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2. Title: Panelists: Moderator: 3. Title: Panelists: Moderator: 4. Title: Panelists: Moderator: Plenary Sessions 1. Title: Panelists: Facilitator: 2. Title: Panelists: Facilitator: 3. Title: Panelists: Legal Rights, Enforcement and Polluter Fines Stan Goff, Democracy South Sherri Fields, Chief of Accountability Management for EPA, Region IV Yasmine Yorker, Chief of Mobile Forces and Community, EPA, Region IV Jacquelyn Pikul, Clean Water Fund of NC Youth Activism and Environmental Justice Evangaline G.T. Briley, Coordinator, Nubian Youth, Concerned Citizens of Tillery Kim Burwell, Interim Director, The Leadership Initiative Project Lynice Williams, North Carolina Fair Share Worker Safety Susan V. Haritos, Standards Officer, NC Dept. of Labor, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) Betsy Barton, Associate Director, NC Occupational Safety and Health Project -NCOSH Saladine Muhammed and Jim Grant, Organizers, Black Workers for Justice Rosa Saavedra, Organizer, Farmworkers' Project Liz Sessoms, Center for Women's Economic Alternatives Ground and Surface Water Contamination and Agricultural Run-Off David Olson, Engineer, NPDES , EPA Region IV Hope Taylor, Technical Assistance Advisor, Duke University Laboratories Jay Zimmerman, DENR, Division of Water Quality, Regional Supervisor for Groundwater Section Natalie Ellington, EPA Region IV Patrick Johnson, Enviro 1st Strategizing Around EJ Issues Edward Rush, Organizer, Center for Health, Environment and Justice Damu Smith, Organizer, Greenpeace Diane Long, Coordinator for Environmental Justice, DENR Connie Tucker, Executive Director, SOC Savi Home, Land Loss Prevention Project The Law, Economics, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice Connie Tucker, Executive Director, SOC M. Douglas Scott, Director, Initiative on Racism, International Human Rights Law Group Rosa Saavedra, Organizer, Farmworkers' Project Jean McDonald, Activist, Eufala Street Landfill Committee Diane Long, Coordinator for Environmental Justice, DENR Funding for this Summit Provided by: National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences (NIEHS) Environmental Support Center North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services -Office of Minority and Public Health North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (NC DENR) NC DENR-Division of Waste Management U.S. EPA, Region IV Thanks to our Supporters! The Rural Coalition, 110 Maryland Ave., Suite. #101, Washington, DC 20002, [phone]; fax [phone] Special Thanks to our Golden Sponsor! Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice, P.O. Box 10518, Atlanta, GA 30310, Sponsors of the EJ Summit are: Gary Grant, Concerned Citizens of Tillery Nan Freeland and Jacquelyn Pikul, Clean Water Fund of NC Liz Sessoms, The Center for Women"s Economic Alternatives Kim Allen, Enviro 1st Savi Home and Stephen eo-ns, Land Loss Prevention Project Yolanda Anderson, NCCU Environmental Science Program Lynice Williams, North Carolina Fair Share Valerie Johnson-Kaalund, Ph.D., Dept. of African American Studies, UNC-CH Conference Facilities The Franklinton Center at Bricks is a Conference, Retreat and Educational facility sponsored by the United Church of Christ. The Center is managed through an agreement with the Franklinton Center Board of Trustees and the Commission for Racial Justice's Office of Rural Racial Justice. A merger, in the early '50s, of the Afro-Christian Franklinton Christian College and the Black Congregationalist Brick School, resulted in The Franklinton Center. The Center currently provides for a wide range of needs in its immediate area. Addressing concerns related to the poor, issues of justice, and leadership development, the Center hosts and sponsors programs, events, conferences and retreats that advocate for those whose voices not heard and for those whose needs are not met. For more information contact: Ms. Minnie White at the Franklinton Center at Bricks, [phone]. The committee would also like to thank: Priscilla Tryee for the theme of the summit, ·save The People" Elizabeth Cox for her office help P.._ Recycle. SAVE THE PEOPLEI North Carolina's First-Ever Statewide Community-Based Environmental Justice Summit* Building a North Carolina Environmental Justice Network Historic Franklinton Center At Bricks, Whitakers, NC October 9-11, 1998 *An Initiative of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit Coordinating Committee: Concerned Citizens of Tillery, Clean Water Fund of North Carolina, The Center for Women's Economic Alternatives, Enviro 1st, Land Loss Prevention Project, North Carolina Central University's Environmental Science Program, and North Carolina Fair Share.
