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The mission of the Environmental Justice and Health Union is to identify tools
to help environmental justice activists and environmental health professionals
work together to stop environmental disease in poor minority communities in the
United States. Both groups seek to stop environmental disease in such
communities. A lack of trust and knowledge often hinders such efforts. The
Environmental Justice and Health Union provides tools to overcome these
barriers in the belief that to eliminate the problem, we must create better
solutions together.
Tools the EJHU uses to build trust and knowledge include the following:
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Discrimination and Disease - Outline how discrimination promotes environmental
illness in poor minority communities
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Disease Data - Review data collected by the U.S. government that indicates poor
minority communities are at greater risk for asthma, lead poisoning, and other environmental diseases
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Reformers - The environmental justice movement
and the environmental health profession seeks to
eliminate disparities
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Current Influences - Provide information on training, policy, and research that
influences the activities of environmental justice
activists and environmental health
professionals
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Calendar - The events and funding
calendar focuses on action supporting partnerships between environmental
justice and environmental health groups
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Newsletter - The Environmental Justice and Health Union newsletter,Catalyst,
contains up-to-date information on environmental justice and environmental health.
- Membership - Members of the Environmental Justice
and Health Union may submit information for inclusion in the Catalyst and
website updates
The Environmental Justice and Health Union, however, is only effective if the
tools we provide are appropriate and are used. To help them be used, the
Environmental Justice and Health Union provides Technical Tips that explain how groups can get free
computers and e-mail, what free software is needed to review some government
reports, and free services that translate the website into other languages.
For us to support you, we need your support.
Send us your thoughts on what tools you
need, what information we provide that you do and don't find useful.
Become a member of the Environmental Justice and Health
Union. Donations supporting Environmental Justice and Health Union activities are
also greatly appreciated.
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