace diagnostics
and/or EPA certified pesticide training with
50 farmworkers.
Educate farmworkers on EPA Worker
Protection Standards, Field Sanitation, the
Florida Right-to-Know law, and other
workplace safety laws.
Maintain EPA-certified trainers on
pesticides, field sanitation, mapping,
pesticide handlers and other workplace
hazards for farmworkers.
Collaborate with state office to revise
standards for pesticide poisoning reporting.
Pro ducts/Results:
Conducted thirty-three pesticide training session,
instructing 451 farmworkers in Central and Southern
Florida. Those trained have been able to identify
violations and complete diagnostics and surveys on
companies where violations were identified.
Success/Strengths:
Farmworkers, who have received the pesticide and
field sanitation training through FWAF have become
more aware of violations and of symptoms of
pesticide poisoning. Evaluation of the program has
been positive based on the participation of the
famworkers at meetings and in training. The
additional training has resulted in more inspections of
companies with violations.
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REGION 4
Grant Number:
EQ984589
Justice Resource Center
Project Coordinator: Funding:
Rev. Louis Coleman FY 1998
3810 Garland Avenue $20,000
Louisville, KY 402 11
Focus:
Environmental Stewardship
Target Audience:
The West End of Louisville which is 80% African
American and low-income.
Purpose:
To support leadership development in the West End
of Louisville to identify, prioritize and respond to
environmental risks.
Goals
Inform and share information with local
activists, community organization board
members, Sunday School teachers and
ultimately the community about
environmental contamination, risks, threats,
and effects.
Study the relationship between
environmental exposure and environmental
disease.
Use the Geographic Information System
(GIS) to map sources of environmental
pollution exposure and public environmental
health information.
Pro ducts/Results:
Disseminated information to approximately 300
proactive participants. These individuals developed
an active interest in the environment, volunteering in
demonstrations to reduce the pollution and emissions
that were coming from various industries and
factories in Rubbertown. Surveys were developed
and information gathered that will assist in planning
the objectives to reduce negative health hazards in the
area.
Succe sses/Str engths:
The project enabled the community to have fence line
monitors placed in various locations throughout the
Rubbertown area. The project was successful in
getting an oil refinery to demolish and clean up an
unused facility in the area thereby reducing the
hazards to the water supply. This project enabled the
West End community residents to develop systematic
approaches to addressing their own
environmental problems without relying exclusively
on governmental agencies.
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Methods
Conduct bi-weekly training sessions to
inform and share information with residents
of the West End of Louisville.
Train workshop participants in the proper
methods of obtaining soil samples and how
to use and obtain information from the
Access Environmental Monitoring System.
Survey community on the negative health
hazards in the area.
Conduct two public information meetings,
one will address air pollution and health and
the other will address hazardous waste sites
and birth defects, developmental disabilities,
mental retardation and cancer.
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Grant Number:
EQ 984781-99-0
Neighborhood Services, Inc.
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Ray anthnee U.Patterson $14,000
700 8th Avenue, West FY1999
Birmingham (Jefferson), AL 35204
Focus:
Lead Poisoning
Target Audience:
The parents and care givers of young children located
in a geographic area of the city of Birmingham,
Alabama. The community is African American and
low-income.
Purpose:
To address the lingering problem of lead poisoning in
African American children in low income families,
with an emphasis on exposure in the home or child
care setting.
Goals:
Study the health effects of lead in household
products (i.e., lead based paint) and the
health effect of airborne lead emissions on
all children in the community.
Develop and implement a multi media lead
information campaign. This will include
radio and television public service
announcements, print media, and an
information pamphlet geared to the
Birmingham audience.
Methods:
Conduct community Lead Awareness
Seminars.
Work with the Jefferson County Health
Department to conduct site-visits and
screen/test children under the age of six for
elevated blood lead levels.
Assisted community members with cleaning
and repairing of the homes where lead
hazards were found.
Conduct Lead Safe Practices Seminar with
community residents.
Pro ducts/Results:
Implemented a Lead Community Awareness Seminar
in the Woodlawn Neighborhood. Parents were
trained in the proper techniques for cleaning the home
and assisting with the elimination of lead hazards.
Forty children were tested for elevated blood lead
levels. Culturally friendly pamphlets and other
materials on lead safety were created.
Eighteen, two-day, Lead Safety Seminars were
presented to the community residents. One of the
seminars was a "train the trainer" seminar designed to
train and equip residents with the knowledge to train
others in Lead Safe Practices. A total of 108
residents has been trained. An information packet
for pediatric doctors and nurses was developed and
distributed and meetings were scheduled with each
for follow-up.
Succe ss/Streng ths:
Worked with Birmingham News, CNN and others, on
several news articles and a documentary on lead
poisoning and its prevention. Established a lead
hotline. Birmingham has been chosen as a pilot
under the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisonings
"The Promise of Environmental Sampling and Righ-
To-Knowfor Communities at Risk" Program.
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Grant Number!
EQ984588
Tennessee Valley RC&D, Co.
Project Coordinator: Funding: Focus:
R. Michael Roden FY 1998 Radon
4511 US Hwy. 31, South $20,000
Decatur, AL 35603
Target Audience:
Minorities in an eight-county region of north
Alabama; specifically, Hispanic immigrants, African
Americans, and Native Americans.
Purpose:
To educate the residents of North Alabama who are at
risk from radon and other occupational related
environmental hazards.
Goals
Provide educational information and training
on the health problems associated radon.
Focus on reducing the risks associated with
environmental hazards and how and where
to access assistance for those with health
problems.
Methods:
Utilization of the Indian American
Education (IAE) group, and other existing
minority associations and groups to provide
the forums for the delivery of this
educational effort
Utilization of a web site provided by IAE to
participate in their distance learning effort
to reach ten states and seven countries.
Communications in both English and
Spanish, focusing on reducing the risks
associated with environmental hazards and
how/where to access assistance for those
with health problems.
Products/Results:
Conducted educational programs in communities
located in an eight-county region of north Alabama.
Developed, printed and distributed environmental and
health brochures. Increased environmental and health
awareness in minority populations. Increased the
minority population's awareness of where and how to
access help.
Successes/Strengths:
Environmental concepts and norms, that have
previously been low priority in this segment of north
Alabama's population, will be institutionalized.
Awareness of environmental health is increased .
Developed a brochure called "Water Quality: How it
Works " in both English and Spanish. Developed a
child's workbook on environmental awareness called
"Squinty Flinty" in both English and Spanish.
Tennessee Valley Resource Conservation and
Development (RC&D) won 1st Place for their
outstanding educational display at The U.S. EPA Tri-
Regional Meeting (September 1999).
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REGION 5
(IL. IN. ML MN. OH. WI)
Carver Community Organization
Grant Number:
EQ97512101
Project Coordinator:
Mr. David Wagner
400 S.E. 8th Street
Evansville, IN 47713
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Environmental Education
Target Audience:
The primarily low-income, African-American
neighborhoods of Bellemeade-Bayard Park, Canal
and Ballard, Evansville, Indiana. This area contains
some of the oldest housing stock in the State of
Indiana.
Purpose: To establish an Environmental Justice
Resource center which would provide a centralized
clearinghouse for education, research and
environmental information. The Center will have a
readily accessible body of information to enhance the
community's understanding of environmental
indicators and data, children's health information and
would include an ozone/water quality database
exchange program which identifies stationary sources
of pollution utilizing an interactive database program.
Goals:
To establish an Environmental Justice
Resource Center (EJRC)in the community.
To train local community members to utilize
available data sources.
To identify areas of environmental justice
concern by integrating demographic and
environmental information and
disseminating it in plain English.
Methods
Established an Environmental Justice
Resource Center (EJRC) with CD programs
which include linkages to EJ resource
centers and databases throughout the State of
Indiana and the U.S.
Environmental education, outreach and
public participation: Forward Leadership
and Enhanced Assistance Program (LEAP)
Workshop
An outdoor laboratory field study was
conducted in partnership with the University
of Southern Indiana (USI).
Products/Results:
The EJRC provides ongoing assistance to residents
including formalized structured training formats in
plain language. The Carver's After School Program
hosts over 200 children regularly at the EJRC.
Sixteen representatives of six different Community
Based Organizations (CBOs) and neighborhood
associations attended the Forward Leadership and
Enhanced Assistance Program (LEAP) Workshop.
The classroom training and field trips involved over
90 middle and grade school student participants.
Monthly meetings of 12 CBOs were conducted.
Seventeen minority middle school students along with
20 USI volunteer biology and toxicology students
participated. The college students served as mentors
to the youth.
Success/Strenths:
As a result of the project, residents understand the
negative impact of many environmental problems.
Ongoing assistance, training and education empower
the community. Access has been provided to
environmental information in plain English to both
adult and youth. Developed a "Children's
Environmental Health Resource Guide" with input
from the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management, Vanderburgh County Public Health
Department, Evansville Community Health
Organization (ECHO) Community Health Clinic,
Community Action Program (CAP) of Evansville,
Vanderburgh Minority Health Coalition and
Environkinetics, which teaches parents how to protect
their children's environment.
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Earth Day Coalition
Grant Number:
EQ975123Q1
Project Coordinator:
Ms. Anjdli Mathur
3606 Bridge Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY2000
Focus:
Environmental Education
Target Audience:
Low-income and minority neighborhoods of Lee
Seville Miles, Lee Harvard, St. Clair Superior and
Glcnview in Cleveland, Ohio.
Purpose:
To deliver a set of environmental problem solving
training modules designed to create a critical thinking
framework in community residents and leaders in four
target neighborhoods. These training modules focus
on environmental justice and sustainability,
environmental problem solving and risk assessment,
environmental regulations and information access,
and the use of the internet as an information resource.