ds from Gary Gnu~ and Nan Freeland,Confentnce Organizers Our understandil; of the tenn "Environmental Justice" is the uit of equal justice • equal protection under the law for all ronmental statues am regulations, without discrimination based on , ethnicity, and/or sociDeconomic status. Governmental actions at all Is should reflect the sane. We are therefore bewildered as to why the e people and comll'lllllilies are continually affected by environmental, 1omic, social degradllion and other injustices. Yet there Is an illingness to acknCMtlldge the reasons why, thus the need for an ronmental justice sianmit. North Carolina is the birthplace of the Environmental Justice •ement-Warren COW1ly PCB Landfill Struggle, 1981. Three years ago -ecognlzed that there was a pressing need for an environmental justice 1mit in North Carolina. It has taken three years and the input from many 1r people to bring NC's First-Ever Statewide Community-Based ironmental Justice Summit to fruition. Justice for all people in all walks fe, at home, at work and at play is a passion for us. This Summit is igned to highlight that passion and to ignite the participants' spirit to m to their communities with a renewed sense of purpose for justice and ality and the eradicalion of injustices in communities of color and poor 1munitles. This year's attendee's should be proud to be founding members of North Carolina Envilllnmental Ji.slice Nelwoik. We thank all of you for ring our enthusiasm, and our dream for a safe, healthy, environmentally nd, and just North Carolina. Welcome to the First-Ever Statewide Community-Based North olina Environmental Justice Summit. lfereace Backgroud Environmental Justice activists in North Carolina have for years ,red the frustration of witnessing time and again people of color's ~usion from mainstream environmental, conservationist, legislative, and nmunity agendas. It is not unusual to see dual groups, one white getting of the publicity and one black meeting at the local church and called on y if numbers are ne.led at a media event. Both groups are fighting 1inst the same pollut.-, both fighting for clean drinklng water or air. We, however, understand that when people are poor and/or "of or", they are perceived as powerless. Their communities are viewed as route with the least amount of resistance and are therefore thought of as feet areas for landfils, hog factories, chip mills, sludge plants, or tank ms. It all adds up to environmental injustice. As North Carolina attempts to attract more industry, the need for an jye, powerful environmental justice network is crucial. It is important that ected communities have a strong and organized forum to voice their 1cerns about the negative impacts of environmental Injustices. This mmit is the First-Ever Community-BasedStatewide Environmental ilice Summit in North Carolina. It is the first step towards creating an vironmental justice network in the state. We take u our mission the mination of environmental racism and the creation of just and stainable communities all across the stalll. n.......,_ Objectives: Establish a North Carolina Environmental Justice Network; Provide a forum in which communities can develop strategies to mon~or and address environmental concerns; Push for the creation cl a State Environmental Justice Office or Commission to deal ~h state environmental justice issues; Develop specific recommendations and a resolution to present to Governor James Hunt. Friday 1:00 pm 2:45-3:00pm 3:00-4:00pm 4:00-4:45pm 5:00-6:00pm 5:30-6:00pm 6:05-7:00pm 7:10-7:40pm 7:45pm Saturday 7:30-8:30am 8:45-9:10am 9:10-9:25am 9:30-10:45am 11 :00-12:30 12:45-2:00pm 2:15-3:45pm 4:00-5:30pm 5:45-7:00pm 7:15-8:30pm Sunday 8:30-9:45am 10:00-12:00 Conference Schedule Registration Begins Welcoming Remarks by Gary R. Grant Plenary #1: Ground and Surface Water Contamination and Agricultural Run-Off Ms. Gay McDougal, International Human Rights Law Group Introduction by Nan Freeland, CWF-NC Dinner Mr. Dick Green, EPA Region IV, Director -Solid Waste Division Address by Dr. Dennis McBride, State Health Director Introduction by Gary R. Grant, CCT Bill Meyer, NC DENR, Director -Solid Waste Division Open Talent Show/Community Fun Breakfast Morning Address, Ms. Connie Tucker, Executive Director of SOC Introduction by Lynice Williams, NC Fair Share Allan Deary, Field Officer, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Plenary #2: Strategizing Around EJ Issues Concurrent Workshop Session #1 • Human Rights, Part I • Waste: Incinerators, Landfills, Brownfields and Superfund Sites • Obtaining A Community Health Assessment • Lead Poisoni~Are You at Risk? • • Black and Native Land Loss and Environmental Devastation Lunch Address, Dr. Robert Bullard, Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University Introduction by Kim Allen, Enviro 1st Concurrent Workshop Session #2 • Human Rights, Part II • Legal Rights, Enforcement and Polluter Fines • Youth Activism and Environmental Justice • • Worker Safety • Plenary #3: The Law, Economics, Human Rights and Environmental Justice Dinner Address, State Senator Frank Ballance Introduction by Gary Grant, CCT Town Hall with State & Federal Officials Facilitated by: Dolly Burwell, PCB Landfill Prayer Breakfast with Reverend David Foy Plenary #4: Report Back and Closing • Highly recommended for youth. Plenary and Workshop Panelists Workshop Session #1 1. Title: Panelists: Moderator. 2. Title: Panelists: Moderator. 3. Title: Panelists: Moderator. 4. Title: Panelists: Moderator. 5. Title: Panelists: Moderator. Workshop Session #2 1. Title: Panelists; Moderator. Human Rights, Part I M. Douglas Scott, Director, Initiative on US Racism, International Human Rights Law Group Jacquelyn Pikul, Clean Water Fund of NC Waslll: Landfills, Incinerators, Brownfields and Superfund Sites Brian Holtzclaw, Coordinator for Environmental Justice, Divison of Waste Management, EPA Region IV Jean McDonald, Activist, Eufala Street Landfill Committee Reginald Early, Activist, Bertie County Landfill Committee Jim Warren, Director -NC WARN Valerie Johnson-Kaalund, Ph. D., Dept. of African American Studies, UNC-CH Obtaining a Convnunity Heal1h Assessment Wanda R. Wilkins, RN, BSN, MPH, School of Nursing, NCCU Slllve Wing, Ph. D., Epidemiologist, School of Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill Shafia M'Balia, NC Student Rural Health Coalition Mary Beamon, NC Fair Share Wake County Chapter President Barbara Pullen-Smith, Office of Minority Health l..Nd Poisoning-Are You at Risk? Debra Harris, PEACH Project Jay Pierson, PEACH Project Harry Whitley, NC DENR, Children's Environmental Health Branch Lenora Smith, North East Central Durtlam, Partners Against Crime Black and Native American Land Loss and Environmental Devastation Slllphon eo-ns, Director, UPP Gary Grant, President, Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association Savi Home, Land Loss Prevention Project Human Rights, Part II M. Douglas Scott, Director, Initiative on us Racism, International Human Rights Law Group Kim Allen, Enviro 1st
