A 20-Point Plan for Building an Effective Environmental Health and Racial Equity Movement

ATLANTA, April 26, 2011 – More than 100 studies now link racism to worse health.  Similarly, some 200 environmental studies also have shown race and class disparities. One of the most important indicators of an individual’s health is one’s zip code or street address. Eliminating environmental health and racial disparities will make us a much stronger nation as a whole.  Researchers at the Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC) at Clark Atlanta University developed the twenty-point plan in an effort to support and strengthen the work around environmental justice, health and racial equity in the United States.  READ MORE