Goals:
To provide training to local residents via
environmental workshops.
* To implement outreach activities for the
Sustainable Cleveland Environmental Health
Action Guide among neighborhood
organizations media communication.
Methods:
* The Earth Day Coalition (EDC) designed
and delivered training sessions on the basics
of environmental justice and community-
based environmental problem-solving.
Workshops were conducted which included
interactive exercises and internet-based
training. Computer demonstrations included
"The Chemical Scorecard," Envirofacts,
Enviromapper and the Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI).
Community outreach was conducted using
an extensive database of schools and
churches. Over 2,700 copies of the "Action
Guide" were distributed to students in local
Catholic schools and area residents.
Outreach was conducted for 1,000 children
participating at Camp Forbes, a summer
initiative for 9-12 year olds from the City of
Cleveland's Department of Parks and
Recreation
Outreach was conducted at a day-long event
for 9-12 year olds through the Interreligious
Committee on the Environment and the
Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Classroom
presentations were conducted throughout
area schools.
National outreach was achieved at the
Right-To-Know conference co-sponsored by
National Environmental Health Association
(NEHA) and U.S. EPA.
Media outreach for the "Action Guide" was
conducted through print and broadcast
media.
Products/Results:
A discussion on the project and the role of the
"Action Guide" in community empowerment was
featured throughout April 2000 on Cox, Cablevision,
Tri-C and Lorain TV stations. Cleveland's feminist
newspaper "What She Wants" featured a full-page
article entitled "Women's Health and the Need for
Environmental Health Access" in their January 2000
issue. An article entitled "Clean Environment,
Healthy Communities: You can Make a Difference"
was published by the Lee Harvard Times and the St.
Clair-Superior News. Five EDC newsletters
advertised the availability of free hard copy versions
of the "Action Guide" and the internet version at
www. earthdaycoalition. org.
Successes/Strengths:
This project is a successful model for other
communities across America. The Sustainable
Washington Alliance based in Washington, D.C. has
replicated the "Action Guide" for the greater
Washington area. Also, in Buffalo, New York an
effort is underway to create a partnership between
stakeholders modeled on the SCP partnership. The
Buffalo group is working closely with the SCP
partners to determine how their mission and vision
was defined, and what is key to the successful
functioning of this partnership. The Council of
Michigan Foundations has also acquired 28 copies of
the "Action Guide."
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Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife (GLIFWC)
Grant Number:
EQ985966
Project Coordinator:
Mr. Jim Thannum
P.O. Box 9
Odanah, WI 54861
EPA Funding:
$19,895,
FY1998
Focus:
Subsistence Fishing and
Mercury Contamination
Target Audience:
Members of eleven Native American Tribes.
Purpose:
To address the concerns of methyl mercury
contamination of walleye in ceded territory lakes.
Goals:
To provide information on fish contaminant
levels to the membership of eleven tribal
governments.
To provide a practical and culturally
sensitive approach to minimizing health
risks and target women of child bearing age
and parents.
Methods:
Obtained information from the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (USD A)
comparing federal statutes regulating
mercury contamination for fish, beef and
poultry products with fish advisories
published by state, tribal, and federal
agencies for walleye harvested from ceded
territory waters.
Collected walleye samples for testing eleven
of the twenty eight lakes that have been
identified by member tribes for a walleye
harvest sample. Of these eleven harvested
lakes, four have been tested for mercury.
Established a tribal database for
(Geographic Information System) GIS
applications that compiles data on
Minnesota lakes to identify mercury
contamination levels to assist in determining
if lakes targeted for harvest by tribal
members require additional sampling.
Updated the tribal database for GIS
applications that compiles new data on
Wisconsin and Michigan lakes to identify
mercury contamination levels.
Examined alternative options to illustrate
and communicate mercury contaminant
levels in walleye from waters harvested by
tribal members using GIS mapping
techniques.
Prepared and distributed GIS maps
illustrating mercury contamination levels in
walleye
Provided health information regarding
consumption advice to tribal members
harvesting fish from ceded territory lakes in
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Products/Results:
Wisconsin and Michigan databases were updated
with all available data. GIS maps depicting mercury
contamination of walleye in lakes harvested by seven
member tribes were created. A supply of these color
coded maps were provided to tribal registration
stations so that tribal members could pick them up
along with a nightly spearing or netting fishing
permit. Included on the reverse side of the maps was
background information about mercury and advice to
consider when eating fish.
To view these maps online go to www. glifwc.org
Successes/Strengths:
Created a baseline assessment of mercury
contamination of walleye in ceded territory lakes.
Provided easy-access to information on mercury
contaminant levels and health and consumption
advice to tribal members.
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Indianapolis Urban League
Grant Number:
EQ975124
Project Coordinator:
John Mundell
850 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
EPA Funding:
$15,000,
FY1999
Focus:
Air Quality
Target Audience:
The low-income and minority communities located in
Marion County, Indiana
Purpose:
To develop a working Geographic Information
System (GIS) Environmental Resource Center
database for air emissions data for Marion County,
Indiana.
Goals:
To assess where and to what extent low-
income and minority populations are
exposed to a greater proportion of industrial
emissions.
To develop a preliminary health risk
assessment of specific key sectors of
Indianapolis known to be low-income,
mixed race, and close to industrial and
Superfund sources.
To provide the GIS database to the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management,
the Marion County Department of Health
and the Indiana State Department of Health,
in order to facilitate their environmental
health-based decision-making processes.
To make the database available to the public
and present environmental information via a
workshop.
Methods:
The Indianapolis Urban League
Environmental Coalition (IULEC)
developed a working GIS Environmental
Resource Center database for air emissions
data for Marion County, Indiana, in
partnership with the Indiana University
School of Public Health and Environmental
Affairs.
A relational analysis among potential
chemical source types and locations along
with demographic data was performed and
utilized to identify geographic areas of
concern as well as populations at risk for the
local community.
Community Workshops were conducted
presenting the results of the EJ study
performed as well as providing additional
information on the impacts of air toxics on
human health. The workshops were
attended by local community members,
students of Martin University and filmed by
the local public access television station.
The program was subsequently shown
multiple times during December 2000
reaching an estimated public audience of
400,000 in central Indiana.
Pro ducts/Results:
The results of this analysis were drafted into a
technical publication entitled "Race, Income and
Toxic Air Releases in Indianapolis, Indiana" and
presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry in
November 2000. The IULEC completed the
identification of chemicals of concern and their
potential health impacts for a geographic sector of
Marion County where potential impacts to low-
income and minority populations are considered
greatest. The results of this study have been drafted
in the report "Assessment of Risk From Hazardous
Air Pollutants in Southwestern Indianapolis" and are
being reviewed for presentation at an upcoming
nation meeting. These results have drawn attention to
this area as the potential site of future research
including an increase of long-term air monitoring and
an evaluation of actual health data. A GIS data disk
was created and disseminated as well as videotapes of
the news coverage of IULEC's press conference and
the two educational programs.
Successes/Strengths:
Providing public access to environmental information
and health impacts reaching an estimated audience of
400,000 in central Indiana. Formation of the
(IULEC) which includes members from non-profit,
education, governmental, and private sector
organizations concerned with providing a healthy
environment for citizens of Indiana.
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Grant Number:
EQ985535-01
Project Vida
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Dr. Howard Ehrman $20,000
2856 South Mittard Avenue FY 1997
Chicago, IL 60623
www.lvejo.org
Focus:
Education/
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
The Hispanic community known as "Little Village"
located in Chicago, Illinois.
Purposes:
To develop a participatory, interactive Environmental
Justice (EJ) project for Little Village.
Goals:
To create an EJ youth and family
organization in the community.
To conduct a community environmental
inventory of toxic sources in and around
Little Village.
To develop educational materials and hold
community forums around a neighborhood
brownfield site with Superfund status
pending.
Methods:
Community outreach and meetings were
conducted on EJ and environmental topics,
resulting hi the decision to create an EJ
youth and family organization to be housed
in the local Boys and Girls club. A non-
profit 501(c)(3) organization, Little Village
Environmental Justice Organization
(LVEJO) was formed.
A home toxic and asthma trigger inventory
was conducted and a curriculum developed
that emphasizes pollution prevention and
risk reduction activities.
A mural program was developed integrating
EJ issues with cultural themes of the
community.
A community-based environmental
inventory of toxic sources in and around
Little Village was undertaken in partnership
with Citizens For a Better Environment.
Products/Results:
"Little Village Guide to Toxic Pollution"
was developed and distributed widely.
A mural was painted by local youth in the
community depicting EJ in the community.
Successes/Strengths:
Community residents were educated on toxic releases
in Little Village and empowered to form their own
community based, non-profit organization to address
environmental justice issues and concerns.
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REGION 6
(AR. LA. NM. OK. TX)
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
Environmental Justice Project
Grant Number:
EQ 996819-01
Project Coordinator:
Enrique Valdivia,
Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
922 San Pedro
San Antonio, TX 78212
EPA Funding: Focus:
FY1997 Air Pollution and Solid
$20,000 Waste
Target Audience:
Low-income African-American community in
Eastside San Antonio, Texas, and the Martinez
neighborhood, a racially mixed low-income area.
Purpose:
To address air pollution and solid waste problems
through community education and organizing
grassroots efforts in an area that is home to a high
number of the cities' dirtiest industries and one of
Bexar County's largest landfills.