LLPP helps farmers and rural landowners who are In danger of loalng their land. If you would Ilka to be on our malling llat, plHe aend ua your name and address. Name Address City State Zip Code Mall to: LLPP, P.O. Box 1711, Durham, NC 2n02 LLPP's work is funded by private donations from individuals, by grants from public and private sources, and by the work of volunteer attorneys in North Carolina and in other states. Your support is important. Please join us in our efforts by making a tax-deductible contribution to LLPP. EncfoMd la my ch■ck for:$ _______ _ (Please make yoor check payable to the Land Loss Prevention Project.) Thank You for Your Support! The Land Loaa Prevention Project la a member of North Carolin■ Community Sharaa, a fundralalng partnership of public lnteraat "'llanlntlona that r■1 ... funds for Ila member 9roupa through emploYff giving campaign• and payroll deduction drives. THE CONTINUING CRISIS Almost half of North Carolina's population lives in rural areas. In most other states, the demographics are similar. Many people who live in cities and suburbs have parents or other relatives who continue to live on family farms. Our tie to the land is strong. Every American understands the importance of owning a piece of land, and understands the devastation of losing it. Rural landowners are threatened today with losing their land in several ways: farmers burdened with debt face foreclosure; historic communities face destruction from government road building and economic develop-ment efforts; rural landowners face rising property taxes and unscrupulous tactics from developers as urban areas grow out into the counties. Our rural counties are on average poorer than our cities, have more children and elderly living in poverty, have higher unemployment rates, less access to health care, and a higher proportion of substandard housing. Land ownership is essential to economic security and a cornerstone of the American tradition -when people lose their land, the consequences for all of us are great. :E cp (I) 3 [~ ~ 0) =r ::, ~ a. "O -f~ D,1~ < n .. 0 a. 3 .. [ -0 "O 0 lJ C 0 3-~ .. 0 3 :!; -n z (I) 0 CJ "' 0 .... )( .... -a-., "' <D ~r ;;,::, z 0 o ,-m 0 () CJ> ~ CJ> Saving Family Land LAND LOSS IMWIIIIMN PROJECT
What is the Land Loss Prevention Project? The Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP) is a non-profit, public interest law firm created by the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers (NCABL) in 1983 to respond to the unprecedented decline in the number of family farmers and low income and minority landowners. OVER A DECADE OF UNIQUE LEGAL ASSISTANCE Our mission is to use legal expertise, community education, and advocacy skills to help landowners who face legal, economic, and environmental challenges to their land ownership. LLPP seeks ways to give disadvantaged landowners the legal help that is crucial to preserving their ownership rights. LLPP's staff and volunteer lawyers continue to: Help family farmers who are in danger of losing their homes and businesses because of massive debt and economic burdens. Help landowners and rural communities who face devastating property loss due to discrimination and encroaching development. Help landowners and rural communities beset by environmental and public health problems rising from the siting of landfills, intensive live-stock operations, and other noxious facilities. Provide legal help to organizations and individuals striving to better the economic health of rural communities. Educate state and federal representatives to develop fair and equitable solutions to the problems of rural poverty. Collaborate with local. state and national groups to address the needs of land owners and family farmers. FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE/ PRO BONO PANEL We provide free legal assistance to limited resource landowners and farmers who are in danger of losing their land. Legal problems often account for the loss of land. Farm and residential foreclosures, lack of estate planning, second mortgage scams, fraud, taxes, condemnation, environmental issues, and adverse possession are among the many causes of land loss. LLPP's main offices are located at the North Carolina Central University Law School in Durham, where we have access to excellent research facilities and research assistants. Along with our staff attorneys, we also have 500 private attorneys who have agreed to accept referrals, some at no charge to the client. Since its founding in 1983, LLPP's attorneys (both staff and volunteer) have worked with thousands of farmers and landowners and made it possible for them to continue to operate their farms and keep their land. As a direct result of our work with attorneys, in education and pro bono recruitment, we have been able to refer many landowners to one of 500 trained attorneys and advocates throughout North Carolina and in other states. "TEN WAYS TO SAVE YOUR LAND" HANDBOOK Every year North Carolina landowners lose thou-sands of acres of land. The Land Loss Prevention Project wants to help people keep their property; so we have written the Ten Ways To Save Your Land handbook. This handbook provides information on the most common ways land is lost and gives practical advice on how to retain it. Landowners will find this book useful. People who own homes will also find some chapters helpful. If you would like to receive a free copy of the Ten Ways To Save Your Land handbook, call or write the Land Loss Prevention Project. TOLL-FREE HOTLINE If you have a problem or question about land owner-ship, you can call 1-800-672-5839 to speak with someone at LLPP. Our attorneys are available to discuss your problem or question. He or she can answer questions and provide information and advice. If you need more extensive assistance, we can agree to handle your case ourselves or refer you to an attorney in your area. COMMUNITY EDUCATION We will provide speakers and conduct workshops for community groups, professional associations, and churches at no cost. LLPP staff and volunteer attorneys are available to discuss topics such as: Writing a will and estate planning Heir property problems Resolving problems with federal and other fam, loans Federal sustainable agriculture and conservation programs Avoiding and dealing with contract scams Organizing a farmers cooperative or a rural community development corporation Landowners' rights Environmental Justice Government taking of land We also train attorneys and advocates on giving legal assistance to limited resource landowners. Call us at 1-800-672-5839 if you're interested in having someone speak to your organization or group. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LLPP's Rural Environmental Equity Project, developed at the request of grassroots groups, formulates legal strategies to address en-vironmental equity and public health issues facing local communities. The Rural Environmental Equity Project helps people to become more aware of the problems, advises local community groups on their legal options, and assists these groups in achieving the objectives they decide they want to achieve. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Sustainable Agriculture offers real new hope for family tanners -those who are currently fanning and those who wish to begin farming. Sustainable agricultural practices ranges from improved soil conservation practices, reducing the amount of chemicals sprayed on crops and soil, to self-process-ing of products for local or direct marketing. Sustain-able agricultural systems reconcile the interests of agriculture with those of the environment; the needs of tanners with those of communities and consum-ers; and the interests of efficient and profitable production with those of social and economic justice. Seeing the need to protect the nation's system of family farming and its natural resources, LLPP has engaged farmers in an ongoing cooperative dialogue leading to strategies for working together to enhance opportunities to convert to sustainable agricultural practices. Our work forges a partner-ship of farmers, agricultural organizations, univer-sities, and communities to identify, develop, and adapt sustainable agricultural systems and sus-tainable development activities to benefit people in rural America. Our goal is the development of farming systems that are profitable, while encour-aging a good quality of life for people working in harmony with the environment.
Yes, I want to join the Rural Coalition! Name -----------------O r g an i z at ion --------------Address----------------City ______________ _ i Sm~ ---------~P -----Phone --------Fax Email ____________ _ Website-------------as a (please check one): D Friend of the Rural CoalitlQn llrfdlVlduals)*. -------. $25 Basic Membership _$50 Supporter __ $100 Sustainer $. _____ Other $. __ Low Income (as you can afford) D Organizational Member If your org. annual budget is: pay dues of: Up to $100,000 $50.00 $100,000-$250,000 _'; $200.00 $250,000-$750,000 ~:•-, $500:00 $750,000-950,000 $750.00 $950,000 anct over $1,000.00 Org. Annual Budget $ _ ., .. .. .. _ 'Ii;.:· 'I: Dues Enclosed $ '•· ;.. ,. , \. *** *** *. ·•••·•·•••••· .••... **** □ Check here to receive our annual report, including a "History of Civil Rights in AgricultureD Mail to: Rural Coalition/Coalici6n Rural 110 Maryland Ave., NE Suite 101 Washington, DC 20002 •contributions are tax deductible 1 . Justice and Equal opportunity are the right of all people of race, sex or place of residence. 2. AU rural people are entitled to goods and services essential to a decent quality · of life, including education, health and employment services, housing and basic community facilities. 'They are also entitled to democratic community Institutions dedicated to serving their interests. 3. The long-term viability of rural communities rests on effective control and use of resources by the people living in rural areas including family farmers, local business people and working people of all walks of life. 4. Community based organizations are Instrumental in the development of rural communities. Public policy should encourage their growth and strength. 5. The federal government has the responsibility to ensure the rights of all citizens and to help secure the fulfillment ~ of these rights. Consistent with its commitment to these guiding principles, the Coalition has worked toward two long range goals: • The development and implementation of progressive policies responsive to human needs, and • The development of the capacities of rural organizations and the people to work effectively for, and to sustain systemic change. We join together as rural interest organizations and people to work together for a better national society. Rural Coalition/Coalicion Rural "We 1«-'le wotkln; ln the llelds. As usual, the 0""1er did not ha11e the 6ottud water 6ot us that ls part 06 the law. So I« had to drink 6rom the ditch. We know this h'atet has matt'( pesticides .. But theu w4!1 nothln; elge. We drank lt. <:[;he next AA'( n,e were sick. Because ,i,e missed a dttlf o6 work, we 1«-'lt ltted.,, ~ -from a letter by two El Paso based farmworkers to a Rural Coalition organized Binational Workshop on Farmworkers and Pesticide Dangers. 110 Maryland Ave., NE Suite 101 Washington, DC 20002 phone 202'544-9611 fax 202'544-9613 email: [e-mail] http//wWW2.cibola.net/-sinfront/rcpage. html
What is the Rural Coalltlon/Coallcion Rural? The Rural Coalition/Coalici6n Rural is a unique alliance of 90 culturally diverse community based groups in the United States and Mexico united in the pursuit of equality and sustainable development in rural communities. First established in 1978 by Washington, DC based national organizations, the Rural Coalition provided a forum to discuss and strategize on rural legislation and policy matters. In 1982, several founding national groups closed their doors. Grassroots rural organizations reconstituted the coalition as a broad based membership organization to represent the interests and aspirations of many culturally diverse and geographically isolated community organizing groups. What are the Benefits of Rural Coalition Membership? Both individuals and organizations 'can join the Rural Coalition. Organizational members are included. on our widely shared member list and described in our Annual Report, receive newsletter~ , and program and committee information, may nominate representatives to the Board' of Directors, vote in election~ and "' on organizational business, and partlcip~te in program activities and the Assembly. ~. Individuals receive the Rural Coalition