Goal:
Provide community education and enhance
empowerment of Eastside and Martinez
residents regarding environmental conditions
in their neighborhoods
Promote a cleaner means of power
generation and encourage the relocation of
the Deely coal burning power plant, a huge
producer of contaminations into the Eastside
neighborhood
Methods:
Conduct two surveys of households in the
target communities to investigate the health
problems and environmental concerns.
Produce two "State of the Neighborhood"
environmental reports containing public
data, survey results and an overview of
toxicology information relevant to
neighborhood exposures.
Present the reports at workshops for
neighborhood residents.
Products/Results:
Monthly meetings were held, during which,
information was provided on the environmental and
health effects of coal-fired power plants and the State
complaint process. A Clean Air Summit/Spruce
Power Plan Tour was held and 50 people participated
in the Summit, while 30 went on the tour. A "State of
the Neighborhood Conference" was held near the
surveyed neighborhoods, drawing 50 people and
receiving excellent press coverage. Health surveys
were taken of the two neighborhoods using college
and high school volunteers. In the Eastside
neighborhood, 161 households were surveyed, and in
the Martinez neighborhood, 88 individuals were
surveyed. The two "State of the Neighborhood"
reports were compiled based on information from the
surveys.
Successes/Strengths:
As a result of the project, residents understand the
negative impacts of many environmental problems.
The neighborhood groups have formed alliances and
have worked hard to have a voice in decisions
affecting their environment.
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Mothers for Clean Air
Houston's Fifth Ward Cleaner Communities for Better Health
Grant Number:
EQ991035-01
Project Coordinator:
JaneLaping \
301 5 Richmond Ave., Suite 270
Houston, TX 77098 '
EPA Funding: Focus:
FY 1999 Air Pollution and Children's
$15,000 Health
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Mothers for Clean Air.
Houston's Fifth Ward Cleaner Communities for Better Health
Grant Number:
EQ991035-01
Project Coordinator:
Jane Laping
3015 Richmond Ave., Suite 270
Houston, TX 77098
EPA Funding:
FY1999
$15,000
Focus:
Air Pollution and Children's
Health
Target Audience:
Low-income African-Americans in Houston's Fifth
Ward exposed to harmful effects of air pollutants
(ozone, toxins and particulate matter) from industrial
sources and auto emissions.
Purpose:
To expand the organization's activities by increasing
community awareness of air and solid waste hazards.
Involving the community in identifying
environmental justice issues by gathering information
about pollution sources in and near the community
and identifying solutions to these problems
Goals:
Enhance community understanding of
environmental and public health information
systems.
Improve communication between the
elementary schools and community members
when there are high ozone days.
Educate the community about the adverse
health effects of ozone and the importance of
keeping the children indoors on days of high
ozone concentrations.
Methods:
Hold a workshop to train the community on
accessing the environmental databases and
public health information via the Internet.
Notify elementary schools when high ozone
days are expected so that the principals will
keep the children indoors.
Hold a public Environmental Justice
Workshop and Tour to help residents
understand local environmental justice
problems.
Tour hazardous waste sites to enhance
understanding of the issues through first-
hand knowledge.
Pro ducts/Results:
Fifteen meetings were held in the community where
the volunteers practiced organizational skills, learned
about the community's environmental problems and
planned future educational activities. Twenty
community members toured the five Super&nd sites
and Ship Channel industries affecting the
environmental quality in the area. Professionals
taught the participants about the health affects
associated with particular pollutants found during the
tour. Ten people attended a three-day Internet
training session so that they may continue their
environmental education. Presentations on ozone
education were made in several local day care
centers.
Successes/Strengths:
A great interest in air pollution has been created. A
children's photography workshop was held, and
fifteen of the best photos of pollution in the
neighborhood were made into a calendar. Twenty-
five neighborhood people attended an Environmental
Justice Workshop.
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Improving Environmental Health and Justice
in a Border Community
Grant Number:
EQ986402-01-0
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Victoria Simons FY1999
Border Environmental Health Coalition $14,965
P.O. Box 134
Mesilla Park, NM 88047
Focus:
Environmental health and
environmental justice
issues.
Target Audience:
Low-income Hispanics in a colonia in Dona Ana
County, New Mexico
Purpose:
To develop a prototype program that will assist low-
income minority communities analyze and cope with
environmental health and justice issues. Many health
problems are related to the concentration of dairies in
the county and the fact that many of the residents
have no household water or wastewater infrastructure
Goals:
To teach the community to identify local
environmental justice problems and involve
the residents in finding solutions to address
these concerns.
The community will also be given an
understanding of environmental and public
health information systems and pollution in
the community.
Methods:
Work with La Clinica de Familia and its
promotora (lay health promoters) program to
provide community outreach and
environmental health information.
Hire a bilingual community resource person
to work directly with the community.
Develop a bilingual directory of state and
local agencies providing assistance to the
low-income residents.
Products/Results:
The community resource person helped the residents
to understand and solve environmental health
problems in their community. She was more
successful in approaching the individual families in
their homes, rather than in community meetings. She
helped raise their awareness and their confidence to
express their ideas and concerns about their
environment
Succe sses/Streng ths:
The bilingual directory has been very valuable to the
community. Lessons have been learned from the
project that will enable the group to develop an
improved program for additional efforts within the
community.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility
Grant Number:
EQ-99 687 0-01
Project Coordinator:
Beatriz E. Vera
1100N. Stanton, Suite 805
El Paso, TX 79902
EPA Funding:
FY1997
$20,000
Focus:
Childhood Respiratory
Health
Target Audience:
The poorest residents, primarily Hispanic, living in
the U.S.-Mexico border area who often live in the
most environmentally contaminated neighborhoods.
Purpose:
To research, write, and publish a Parent's Resource
Guide on Childhood Respiratory Health.
Goals:
To increase communications and
cooperation between U.S. and Mexican
physicians and facilitate citizen
understanding of and input into the region's
environmental health policies.
Identify treatment and prevention measures
in order to arrive at a binational
understanding of the treatment and
prevention of environmentally-caused illness
and respiratory health.
Methods:
Establish a Resource Guide Workgroup
including representatives from the local
community and environmental groups from
both sides of the border to help develop the
Resource Guide.
Distribute, to 3,000 regional public health
officials, government officials, community
groups and the media, a binational, three-
year Pediatric Asthma Study, the basis for
Resource Guide.
Structure the bilingual Resource Guide in
ordinary language to give parents the
information they need on their children's
environmental health issues and public
health information systems.
Conduct community outreach to generate
interest in air quality and hazardous
substances.
Distribute 1,500 Resource Guides to the
public.
Fro ducts/Results:
The Pediatric Asthma Study was completed,
translated, and distributed to more than 3,000 public
health officials, community groups, etc. The
Resource Guide was developed partly from the
Pediatric Asthma Study and the data it provided.
Extensive outreach was conducted on both sides of
the border to interest people in this data and in the
fact that a parent-friendly resource guidebook was to
be produced. After the Resource Guide was finished,
it was translated into Spanish and field-tested among
five community focus groups.
Succe sses/Str eng ths:
The Resource Guide has proven to be an invaluable
tool for families. The project provided an excellent
learning experience for health professionals treating
low-income Hispanic families.
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Taos Pueblo Environmental Health Project
Grant Number:
EQ986097-01
Project Coordinator:
Steve Dickens
River Watch Network
153 State St.
Montpelier, VT 05602
EPA Funding:
FY1998
$20,000
Focus:
Environmental health and
"water quality
Target Audience:
Native Americans primarily in the Taos Pueblo in
Northern New Mexico.
Purpose:
River water from the Rio Grande watershed is the
primary source of drinking water, water for
ceremonial bathing purposes and for fish (a dietary
staple). The river water flows through heavily
contaminated non-native communities. The safe
water needs of the Pueblo must be addressed.
Goals:
Assess the health risk of river and aquatic
life contamination, and assess the health
status and exposure to contamination by
residents in the pueblos.
Methods:
Train Taos Pueblo Environmental Office
(TPEO) staff and volunteers to design,
administer, and analyze survey data from
cross-sectional epidemiologic health and
river water use surveys, interpret
epidemiologic data and understand and
prioritize community health risks.
Develop, conduct, and interpret health
surveys.
Coordinate community meetings to
disseminate the survey results and provide
advice on risk reduction strategies.
Products/Results:
Several TPEO staff members were trained to design a
health survey, and three summer interns administered
the survey to 51 respondents in July 1999. The
remaining TPEO staff was trained in entering the data
into statistical software. A new streamlined survey
was then developed and administered to more than
200 participants. Information gained will have
beneficial impacts on health planning. The survey
showed that 94% of the Pueblo residents drank from
the river. Of these residents, 47% percent said that
the river water was their primary source of drinking
water, and 27% said it was their only source of water.
Ninety percent of respondents ate fish from the river.
The survey suggests that there are many problems
related to consumption of river water.
Successes/Strengths:
The surveys have provided invaluable data regarding
subsistence fishing and how health is impacted if
water is .contaminated. The TPEO staff and interns
received excellent training during this project, and the
community members achieved a clearer
understanding of the dangers of contaminated water.
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Environmental House Calls
Grant Number:
EQ-9 86205-01-0
Project Coordinator:
Claudia Miller
7703 Floyd Curl Drive
San Antonio, TX 78284
EPA Funding:
FY1998
$15,000
Focus:
Childhood Asthma
Target Audience:
Low income Hispanic families in Laredo, Texas.
Purpose:
To implement a pilot project to: (1) assist the poor
Hispanic population in improving residential
environmental conditions adversely affecting the
health of their children; (2) train physicians and
nurses in environmental medicine and (3) address the
rising prevalence of asthma.
Goals:
Develop a standardized protocol for
performing environmental house calls to be
used as an educational tool for teaching
medical and nursing students.