Newsletter and may participate in program activities and attend the Assembly ... All Members agree to uphold the principles of the Rural Coalition, and to support its . work through their membership dues. To join, please complete the form in tti!.s brochure and mail it along with your financial contribution today. What does the Rural Coalition do? The Rural Coalition is committed to making rural communities safe, healthy places, with jobs and economic opportunity. To this end, it advocates progressive national policies and programs that are responsive to the unique needs of rural communities, works to make government institutions become more responsive to rural communities, brings together diverse groups of people to collaboratively solve problems of common concern, and initiates and supports collaborative efforts that develop the capacities of its members. Some examples: Workers on the Land Committee: Discrimination within the US Department of Agriculture has denied minority and small farmers the credit and services they need to be successful. The Coalition helps farmers access programs while also working to change USDA. USDA programs and services are explained in outreach training sessions for farmers and farmworkers who return to their own communities and educate others. Our members also work with USDA to identify barriers to participation, and recommend ways to make the programs more accessible. We are also working to develop understanding and alliances among small farmers and farm workers. ·1 convinced my neighbor, a black farmer, to apply for the conservation reserve program. His application was rejected and he Jost his land. The white farmer who bought the land was accepted into the program.· An Alabama Farmer Health & Environment Committee: Community members, scientists and health professionals work together in rural communities to identify the causes of environmental injustice and to design solutions. In this example of community-driven research, a collaborative model allows community members to work as equals with scientists and health professionals in designing and conducting research and in developing solutions. The Super Market: Small farmers and farmworkers share many of the same concerns and interests. The Super Market is an electronic network designed to bring small farmers and farmworkers together to promote sustainable agriculture and cooperatively market organically produced goods. Training, sample contracts and legal assistance will also included in the network. Start-up funding is needed to launch the SuperMarket. Annual Assembly: Every year or two, members come together to share information, expertise and experiences. The very diverse gathering also encourages members in their own work and sets programs and priorities for the Rural Coalition. Each Assembly is held in a different region and includes field trips arranged by members in that region. Our members tell us ... After a recent training euent, members said: "The time spent with farm advocates from the various organizations was particularly valuable ... participants met their counterparts from other organizations and established a network for sharing and assessing information, success stories and failures.· Q-eg Snitmar\ lntertribal fqic1Jtlre COlllcil "The content was valu~ble, however, what was most useful was the opportunity to make contact with all the diverse interests represented at the meeting. There are just so many possibilities for networking around difficult or common struggles ... lt's exciting! Uenh.ra Gutierrez, ltion Sin Frmteras
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PROJECT PURPOSE • To improve the quality of environmental health conditions in the rural South by supporting grassroots leadership and community empowerment • To make a long-term impact on environmental racism through facilitating the technical and political capacities of rural African Americans, encouraging them to become partners in research • To engage in community education • To organize citizens around environmental health issues How Will We Accom.12lish? ◊ Create partnerships with university scientists, local Health Dept. representatives and other health professionals. ◊ Expand the environmental health knowledge of Halifax County citizens and rural Northeastern NC. ◊ Develop educational and organizing materials for use in Halifax County and surrounding areas. ◊ Provide outreach to communities in other eastern North Carolina counties. ◊ Train Public Health students in rural environmental health and environmental justice issues. o Reconnect isolated, rural communi-ties with fundamental environmental values. ◊ Reconnect the African American communities to the importance of land ownership. L.....I -I IL --·---· ~~AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr 3 TAKE A STAND FOR E ~ ENVIRONMENTAL ~ ◄ ► ~ JUSTICE!! ~ ◄ ► ◄ ► ArTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT~~ "Race proved to be the most significant among variables tested in association with the location of commercial hazardous waste facilities."Study by the Un:+e,l r,h,, .. ch nf' f"'h .. 1'st 1987 J..11,. U V .1.U..1 .L.I. VJ.. '-,,;.LJ.4 ~, , • • Not only is Eastern North Carolina being invaded by the hog industry, incinerators and other hazardous waste sites, the rest of the nation's predominantly poor and minority communities are facing similar threats.
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Principles of Environmental Justice
PREAM:BLE
WE, THE PEOPLE OF COLOR, gathered together at this multinational People of Color
Environmental Leadership Summit, to begin to build a national and international movement
of all peoples of color to fight the destruction and · taking of our lands and communities, do
hereby re-establish our spiritual interdependence to the sacredness of our Mother Earth; to
respect and celebrate each of our cultures, languages and beliefs about the natural world and
our roles in healing ourselves; to insure environmental justice; to promote economic
alternatives which would contribute to the development of environmentally safe livelihoods;
and, to secure our political, economic and cultural liberation that has been denied for over
500 years of colonization and oppression, resulting in the poisoning of our communities and
land and the genocide of our peoples. do affirm and adopt these Principles of Environmental
Justice:
I. Environmental justice affirms the sacredness of Mother Eanh, ecological unity and
the interdependence of all species, and the right to be free from ecological
destruction.