Evaluate the possible sources of
contaminants causing respiratory problems
in low-income Hispanic households, and
teach the families how to prevent and
eliminate those problems.
Methods:
Perform at least 45 environmental house
calls to examine homes for sources of air
contaminants associated with respiratory
problems.
Conduct a second visit to make additional
analyses, such as the presence of carbon
dioxide and allergens in dust, particulate
matter and molds, as well as the presence of
lead, radon and asbestos.
Conduct a third visit to discuss with the
residents the possible sources of
contamination, to answer questions, and to
suggest ways of improving the
environmental and physical health of the
household.
Develop a cartoon-style educational
pamphlet in English and Spanish illustrating
environmental problems in the home as a
teaching tool for the families.
Products/Results:
This project has created a model program for
engaging medical, nursing and public-health students
in visits to the homes of children with asthma.
Fifteen families of children with asthma participated
in the Environmental House Calls. Three visits were
made to each family and the families gave
information for a health questionnaire. A comic
book-style pamphlet on asthma was developed in
Spanish for use of the participating families and for
health fairs in Laredo.
Successes/Strengths:
The project delivered targeted assistance to the low-
income families who participated, and provided a
unique learning experience for those studying for
medical professions. Valuable health information
was imparted to the families, and the health
professionals received important information on the
problems of asthma in this community.
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(IA, KS, MO, NB)
Community-Based Master Planning Project
Nebraska State Recycling Association
Grant Number:
EQ997482-01
Project Coordinator:
Kay Stevens
1941 South 42nd Street #512
Omaha, NE 68105
EPA Funding:
$19,945
FY1997
Focus:
Environmental
Stewardship
Target Audience:
Neighborhood associations located within the Omaha
Enterprise zone, Omaha, Nebraska.
Purpose:
To make useful environmental and ownership data
regarding soil and water pollution, readily available
to neighborhood leaders of Omaha, Nebraska.
Goals:
To support neighborhood management of
selected redevelopment projects.
To support environmental sustainability in
the targeted area.
To develop a simple data collection system
for "address-based" environmental and
planning data.
To further develop the long term goal of
implementing "Neighborhood Master Plans"
that identify the unique and available
resources of the targeted areas, pinpoint
environmental and infrastructure factors that
depress property values, and define
corrective action plans.
Methods:
Develop Data Collection procedures and
design data collection forms for integration
into a GIS- based system.
Field test procedures and forms.
Compile a Training Manual for
neighborhood associations.
Present results at a public meeting at the
conclusion of the project to explain how
inner-city property owners can use the GIS
environmental and planning data to guide
redevelopment projects.
Products / Results:
Creation of a "Neighborhood Profile" documented 61
neighborhoods in the target area, based on telephone
and personal interviews with all organizations. A
population of 148,277 resides within the target area.
Successes / Strengths:
The "Neighborhood Profile" document provides a
foundation for the future establishment of
"Neighborhood Master Plans" and increases
awareness of neighborhood associations and inner-
city property owners on future planning with regard
to potential environmental issues.
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EnvironmentalJustice Tool Kit
Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC)
Grant Number:
EQ997729-01
Project Coordinator:
Robert Housh
3808 Paseo
Kansas City, MO 64109
EPA Funding:
$12,465
FY1999
Focus:
Pollution Prevention
Target Audience:
Metropolitan Kansas City area with an emphasis on
minority and/or low income neighborhoods.
Purpose:
To develop a tool kit for other neighborhoods to use
to develop their own environmental justice efforts
through a community-based approach.
Goals:
Improvement in communication and
coordination among stakeholders regarding a
community-based approach to
environmental justice issues.
Enhance community understanding of
environmental and public health information
systems through increased community
education and awareness.
Methods:
Develop a Workbook to provide a process
oriented, step by step aid for communities to
develop their own neighborhood planning
programs dealing with environmental justice
and sustainable community planning.
Develop and distribute a CD Rom and Video
Tape as a companion to the workbook, to
serve as a marketing tool for participating
communities to develop support and
resources for their own planning efforts.
Development of an extensive Website with
space reserved for the Environmental Justice
Tool kit giving users access to downloadable
information, links to other relevant web
sites, and a chat room for networking and
communication with other stakeholders and
participants.
Products / Results:
Follow up activities include various efforts to
measure and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of
this resource. Theses activities include:
- providing the tool kit to 75 different communities;
- getting 2,408 "hits" on the website that relate to
community activity.
- surveying the resources listed in the workbook for
contact by communities receiving tool kit.
- coordinating the tracking of the tool distribution
with EPA distribution and activity.
More kits will be given to local neighborhood
associations in the urban core through a workshop
that links the MEC's latest grant project-
weatherization, or home energy education and
training.
Successes / Strengths:
Providing an easy-to-use, interesting kit that helps
people learn about environmental justice issues in
their community and helps them to take action as
well.
The tool kit can help them to begin to build support
networks in other communities with similar issues.
Another strength is partnering with EPA at their
annual grant workshops to present the tool kit to other
community-based organizations dealing with EJ
issues.
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Haskell Natural Resources Program
Grant Number:
PJ997233-01
Project Coordinator:
William Welton
Haskell Indian Nations Univ.
155 Indian Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66046
EPA Funding:
$45,000
FY1998
Focus:
Pollution Prevention
Target Audience:
Students at Haskell Indian Nations University that
represent 140 American Indian communities and
reservations, including local reservations.
Purpose:
To improve the environmental conditions within
American Indian communities and on reservations
through public education, decision-making, problem-
solving, training, and partnerships.
Goals:
To reduce waste by targeting dormitory and
food service wastes.
To conduct an intensive safety inspection
and formulate a conservation safety plan for
the natatorium at the Coffin Complex
targeting chlorine gas, usage and storage.
To educate students on other environmental
topics.
Methods:
Development and enhancement of public
and private partnerships, specifically
between Haskell Indian Nations University
and other colleges, high schools, and private
enterprises.
Provide on-site workshops and training at
Reservations or urban concentrations for
selected topics including: water
quality/wellhead contamination; Riparian
values/forest harvest/wetlands; bio
remediation techniques and benefits;
Riparian forest buffers/intensive agriculture;
Toxic Waste Abatement and strategies for
prescribed and wildfire management.
Pr odu cts/Results:
An end product of the project were partnerships
between public and private agencies that continue to
work on resolving environmental concerns. Tribes in
the area developed methods of monitoring the water
supply to assure its safety. Standards were
established to handle spills that might damage water
supplies. Tribal communities were educated on how
they can prevent and resolve pollution issues in their
communities.
Successes/Strengths:
At the completion of this project the Haskell Indian
Nations University, Haskell Natural Resources
Studies group held workshops on the Kickapoo and
Potawatomi reservations.
A summer camp was held for Native American high
students which allowed students to participate in
hands-on measurement and evaluations of water
quality which increased their sensitivity to daily
actions resulting in the prevention of pollution.
A study was started with the Kickapoo and
Potawatomi tribes for emergency response measures
to chemical spills and bioremediation by organizing
water sampling and testing. Pollution prevention
issues were covered to help protect the two tribes'
water sources.
Partnerships were developed with several Indian
tribal leaders and elders from various tribes including
Onodaga, Arikara, Potawatomi and Cherokee. These
leaders gathered on the Haskell Indian Nations
University Campus for four days of traditional
training and sharing of information between students
and interested individuals from the Lawrence
community.
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Raising Awareness on Environmental Hazards at Home in Immigrant Communities
in St. Louis
School of Public Health - Saint Louis University
Grant Number:
EQ997635-01
Project Coordinator:
Fernando Serrano
3663LindellBlvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1998
Focus:
Lead and Carbon
Monoxide Education
Target Audience:
Low income immigrant Hispanic, Vietnamese,
Russian, Bosnian, and Herzegovinian communities of
St. Louis, Missouri.
Purpose:
To raise awareness and educate low income
immigrant communities, not proficient in English,
about environmental hazards at home.
Goals:
To educate and raise awareness on
environmental hazards for low income
immigrant communities.
Building community capacity by providing
information and recommendations for
prevention and control of environmental
hazards.
Methods:
Research, design and review of the
environmental health literature concerning
lead poisoning, indoor air pollution, and
household hazardous products.
Testing of pilot brochures with small focus
groups comprised of residents of the target
audiences.
Distribution of brochures and providing
workshops on environmental hazards to the
target audience.
Pro ducts/Results:
The project produced brochures on lead,
indoor air and home products in the
languages of the populations listed.
Distribution of these brochures were made
through workshops at health centers.
Workshops on environmental hazards at
home and the use of brochures are
conducted in selected health centers.
The current plan is to review the
publications on lead poisoning, indoor air
pollution, and household hazardous products
to keep information up-to-date.
Successes/Strengths:
The Saint Louis University, School of Public Health
has produced a valuable product to be used within the
immigrant community of St. Louis, MO.
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REGION 8
(CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
Cache County Spanish Education of Water Quality & Solid Waste Services
Grant Number:
EQ988075-01
Project Coordinator:
Jill Galloway
City of Logan
EPA Funding:
$5,000
FY1999
Focus:
Hazardous Waste
Disposal Water Quality
Department of Environmental Health
950 West 600 North
Logan, UT 84321
Target Audience:
Hispanic residents of Cache County, and neighboring
communities of Tremonton and Brigham City in Utah.
Purpose:
To educate the community's Hispanic population on
the proper methods of hazardous waste disposal, water
quality issues and benefits of recycling and
composting.
Goals:
To establish connections with people
affiliated with Hispanic groups within the
community.
To participate in organized community
events as a potential avenue for
communicating with members of the
Hispanic community.
To enhance the Hispanic community's
overall understanding of key environmental
and public health issues
To improve communication and facilitate the
flow of information among community
groups.
Methods:
Create pamphlets written in Spanish and
establish connections with Hispanic groups
in the community who distributed the
pamphlets to the community.
Participate in organized community events to
increase awareness of hazardous waste
disposal, water quality issues and benefits of
recycling and composting.
Oversee the success of the program through
monitoring the number of pamphlets
distributed, keeping track of inquiries and
informational polls.
Pro ducts/Results:
Four different pamphlets were created and written in
Spanish. The pamphlets focused on the separate issues
of recycling, green waste (composting), water quality,
and household hazardous waste disposal. There were
10,000 copies made of each pamphlet. The pamphlets
were distributed at a number of schools, grocery
stores, restaurants, Hispanic businesses and
employers, and neighboring cities.
A 24-hour Spanish hotline was set-up to assist
Hispanics with environmental questions.
Successes/Strengths:
The Hispanic leaders were excited to see the
government's support and participation in their well-
being. The community is very hopeful that the
relations formed through this program will strengthen
and unify the community.
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Environmental Analysis Training for Northern Great Plains
Native American Nations
Grant Number:
EQ998669-01
Project Coordinator:
Benjamin Whiting
P.O. Box 8
Mission, SD 57555
EPA Funding:
$20,000
Fy'1997
Focus:
Water Quality, Toxic Substances,
Hazardous Waste
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS TRAINING
for the Northern Great Plains
Native American Nations
" Sponsored by
Sinte Gleska University -
Environmental Science and Conservation Program
and the
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Civil Engineering Department and UNL Water Center
i :..-!' ^
June 15-16, 1998 - Basic Course
June 18-19,^998"- Advanced Course
Pablo, Montana at
Salish-Kootenai College Campus
July 13-lK, 1998 - Basic Course
Pierre, South Dakota at the
Joe Foss Building, Floyd Mathews
Environmental Education Center
July 16-17, ||J98 - ^d^raneed Course
Mission, South Dakota at Sinte Gleska
University fcampus. Science Center
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Environmental Analysis Training for Northern Great Plains
Native American Nations
Grant Number:
EQ998669-01
Project Coordinator:
Benjamin Whiting
P.O. Box 8
Mission, SD 57555
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Water Quality, Toxic Substances,
Hazardous Waste
Target Audience:
Members of the tribes of the Northern Great Plains
(Rosebud, Oglala, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock,
Yankton, Ft. Thompson, Lower Brule, Lake Traverse
Sioux, Santee Sioux, Winnebago, Omaha and Tribes
in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota), tribal
faculty and students, tribal and state water quality
technicians.
Purpose:
To train personnel from Native American tribes,
located in the Northern Great Plains Region, in the
collection and analysis of environmental data.
Goals:
To provide ways of gathering and
exchanging information on environmental
techniques while encouraging participants to
network and establish new partnerships.
To advance technical skills and improve
communication and information networks
between resource professionals, tribal and
state technicians and students.
Teach participants to use environmental data
to make decisions relating to pollution
prevention and sound environmental
management.
Methods:
Train Native populations in the skills of
collection, interpretation, and analysis of
environmental data through workshops.
Workshops to introduce the participants to
the collection and interpretation of
environmental data with a focus on
advanced methods of collection and data
analysis. Each workshop was held twice.
A workbook was created for trainers to use
while instructing classes.
Products/Results:
Presented four "hands-on" workshops to the
Northern Great Plains tribal members about the
collection and interpretation of environmental data.
The workshops combined classroom lectures, hands
on laboratory and field sampling, and Quality
Assurance/Quality Control concepts. Created two
separate workbooks to use in each workshop. One
workbook entitled, "Integrating Quality Assurance
into Tribal Water Programs," was developed for
trainers to use while instructing classes on water
quality data collection.
Successes/Strengths:
The workshops, which were held at both Pablo,
Montana at Salish-Kootenai College and Mission,
South Dakota at Sinte Gleska University Campus had
20 and 25 participants, respectively. Most
participants were students with environmental
science backgrounds or technicians employed by a
tribal or federal environmental management agency.
Tribes came from North Dakota, South Dakota and
Montana. After the workshop, participants were
asked to evaluate the workshops. They rated the
workshop from very good to excellent.
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Costilla County Committee for Environmental Soundness
Culebra Basin Mining Contamination Response Plan
Grant Number:
EQ988070-01
Project Coordinator:
Rachel Conn
POBox37
San Luis, CO 81152
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Water Quality
Target Audience:
Low-income residents of the Culebra Basin, San Luis
Valley in Colorado.
Purpose:
To provide the community with an information source
for possible contamination problems. The response
plan includes providing contact names, numbers and
general information about geology, hydrology and
water sampling events.
Goals:
To monitor Battle Mountain Gold Mine's
impact on water quality in the San Luis area
and design a mining contamination response
plan.
Help the community develop an emergency
response plan to prepare for the possible
contamination of the community's principal
drinking water.
To provide baseline data for water quality
conditions and assess the present
contamination situation by collecting and
bringing together water quality data on the
Rito Seco Watershed.
To provide toxicology information on the
contaminants present at the mine site and
research contaminant and treatment
technologies.
Develop a network of people, organizations
and agencies.
Create community awareness about the mine
site and associated water quality issues.
Methods:
Designed the Culebra Basin Mining
Contamination Response plan, which helps
the community prepare for possible
contamination of the community's principal
drinking water system. The plan will also be
used as an educational tool to address water
contamination problems.
Improved coordination and communication
between stakeholders, local and state
government and the Battle Mountain Gold
Mine.
Increased awareness and enhanced the
community's understanding of environmental
and public health systems through
publication of newsletters.
Products/Results:
The response plan is a useful tool, which will be
crucial in the event of contamination of San Luis'
wells. The response plan also defines wells which
have already been contaminated. The newsletter was
a valuable tool in teaching the community about the
contaminants in the community and providing them
with information.
Successes/Strengths:
The water quality data is an important tool to help
analyze the quality of the water in the Culebra Basin.
The response plan established a network of
information for the community to use in case of a
contamination event.
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Household Hazardous Waste Education Program
Grant Number:
EQ998895-01
Project Coordinator:
Sandy Strum
Grand Valley Earth Coalition
PO Box 2303
Grand Junction, CO 81502
EPA Funding:
$18,671
FY1998
Focus:
Hazardous Waste and
Water Quality
Target Audience:
The community of Grand Junction, Colorado.
Purpose:
To create a comprehensive household hazardous
waste education program and establish a facility
designated for the collection of hazardous waste.
Goals:
To create a program to target the Grand
Junction area and neighboring communities.
To create a program that would involve
middle and high school students who would
perform a waste audit at their schools.
To create working relationships among
teachers, businesses and the community.
To create a newsletter to be distributed
through a local newspaper. The newsletter
will contain important information
concerning household hazardous waste.
Methods:
Develop literature and public service
announcements to enhance the communities'
understanding of household hazardous
waste.
Design and maintain a website offering the
community information on hazardous waste.
Create a brochure, listing important
information and people to contact.
Create a teacher internship program to
facilitate the communication and information
exchange between teachers and businesses.
Pro ducts/Results:
The program created brochures and a website which
will continue to provide information and contact
names and numbers to the public. The internship
program created an environmental curriculum and
helped develop relationships between teachers and
businesses. The youth auditor program involved four
high schools and two middle schools, and instructed
the students about dealing with hazardous waste. A
30-second video was made for use in public service
announcements on television.
Successes/Strengths:
The program made a concentrated effort to reach the
public. Public service announcements on television,
radio and newspapers reached a large audience. The
internship program and the youth auditor program
facilitated education between students and members
of the community.
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Northeast Denver Housing Center
Denver's Environmental Education Initiative
Grant Number:
EQ998668-01
Project Coordinator:
Clementine W. Pigford
1735 Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80206
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Clean Water and Clean Air
Target Audience:
African-American and Hispanic inner city low-
income families in Northeast Denver, Colorado.
Purpose:
To develop a program that provides environmental
education for low income, inner city minority
residents and a public forum of recognizing best
practices for sustainable growth.
Goals:
To educate low-income residents to
understand that indeed they can buy, lease,
and live in housing that adheres to
environmental protection guidelines.
To demonstrate to inner city residents that
energy efficient homes are possible for
everyone.
Methods:
Develop guidelines for an annual program
on "green homes;" advise educators, and
conduct demonstration workshops.
Develop community awareness through a
public forum, which will recognize and
celebrate environmentally friendly public
policy and private products (such as recycled
building products).
Develop a community advisory board to
identify, prioritize, and find solutions to
environmental issues.
Pro ducts/Results:
Sponsored a play entitled "Garbage Stew", in which
children participated and learned about the evils of
pouring "garbage" down sewers and storm drains.
Showcased a green home in Parkhill, which featured
keeva foundation, tamko shingles, bamboo flooring
and other environmentally-friendly home construction
methods. Taught the audience the dangers of
exposure to unhealthy air, water and paint through
plays with child actors. Sponsored a
three hour seminar entitled "Lead Based Paint" and
conducted site visits for residents.
Successes/Strengths:
The construction of the "green home" allowed the
residents of this community to look over an
affordable and environmentally-friendly home in their
neighborhood. Also the community in this
neighborhood was informed about the dangers and
alternatives to various environmental problems (such
as taking household hazardous waste to a proper
facility rather than dumping it down the drain).
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Northeast Montana Water Quality Information and Education Project
Grant Number:
EQ998878-01
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Dallas Johannsen $20,000
Eastern Plains Resource FY1998
Conservation and Development Area, Inc.