2. Environmental justice demands that public policy be based on mutual respect and
justice for all peoples, free from any form of discrimination or bias.
3. Environmental justice mandates the right to ethical, balanced and responsible uses
of land and renewable resources in the interest of a sustainable planet for humans and
other living things.
-L Environmental justice calls for universal protection from nuclear testing, extraction,
production and disposal of toxic/hazardous wastes and poisons and nuclear testing
that threaten the fundamental right to clean air, land, water, and food.
5. Environmental justice affirms the fundamental right to political, economic, cultural
and environmental self-determination of all peoples.
6. Environmental justice demands the cessation of ·the production of all toxins,
hazardous wastes, and radioactive inatenals, and that all past and current producers
be held strictly accountable to the people for detoxification and the containment at the
point of production.
7. Environmental justice demands the right to parttc1pate as equal partners at every
level of decision-making including needs 3.lsessment, planning, implementation,
enforcement and evaluation.
8. Envirorunenlal justice affirms the right of all orkers to a safe and healthy work
environment, without being forced to choose between an unsafe livelihood and
unemployment. It also affinns the right of those who work at home to be free from
environmental hazards.
9 . Environmental justice protects the right of v1cums of environmental injustice to
receive full compensation and reparations for damages as well as quality health care.
10. Environmental justice considers governmental acts of environmental injustice a
violation of international law, the Universal Declaration On Human Rights, and the
~!lited Nations Convention on Genocide.
l l. Environmental justice must recognize a special legal and natural relationship of
-Native Peoples to the U.S. government through treaties, agreements, compacts, and
covenants which impose upon the U.S. government a paramount obligation and
responsibility to affirm the sovereignty and se.lf-detennination of the indigenous
peoples whose lands it occupies and holds in trust.
11. Environmental justice affinns the need for an· urban and rural ecological policies to
clean up and rebuild our cities and rural areas in balance with nature, honoring the
cultural integrity of all our communities, and providing fair access for all to the full
range of resources.
13 . Environmental justice calls for the strict enforcement of principles of informed
consent, and a hall to the testing of experimental reproductive and medical
procedures and vaccinations on people of color.
14. Environmental justice opposes the destructive operations of multi-national
corporations.
15. Environmental justice opposes military occupation, repression and exploication of
lands, peoples and cultures, and other life forms.
16. Environmental justice calls for the education of present and future generations
which emphasizes· social and environmental issues, based on our experience and an
appreciation of our diverse cultural perspectives.
17. Environmental justice requires that we, as indivjduals, .make personal and consumer
choices lo consume as little of Mother Earth's resources and to produce as little
waste as possible; and . m.ake the conscious decision to chall~nge and reprioritize our
lifestyles to insure the health of the natlJ!al wo~ld for pr~t and future generations.
Adopted today, October 27, 1991, in Washington, D.C.
• II \ 1:,· ~ '"
Environmental Justice Resolution
Whereas, the term Environmental Justice has been defined as the equitable distribution of environmental contamination
and equal protection under all environmental statutes and regulations without discrimination based on race, ethnicity,
and/or socioeconomic status; and
WJ,ereas, the term "Environmental Justice" rose to prominence following the burial of toxic PCBs in our neighboring
county, Warren County, North Carolina in 198/; and
WJ,ereas, Environmental Justice can only be achieved through the concerted efforts of all levels of government--local,
state and federal--as well as private industry; and
WJ,ereas, the Commission/or Racial Justice of the United Church a/Christ landmark study, "Toxic Wastes and Race",
found race to be the single most important factor--more important than income, home ownership, or property values--in
the location of hazardous commercial and abandoned toxic waste sites; and
Whereas, the multinational People of Color Environmental leadership Summit held in Washington, DC in 1992 adopted
Principles of environmental Justice; and
Whereas, President William Jefferson Clinton issued his Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994; and
WJ,ereas, The Concerned Citizens of Tillery is participating in an Environmental Justice Project entitled "Southeast
Halifax Environmental Re-awaking" in conjunction with the Halifax County Health Department and the School of
Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, through Funding from the National Institute of ·
Environmental Health Sciences; and
WJ,ereas, The Concerned Citizens of Tillery has called together environmental groups from across the state of North
Carolina to sponsor the first ever Grassroots Environmental Justice Summit to be held October 9-I I, 1998; and
WJ,ereas, this Summit will look at North Carolina's history and practice of Environmental Injustice while bringing
people together in a positive forum to work toward a better future; and
Whereas, the Halifax County Board of Commissioners supports environmental policies based on mutual respect and
justice for all peoples, free from any form of discrimination or bias;
Therefore be it that, the Halifax County Board of Commissioners hereby resolve and declare the month of October, 1998
as Environmental Justice Awareness Month, and encourages all segments of the Halifax County population to become
more aware of the issues of Environmental Justice and to work towards a healthy, environmentally safe and just society
for all the citizens of Halifax County.
Adopted this the 8'" day of September, 1998.
North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit Coard· at· Cq ~rzl c/r-,,---
p O
m mg ommittee
Confnnt» Chair. Gary R. Grlnt
Faclltatlrw Orplbllcm:
Ga,yR. Grant
CotamedClfizlnlol11/lety
[phone]
NanFrffland
C.,, WattrFund of North Catolln,
[phone]
Commhle ,.,,,,,.,.:
UzSassoms
c.ntr lor Women'• Economic
[phone] Altemaf/vN
KimAIIBn
Enwof"
[phone]
Savi Home
L.nl Loa Prewntlon Proj«:t
[phone]
Yolanda Anderson
North Carow Cerm/ lln/wn/ty
Enrironmentlll Scillnce Progran
[phone]
Lynics WIiiiams
North c.o/NF-,,m.r.
[phone]
•. Box 69
Tillery, NC 27887
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North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit
October 9-11, 1998
Biographical Sketches of Keynote Speakers
Robert D. Bullard is Ware Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at
Clark Atlanta University. Before joining the faculty at CAU in 1994 he was a professor of sociology at the
University of California, Riverside and visiting professor in the Center for African American Studies at UCLA
Professor Bullard is a leading scholar, researcher and author on environmental justice. He was one of the
organizers of the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. His book, Dumping in Dixie:
Race, Class and Environmental Quality (Westview Press, 1990), has become a standard text in the environmental
justice field. Some of his other books include Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots
(South End Press, 1993), Unequal Protection: Environmental Justice and Communities of Color (Sierra Club
Books, 1996), People of Color Environmental Groups Director 1994-95 (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 1994 ),
and Residential Apartheid: The American Legacy (UCLA Center for African American Studies Publications,
1994). His new book, co-edited with Glenn S. Johnson, entitled Just Transportation: Dismantling Race and Class
Barriers to Mobility (New Society Publishers, 1997).
Connie Tucker, in addition to being the executive director of SOC, serves on the board of directors of the
Washington Office for Environmental Justice; the Public Advisory Team for the Environmental Justice Resource
Center, Clark-Atlanta University; environmental justice consultant to Auburn University and Tuskegee University;
coordinator for the Region IV Environmental Justice Task Force, and coordinator of the SOC Environmental
Justice Project which works across the South, but prioritizes work in the eight in US EPA Region IV states. She
also serves on the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Waste and Facility
Sitting, appointed by US EPA Administrator, Carol Browner; the Atlanta Steering Committee for the Interagency
Environmental Justice Working Group in compliance with the President's Environmental Justice Executive Order;
and numerous other boards and committees.
Dr. A. Dennis McBride was appointed State Health Director and the Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Health on May 1, 1998. As the state's leading public health physician, he oversees a broad
range of services and programs that promote physical and mental wellness, prevent disease and injury, and prevent
premature death. In addition he directs those staff responsible for licensing and assuring the quality of health
facilities throughout the state.
Before his return to North Carolina in 1998, Dr. McBride served with distinction for ten years as the Director of
Health and Medical advisor for the Stamford Health Department in Stamford, Connecticut. Between 1984 and
1986 he served as the District of Columbia's commissioner of public health, and prior to that he was senior vice
president for advocacy at the Children's Hospital, National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Gay McDougall is Executive Director of the Washington based International Human Rights Law Group. The
International Human Rights Law Group is engaged in human rights advocacy, litigation and training around the
world. Ms McDougall is an officer on the United Nations treaty body that oversees the International Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). She is the first American to be elected to the
body of 18 international experts who oversee compliance by governments worldwide with the treaty obligations.
In 1989, Gay McDougall founded the Commission of Independence for Namibia, a bipartisan group of 31
distinguished Americans who monitored in detail the 12 month process independence mandated by the United
Nations. Ms. McDougal earned her J.D. at Yale University Law School and an L.L.M. in public international law
at the London School of Economic and Political Science.
Grass-rO.otSgroups
wantstateio ensure
· 'environmeritaljustice'
A conference ·in Edgecombe
County· will seek ways to ·
proted poor and minority ,
communities from pollution.
. Gary Grant,
. ex e·c u ti v e
:director of
Concerned
Citizens of
Tillery and a
BYJAMESELISHI~ ' conference
STAFF WRITER organizer. said
A three-day conference in . the state
Edgecombe County aimed at orga-should follow
nizing poor and minority commu-· the federal gov-
nities against pollution will call for : ernment's lead·
the creation of a state agency to "We think
fight for "environmental justice." ·. we ought to
"Save the People," which bills . have an exec-
itself as the first conference of : utive order
grass-roots environmentaljustice .. : .from the gov-
Gary Grant
cites example
of federal
agencies.
groups in North Carolina, brings ernorofNorUt Carolina regard-
togethernational leaders and local ' _ing environmental justice as
activists to fight hog farms, land-... :well,'.' Grant said.
fills and other threats while urg-.. · 'The state does.plan to create a
ing the state to protect powerless''. .. council oh environmental justice
communities from environmental .. that would work with state agen-
hazards. · cies, but the details of the com-
The movement, which combines · mittee have yet to be worked out,
environmentalism and civil rights, said Henry Lancaster, deputy sec-
grew out of protests in 1982 over retary of environment and natur-
the construction of a toxic waste al resources.
dump in Warren County, whose . / The· "Save the People" confer-
mostly poor and black residents · ence will examine issues as
said their community was chosen'· : :diverse as lead poisoning, trou-
beca use it lacked the political . bles facing black farmers and
power to fight back. ' · ··· . · · community organizing. Speakers
In 1994, President Clinton made will include Dr. Robert Bullard,
environmental justice a national · director of Clark Atlanta
priority with an executive order University's Environmental
requiring every federal agency to Justice Resource Center; Connie
avoid discriminating against · .Tuc.,ker, executive director of the
groups of people in decisions · Southern Organizing Committee;
affecting public health and the and Dr. Dennis McBride, the state
environment. . ·health director.