123 West Main
Sidney, MT 59270
Focus:
Water Quality
Target Audience:
The people living in the Missouri River Watershed
below Fort Peck Dam in Montana.
Purpose:
To focus on surface water quality issues of the 110
streams that feed into the watershed.
Goals:
To identify, gather and interpret existing
data from the 110 streams in the watershed.
To determine the need for additional
sampling points if enough data is not already
available.
To hold public information meetings to
determine the interest in developing a local
watershed plan.
Methods:
Creating an inventory of the data on each
stream and river to determine the number of
streams and rivers which are susceptible to
pollution.
Additional sampling and analysis to assess
the water quality and identify the
susceptible streams.
Provide the information to the residents of
the watershed, and discuss the need to
design a watershed plan to address local
concerns.
Products/Results:
An inventory was created of the Lower Missouri
Watershed. The watershed included Daniels,
Dawson, McCone, Prairie, Roosevelt, Richland,
Sheridan, and Valley counties and the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation. The watershed is comprised of
eight sub-basins, 110 streams and rivers and covers
11,465 square miles of land. The inventory
determined that nearly all the streams were impaired.
Educational/informational meetings were held with
individuals from each of the eight counties and the
Indian reservation. Pamphlets were also printed with
detailed information on the project.
Educational classes were held at various schools
throughout the area about the surface water quality of
this section of the Missouri River Watershed.
Successes/Strengths:
The program inventoried and determined the quality
of the streams and rivers in this community. The
educational/informational meetings created
community awareness and interest in the Lower
Missouri Watershed area. Discussions are currently
taking place on the development of a watershed plan
for the Red Water, a sub-basin.
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African American Development Association
Grant Number;
EQ999681-01-0
Project Coordinator:
Allen Edson
1212 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607
EPA Funding:
$19,000
FY 1997
Focus:
Hazardous Materials
Target Audience:
Community of West Oakland in a mixed land use
area.
Purpose:
To provide education and outreach in collaboration
with the city of Oakland, Office of Emergency
Services to residents in West Oakland.
Goals:
Address the disproportionate risks from
potential accidental chemical releases in
mixed use areas
Educate community members to increase
their capacity to identify and implement
activities to address environmental justice
problems
Methods:
Conduct site assessment to identify West
Oakland area "hot spots."
Conduct meetings to present assessment
information to the community.
Train community leaders to identify and
read placards for transporting hazardous
materials in trucks
Pro ducts/Results:
Community leaders in high risk areas of West
Oakland received "train the trainer" emergency
preparedness classes from the City of Oakland Office
of Emergency Services. GIS maps identifying areas
of hazardous materials were created and made
available to the community. A Transportation Hazard
Assessment Report was developed.
Succe sses/Streng ths:
The increased involvement of community based
trainers and community representatives and
environmental authorities is an indication of
successful collaboration. The community members
have become much more informed and can interact
and advise the appropriate regulatory agencies.
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Community Environmental Promotion Project
Grant Number:
EQ989412-Q1-0
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
PaoN.Fang $15,000
Lao Family Community of Fresno, Inc. FY1999
Fresno, CA 993727
Focus:
Educational Outreach
Target Audience:
Southeast Asian Community in Fresno, California
including Hmong, Lao, Cambodia, Vietnamese.
Purpose:
To educate and bring awareness of indoor/outdoor
pollution and toxic substances to a rural Asian
community in the Central Valley of California. A
major key to success for this project is removing
language barriers.
Goals:
* Reach out to communities that government
resources and services may have been
unable to reach.
* Educate the community on areas relating to
air and water pollution, as well as focusing
awareness on dumping toxic chemicals such
as chemical insecticides, household
chemicals and motor oil.
Methods:
Develop educational brochures exploring
problems and solutions on pollution in the
community.
Provide environmental workshops to
improve the community's understanding of
public health and environmental awareness.
Conduct bilingual (Hmong, Lao, &
Cambodian) radio talk shows to disseminate
and establish a dialogue with the community
on such issues as prevention, compliance of
environmental and health and health
promotions
Products/Results:
Distributed 7000 copies of the project brochure,
translated into various languages (Cambodian, Lao,
Hmong), to promote and educate about air and water
pollution. Information booths were the outreach
mechanism used during the Refugee Recognition
Week, Hmong New Year celebration,
Lao/Cambodian New Year celebration, the Southeast
Asian Water Festival and the Roosevelt High School
event. Twelve workshops were conducted to help
improve community understanding of environmental
and health issues. Produced 48 radio education spots
and 12 radio talk-shows throgh KBIF 900 AM. The
educational talk-shows covered a series of water and
air pollution issues and the awareness of dangerous
toxic substances.
Successes/Strengths:
Educational outreach to an untapped community in
the Central Valley of California is the predominate
success for this project. The major strength came in
the form of removing language barriers so that the
community could better understand air and water
pollution issues and disposal practices for
insecticides, household toxins and motor oil.
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Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
Grant Number:
EQ-999684-01-0
Project Coordinator:
Carlos Porras
5610 Pacific Blvd., Suite 203
Huntington Park, CA 90255
EPA Funding:
$20,000
FY1997
Focus:
Student Initiative Project
Target Audience:
Huntington Park High School Students
Purpose:
To provide students with critical skills and hands on
experience in environmental problem solving.
Goals:
To develop environmental leadership among
youth around site specific environmental
problems in southeast Los Angeles.
To enhance community understanding of
environmental and public health information
systems on local pollution problems.
Methods:
Track daily pollutant levels by using air
monitoring equipment.
Analyze data using a computer for research.
Conduct workshops, presentations and a city
wide conference to educate the youth.
Organize other students and community
members
Pro ducts/Results:
Youth from LA CAUSA Youth Initiative Project
built five buckets or air monitoring tools and have
taken air samples in Huntington Park. Youth
members have participated in three toxic tours of
southeast Los Angeles. Youth members were
successful in their campaign against Niklor Chemical
Company's attempt to continue their pesticide
production in a residential area of Carson. CBE's
Youth members held its first Youth in Action
Conference to discuss what they can do to address
issues in their communities.
Successes/Strengths:
Youth members developed their presentations and
speaking skills in several of the events. The youth and
the community of Huntington Park developed a higher
level of understanding and awareness of environmental
issues and information.
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Los Angeles Educational Partnership
Grant Number:
EQ-989071-01-1
Project Coordinator:
Liseth Romero-Martinzez
-315 West Ninth Street, Suite 1110
Los Angeles, CA 90015
EPA Funding:
$19,970
FY1998
Focus:
Educa tion/toxic
dumping
Target Audience:
Residents of Pacoima
Purpose:
To educate residents on how to dispose of waste
properly and general environmental education
outreach.
Goals:
To increase the awareness and knowledge of
Pacoima community members about
environmental issues by providing
information and helping to develop the skills
needed to make informed decisions and act
responsibility with regard to the
environment.
To enhance critical thinking, problem-
solving and foster active participation in
environmental issues by community
members.
Methods:
Train and facilitate inter-generational
environmental teams.
Disseminate information to residents
regarding illegal dumping.
Organize cleanups days and provide
information to the local schools regarding
the "greening of schools campuses."
Provide environmental education for
elementary school age children and their
parents
Products/Results:
Students , teachers and parents participated in a clean
up campaign on campus. A partnership was formed
with Cal State Northridge University to conduct a
community survey identifying environmental
problems. A sustainable school project was initiated.
Two clean up days and tree planting days were
organized around the Brads campus. Three thousand
copies of the Pacoima Beautiful newsletter were
distributed each month to children, parents and
community members.
Successes/Strengths:
A substantive relationship has developed between the
Cal State Northridge University and the Pacoima
Beautiful and Community Inspectors that will
continue. Six Pacoima schools have been introduced
to resource organizations to assist in "greening" their
campus. For example, the Department of Public
Works has made a commitment to provide tools and
other city resources to all clean up days.
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People's CORE
(Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment)
Grant Number:
EQ-989057-01-0
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Joe Navidad $19,994
300 West Cesar Chavez Avenue 1998
Suite E
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Focus:
Pesticide education
Target Audience:
Several schools in Los Angeles (Temple-Beverly
area) and Carson. Both areas' schools have large
multi-racial student body.
Purpose:
Address the issue of children's exposure to toxic
pesticides.
Goals:
Build community capacity in identifying the
problem of toxic pesticides in the schools.
Research and find out the pesticides used in
the schools.
Assess and evaluate the effects of exposure
in schools.
Methods:
Review monthly pesticide reports.
Conduct pesticide use education in target
schools.
A pilot survey, in the Los Angeles area, on
the community awareness of pesticide was
conducted and information materials from
the survey was presented in community
meetings.
Set up a Pesticide Action Committee
composed of parents, teachers and
community leaders.
Products/Results:
Conducted five neighborhood meetings. The
research culminated in a Fact Sheet about pesticides
and its effects. Information on pesticide use was
gathered and submitted to the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
Successes/Strengths:
The community concerns and information generated
helped to persuade the Los Angeles Unified School
District to adopt the Integrated Pesticide Management
Policy (IPM). The Parents Action Committee will be
joined with an environmental justice coalition, a
coalition that does only deals with pesticide issues but
also the overall effects of toxic chemicals in the
greater Los Angeles area.
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Grant Number:
EQ-989053-01-0
People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)
Project Coordinator': EPA Funding: Focus:
Bonnie Koo $20,000 Environmental
132 East 12th Street FY 1998 Stewardship
Oakland, CA 94606
Target Audience:
East Oakland residents
Purpose:
To build community capacity to identify local
environmental justice problems and to design a
comprehensive and proactive plan for improved
community environmental health by implementing
the SAFE HEALTH (Strategic Action for
Environmental Health) project.
Goals:
Collect data and educate residents on causes,
effects, prevention, and control of air
pollution
Educate community on the human health
effects and risks of exposure to toxic
substances and hazardous waste.
Methods;
Create a set of GIS maps of toxic waste and
hazardous material sites in East Oakland.
Implemented a community survey to identify
environmental health concerns.
Provide recommendations to the city on
reforms related to public access, toxic
emissions and site reduction, and health
education/services.
Pro ducts/Results:
Stakeholder meetings were convened to discuss GIS
and environmental data maps. The Pueblo and other
groups collaborated to successfully pass the zero-
dioxin resolutionin Oakland. Policy training was
conducted for residents and members.
Successes/Strengths:
This project help to support a resident-driven
(community-based and grassroots) issue identification
process to allow residents to prioritize their concerns
about the greatest threats to environmental health.
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Professional Wet Cleaning As a Healthier Cleaning Method
Korean Youth and Community Center (KYCC)
Grant Number:
EQ989414
Project Coordinator:
Helen Yi
KYCC
680 S. Wilton PI
Los Angeles, CA 90005
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Perchloroethylene (Perc)
Educational Outreach
Target Audience:
Korean-American Dry Cleaners in Los Angeles,
California.
Purpose:
To educate and encourage the garment care
community in the greater Los Angeles region to
utilize professional wet cleaning as a healthier
cleaning method compared to the traditional
perchloroethylene-based dry cleaning.
Goals:
Enhance the understanding of professional
wet cleaning and the issues related to the
regulation of perc dry cleaning.
Improve communication among
stakeholders concerning professional wet
cleaning and issues related to the regulation
of perc dry cleaning.
Methods:
Interview dry cleaners about their attitudes
towards professional wet cleaning and
educating regulators about professional wet
cleaning as a viable pollution prevention
alternative.
Coordinate a series of professional wet
cleaning tours, workshops, and seminars.
Publicity about professional wet cleaning
was successfully organized through the
regional garment care trade press as well as
through the local Korean daily newspapers.
Pro ducts/Results:
Interviews with dry cleaners who attended a
professional wet cleaning tour in 1999 revealed the
cause of why so many were reluctant to switch to this
new method and provided future reference as to what
kind of incentive programs might stimulate a
diffusion.
The educational outreach process with the South
Coast Air Quality Management District led, in part, to
their decision to fund the Professional Wet Cleaning
Commercialization Project. Within a four months
period, a total of 71 cleaners attended workshops and
seminars that provided overviews of the professional
wet cleaning process. A number of articles on
professional wetcleaning were published in Western
Cleaner and Launderer, trade press, and also
mainstream English and Korean press such as the Los
Angeles Times. During the course of this project, we
provided direct assistance to three cleaners who made
a transition to professional wet cleaning. In addition,
technical assistance was provided to 65 dry cleaners
expressing an interest in converting to professional
wet cleaning.
Successes/Strengths:
Educational outreach to dry cleaners about
professional wet cleaning was enhanced substantially
with the development of the Professional Wet
Cleaning Commercialization Project. The
Commercialization Project, which received initial
funding in 2000 by the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD), is designed to
jumpstart the diffusion of professional wet cleaning in
the southern California region by providing financial
and technical assistance to eight dry cleaners
interested to switching to professional wet cleaning.
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Sonora Environmental Research Institute
Grant Num ber:
EQ-999692-01-0
Project Coordinator:
Anna H. Spitz
P.O. Box 65782
Tucson AZ 85728
EPA Funding:
$19,973
1997
Focus:
Education/ household
hazardous materials
Target Audience:
Residents (with a special focus on children)
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
of
Purpose:
To educate Spanish speaking community members on
household hazardous materials.
Goals:
* Empowering the community by providing
education materials.
Involve schools in disseminating
information.
Methods:
Developed workbooks in English and
Spanish that were distributed to students
during household hazardous waste
collection events.
Created a brochure for public information in
English and Spanish
Conducted workshops to familiarize the
community with the
educational/informational materials.
Products/Results:
The Institute distributed more than 900 workbooks
for school and home use and they provided one
thousand brochures for ongoing distribution in the
county. Schools officials, teachers and end users
received these new tools very favorably. The
program had spillover effects beyond its intended
audience of younger children. So much interest was
generated that high school students participated in
workshops with teachers to learn about the topic. The
rate of participation during the household collection
events began to increase. Santa Cruz County went
from three participants to 60 in a subsequent event.
Some increased participation resulted from the
educational outreach of this effort.
Successes/Strengths:
The materials generated have been very well received
in the community, especially the school district.
Some teachers are using the entire workbook while
some use specific experiments to complement their
general curriculum. Local educators are using the
workbooks in the schools not only to educate about
proper collection and disposal of household
hazardous waste but also about the proper use and
alternatives to such products.
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American Lung Association of Washington
Grant Number:
EQ980478-01
Project Coordinator:
Chetana Acharya
2625 3rdAvenue
Seattle, WA 98121
EPA Funding:
$14,960
FY1999
Focus:
Indoor Air Quality
Target Audience:
Parents, child care employees, and other caretakers of
children belonging to the Holly Park/New Holly
communities; a racially and ethnically diverse low-
income community in Seattle, WA.
Purpose:
To inform residents about the impacts of indoor air
quality on health by training two bilingual members
of the Holly Park/New Holly communities as Master
Home Environmentalists (MHE). The MHEs will
educate residents about financially feasible ways to
improve the air quality in their homes.
Goals:
To facilitate communication between
stakeholders in an effort to address and
alleviate concerns about indoor air quality.
Enhance active participation of affected
communities and encourage informed
decision making to help bring about
healthier home environments.
Methods:
Organize an Indoor Air Summit inviting the
Holly Park/New Holly residents interested in
indoor air quality, asthma and allergies.
Recruit and send two volunteers through the
MHE training program where they will learn
about environmental health issues.
Indoor Air Quality workshops and/or home
assessments organized and hosted by MHE
volunteers
Pro ducts/Results:
Recruitment of a diverse group of volunteers to serve
and represent the Holly Park/New Holly
communities. Completion of MHE training for
volunteers. Completion of the outreach activities
within the Holly Park/New Holly communities, which
reached forty people and thirty-six families. Indoor
air quality summits where community concerns were
addressed.
Successes/Strengths:
Empowering the community by encouraging the
residents to address indoor air quality. Improved
public and environmental health in Holly Park/New
Holly communities. Facilitating access to non-English
speaking community members through the
recruitment of bilingual volunteers. MHE volunteers
are more familiar with Holly Park/New Holly
communities due to the recruitment of community
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REGION 10
Environmental Justice Action Group
(EJAG)
Grant Number:
EQ980497-01
Project Coordinator:
Anna C. Aguar
P.O. Box 11635
Portland, OR 9721
EPA Finding:
$20,000
FY1999
Focus:
Air quality,
Lead Education
Brownfield Hazards
Target Audience:
African-Americans, Latino Americans, Asian
Americans, Russians, Asians and Africans exposed to
environmental hazards such as Brownsfield sites, other
contaminated sites, air pollutants from high traffic
volumes, toxic materials and lead poisoning in the
N/NE Portland Area.
Purpose:
To cultivate a core group of community activist who
will gain the technical and environmental knowledge,
networks, and experience to be long-term leaders in
Portland's environmental justice work, and to build
overall community understanding and involvement in
environmental decision-making.
Goals:
To increase community awareness and
involvement in environmental justice and
public health issues.
Identify local environmental justice problems,
and facilitate community-based leadership in
seeking solutions to these problems.
Methods:
Conduct door to door campaigns and
presentations for local organizations to
distribute EJAG's information regarding
transportation, air quality, lead poisoning, and
brownfields, including superfund sites.
The door to door campaigns will prompt
community leaders into a dialogue about the
communities' concerns and solicit feedback.
In addition to conducting presentations,
EJAG will participate in informal
neighborhood hearings community meetings
and house parties.
Products:
An air pollution and asthma survey was distributed
to the people in the north/northeast Portland
community, and with the aid of Department of
Environmental Quality and Portland State University
an "Air Pollution 101" training class was developed.
Through EJAG staff and members, more than 700
people were engaged in community outreach efforts
to solicit input on environmental justice concerns
and to build relationships.
Successes/Strengths:
Community awareness of environmental justice and
public health issues in the area was increased.
Partnerships and networks with other grassroots
organizations as well as state/federal agencies were
developed. Increased citizen involvement and
empowerment raised visibility of local
environmental justice concerns, and increased
membership in EJAG. Possible replication of this
project in other communities facing similar
environmental justice concerns.
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My Service Mind of Northwest (MSM)
Grant Number:
EQ980477-01
Project Coordinator:
Mandy Hea Ma
8627 South Tacoma Way
Lakewood, WA 98499
EPA funding:
$14,957
FY1999
Focus:
Toxic substances,
Indoor Air Quality,
Hazardous Household
Waste Radiation
Targeted Audience:
Low-income Korean-American seniors and youth
immigrants in Pierce, Kitsap, and King Counties.
Purpose:
To educate the Korean-American community about
issues of toxic substances and indoor air pollution,
focusing on the proper usage, disposal and dangers
of everyday household products. The seniors and
youth of the Korean-American community will learn
how to access help in case of poisoning and inform
the community about ways to minimize and protect
themselves from exposure to radiation.
Goals:
To inform the Korean-American community
about the dangers of toxic household
products, radiation, and secondhand smoke
in order to protect themselves and their
families.
Provide information on the proper usage and
disposal of toxic household products.
Teach the Korean American community
how to access the public health and
environmental information systems.
Methods:
Recruit volunteers and conduct the "train-
the-trainer program" by using popular
education techniques.
These volunteers will conduct at least fifteen
informal seminars for at least 1,600 Korean-
Americans.
Popular communication sources such as the
newspaper and radio information will be
used to educate Korean-American
community.
MSM will create a clean up event with local
Korean-American churches and Korean
Seniors Association.
Products:
A team of staff and trained volunteers conducted
twenty-four one hour presentations at senior
apartments, community centers, churches, and Korean
radio stations. Presentations, television
advertisements and a radio handbook were created
and aired on KoAm TV teaching viewers about the
dangers of smoking, toxics, and radiation.
Succe ss/Str engths:
The twenty-four presentations reached more than
two-thousand people in the Korean community
including children, parents, and the elderly on the
dangers of smoking, hazardous household materials
and radiation.
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Native Village ofMekoryuk
Grant Number:
EQ980572-01
Project Coordinator:
Larson King
P.O. Box 66
Mekoryuk, AK 99630
EPA Funding:
$15,000
FY1999
Focus:
Water Quality,
Subsistence
Target Audience:
Native villages and communities relying upon hunting
and subsistence fishing in the Yup'ik coastal area
along the Bering Sea.
Purpose:
To bring Yup'ik coastal communities together to
discuss issues and document observations concerning
changes in the regional environment that affect the
Yup'ik communities' food sources. This information
would then be used to positively impact federal, state,
and private efforts affecting the Yup'ik communities.
Goals:
« To facilitate communication and information
exchange, and create partnerships among
stakeholders.
To build community capacity and ability to
identify local environmental justice
problems.
To involve the community in the design and
implementation of activities to address these
concerns.
Methods:
Develop a workshop that will bring all of the
Yup'ik coastal communities together to unite
and discuss observations and any concerns
they may have.
Collect observations and concerns from the
coastal communities along the Bering Sea to
in order to create a workbook that will
include all of the observations and concerns.
Pr odu cts/ResuIts:
A workbook was distributed to the participants of the
workshop to gather information. The results and the
observations from the villages were compiled and
documented.
Success/Strengths:
The participants facilitating communication and
information exchanges accomplished the program
goals. Furthermore the workbook used to collect
information was put into documentation and will be
used to actively participate in the research that will be
conducted in the Bering Sea in the future.
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REGION 10
Grant Number:
EQ989094601
Oregon Environmental Council (OEC)
Project Coordinator: EPA Funding:
Sarah Doll $15,000
529 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 940 FY 2000
Portland OR, 97204
Focus:
Hazardous Waste
and Air Emissions,
Lead Education
Target Audience:
Community-based groups, neighborhood
associations, healthcare providers (local clinics) and
schools in the Albina area, a minority community in
Portland, OR.
Purpose:
To maximize the impact of the resource guide
developed following a year-long study of
environmental issues faced by the Albina community
by:
Implementing an additional program of
outreach that will engage key community
residents in a more personal and direct way;
Assisting community residents in adopting a
problem solving approach to meeting the
community's priority needs;
Encouraging community members to think
critically about the many environmental
health challenges facing the community, and
identifying ways OEC can be a more
effective community resource and ally.
Goals:
Show community members how to use the
information in the guide.
Directly encourage community members to
think critically about the many
environmental challenges facing the
community.
Methods:
Contact key community groups about the
availability of the resource guide and OEC's
outreach program.
Work with community stakeholders to
design an interactive presentation format that
includes use of tools outlined in the resource
guide.
Conduct five presentations to key audiences
utilizing existing community forums.
Expand distribution of resource guide by
printing 100 additional copies and increasing
the number of local distribution targets
Products/Results:
Completion of at least 5 presentations to
community groups
Participation in program by at least 50
community members
Distribution of at least 50 copies of Healthy
Albina Resource Guide
Successes/Strengths:
Increased community awareness about the existence
and usage of a resource guide. Enhanced community
understanding of environmental and public health
information systems. Community members thinking
critically and actively about issues facing the
communities and resources to address those issues.
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Grant Number:
EQ980480-01
Valley Family Health Care, INC. (VFHC)
Project Coordinator: ' EPA Funding:
Hugh W. Phillips [ $15,000
1441 NE 10th Avenue ' FY 1999
Paynette, ID 83661
Focus:
Pesticide Education
Water Quality,
Hazardous
Targeted Audience:
Hispanic seasonal and migrant farm workers and their
families, living in communities surrounding the five
VFHC community health centers.
Purpose:
To increase awareness among the Hispanic migrant
and seasonal agriculture workers and their families
about the identification of pesticides and the health
risks of exposure as well as exposure to other
hazardous substances.
Goals:
To bring awareness of chemical dangers and
risks to rural families.
Instruct community members about how to
keep drinking water and households safe and
free from contaminants.
Instruct the participants about proper
chemical disposal.
Help participants identify possible methods
of exposure and ways to address exposure.
Methods:
Conduct sessions on pesticides education,
safe drinking water and proper disposal of
chemicals and motor oil.
Conduct chemical risk education sessions
about chemical containers and the proper use
of household chemicals.
Conduct door-to-door outreach in their local
farm labor camps.
Pro ducts/Results:
A booklet called "Protect Yourself from Pesticides,"
and another pocket sized booklet was developed that
included descriptions of various farm chemicals.
Successes/Strengths:
Migrant farm workers were advised on the dangers at
work and at home so they would be able to protect
their children, family and friends. Easy accessibility
to program information, for example, the pocket-
sized booklet was well received by project
participants because it could be easily carried to the
field and was also informative and easy to share with
co-workers. Similarly, the programs were conducted
at sites familiar and convenient to participants.
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Appendix A
Index to Projects by State Location
Project location
Page number
Alabama 32,33,37,38
Alaska 76
Arizona 72
California 65-71
Colorado 60-62
Connecticut 14,16
District of Columbia 20,21
Florida 35
Idaho 78
Illinois 43
Indiana 39,42
Kansas 55
Kentucky 29,34,36
Maine 8
Maryland 23,24,26,27
Massachusetts 5-7,9,11
Mississippi 30,31
Missouri 54,56
Montana 63
Nebraska 53
New Hampshire 10
New Mexico 48,50
New York 15,17
Ohio 40
Oregon 74,77
Pennsylvania 19
Rhode Island 12,13
South Dakota 58,59
Texas 45-47,49,51
Utah 57
Virginia 22,25
Washington 73,75
Wisconsin 41
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Appendix B
Index to Projects by Focus Area
FOCUS AREA
Air Quality
Children's Health
Environmental Education
and Stewardship
Farmworker Safety
Hazardous Waste
Disposal
Lead Education
Lead and CO2 Education
PCB Contamination
Perchloroethylene (Perc)
Education outreach
Pollution Prevention
Radon
STATE
Colorado
Indiana
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Oregon
Texas!
Washington
California
Texas
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Florida
Idaho
Arizona
California
Colorado
Utah
Washington
Alabama
Maryland
Missouri
Alabama
California
Missouri
Mississippi
Kansas
Alabama
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10
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45,46,47
73,75
69
49,51
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14,16
43
39
29,36
24,27
7,9,11
53
48,50
15,17
40
77
19
12,13
22
35
78
72
65
61
57
75
37
23
56
33
71
54
30,31
55
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South Dakota
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EPA Regional Offices and State Breakdown
EPA Regional Offices and
State Breakdown
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District o( Colombia
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indtana ,
Iowa
Kanu»
Kentucky
Louisiana
AL IV
AK X
AZ IX
AR VI
CA IX
CO VIII
OT 1
DE III
DC III
FL IV
GA IV
HI IX
ID
IL
IN
IA VII
KS VII
KY IV
LA VI
X
V
V
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
MD III
MT (/
MN V
MS IV
MO VII
MT VIII
NE VII
NV IX
NM VI
NY II
NC IV
ND VIII
OH V
OK VI
OR X
PA III
Rl '
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wast Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
American Samoa
Canal Zone
Guam
Puerto Rico
Trust Territories
Virgin Islands
SC IV
SO VIII
TN IV
TX VI
UT VIII
VT 1
VA III
WA X
WV III
Wl V
WY VIII
AS IX
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NC
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Region VI AR
NM
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Appendix D
Environmental Justice Grant Contacts
Region I Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Ronnie Harrington, (617) 918-1703
USEPA Region 1 (SAA)
One Congress Street - 11" Floor
Boston, MA 02114-2023
Region 2 New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
Natalie Loney (212) 637-3639
USEPA Region 2
290 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Region 3 Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Reginald Hams (215)814-2988
USEPA Region 3 (MC-3ECOO)
1650 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Region 4 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Tennessee
Gloria Love (404) 562-9672
USEPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
Region 5 Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
Margaret Mfflard (312) 353-1440
USEPA Region 5 (T-16J))
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604-3507
Region 6 Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
NeldaPerez(214) 665-2209
USEPA Region 6 (RA-D)
1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202-2733
Region 7 Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
Althea Moses (913) 551-7649 or 1-800-223-0425
USEPA Region 7
726 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
Region 8 Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
Nancy Reish (303) 312-6040
USEPA Region 8 (8ENF-EJ)
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202-2466
Region 9 Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam
WillardChin (415)972-3797
USEPA Region 9 (A-2-2)
' 75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Region 10 Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Cecilia Contreras (206) 553-2899
USEPARegion 10(CEJ-163)
1200 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
National Program Manager
Sheila L. Lewis (202) 564-0152
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 2201A
Washington, DC 20460
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