He also created an Office of The conference-will take place
Environmental Justice in the U.S. Friday,through Sunday at the
Environmental Protection Agency.· _Historic Franklinton Center in the
The movement itself achieved a .. Edgecombe County town of
milestone las_t year, when the Whitakers. For more information,
planned Shintech plastics factory call [phone].
in Louisiana became the first facil-
ity stopped by the. EPA on the .
grounds that it would be unfair to .
a nearby black community. .
, James Ell Shiffer can be reached
· at 836-5701 or [e-mail]
,,DAY, APRIL 12, 1998 I Ht HtKALU-~UN, UUKMAM, N .\...
STAT£
WAITING ON PROMISE: Dollie Burwell, standing at the entrance to
a PCB dump on Friday, is the co-chairwoman of the Warren County
PCB Working Group, which opposed the dump. Residents and envi-
Assocl,aleoPrKS
ronmentalists have agreed on a process to excavate the 2.5-acre
' site near Afton where the state buried 40,000 cubic yards of PCB-
contaminated soil. But now they need state funding.
· Funds to clean up PCB dUillp _sought
Associated Press
RALEIGH -State regulators say they will
ask Gov. Jim Hunt to provide funding for
cleanup of a controversial hazardous waste
dump in his next budget.
Last month, state environmental officials,
Warren County residents and environmental-
ists agreed on a process to excavate the 2.S-
acre site near Afton where the state buried
40,000 cubic yards of PClkontaminated soil.
,Henry Lancaster, deputy secretary of en-
vironment and natural resources, said his de-
partment will ask Hunt to include money for
the $24 mill,ion project in his budget.
"This is as good a time as ever," said Lan-
caster. "It i.a projected that the whole thing
will take three years. There are three years
left in the Hunt administration."
Hunt promised 16 years ago to clean up
the dump as aoon as the means became "ap-
propriate and feasible."
Sean Walsh, a Hunt spokesman, said the
iOvernor is committed to ensuring the health
1111d safety of Warren residents, but he de-
clined to say i! the money would be included.
· The conflict goes back 20 years, when con-
tractors illegally sprayed waste oil along
roads in 14 counties. The oil was laced with
PCBs, which were used to lnaulate electrical
transformers until the government banned
them in 1977. The Environmental Protection
· Agency says the chemicala can cause cancer.
· Four men were convicted of criminal
charges in the dumping, and the EPA and the
state took over responsibility. for disposing
of the waste. In his second term-aa 11overnor,
Hunt decided to have. the aoil scraped up and
buried in Warren County._
Warr en i.a a rural· northeastern county
where the average resident eanis less in-
come than in all but three -other counties.
About 57 percent of residents are black.
Dump trucks of contaminated soil arriving
in 1982 met protesters, black and white, who
chanted, picketed,and-blocked roadways.
The images of atate troopers clad in riot ,
gear carrying away ministers and mothers
helped galvanize a nascent cause that its sup-
porters dubbed "envirOlllJlental justice."
"They drew a line in the din saying no to
environml!Iltal injustice and environmental
racism," said Robert Bullard, a sociology
· professor at Clark Atlanta University.
Studies by Bullard and othera found that
toxic-waste dumps, incinerators, chemical
factories and other facilities were located
·disproportionat~y in minority communities.
The Warren County protea ti prompted
Hunt to promise that "the state will push as
hard as it can for detoxification of the land-
fill when and if the appropriate and feasible
technolo11Y is developed."
In the-meantime, the state assured skepti-
cal residents that the plastic-lined dump was
the "Cadillac of landfills."
The state acknowledged in 1993 that the
landfill had filled with 13 feet of water, pos-
ing a possible threat to drinking' water.
Last year, tests by ETG . Environmental
Inc. of West Chester, Pa., showed that chemi-
cal technology could safely dispose of the
waste. ETG used base catalyzed decomposi-
tion . (BCD), a technique developed by the
federal government as an alternative to in-
cineration. When hazardous waste is-burned,
it can create toxic ash and air pollution.
The BCD process cooks the contaminated
soil in a low-temperature furnace, stripping
off the chlorine molecules and producing
dry, harmless dirt. Scientists estimate the
process can reduce the pollutants to a few
drums of sludge, which would be incinerated.
A legislative committee is scheduled to
hear the details April 27. And Walsh, the gov-
.ernor's spokesman, said Hunt's commitment
to hi.a 1982 promise has not changed.
Landfill
Protest
Leader
Arrested
By Charlts Broadwell
St,11 VOritrr
The leJder of a demonstration at
the Cumberl•nd Coun11• landfill
~·Js Jrrested Friday r.ior.nine after
•he •nd other prote!ters kneoled
bthind 1<heelcha irs. prayed and
~anc hymns outside tl':e iate .
.\bout 20 people g•thered along
.\nn Stre<t to brin;i a::ention to the
ronctrns or nurby residents whn
~JY the l.1ndfill !5 ?':azardous to
thm hullh. They held up sicns -
· Deii,·er L's From This" and --cumbfrland County's Landfill Is
A Time Bomb." to name t1<0 -as
bic cub•ce trucks rumbled bv. Polire officers said Lula Jun
'.\lCDonaid 01 Eulaula Street 1ot
: ~~~ ~ ~~e true: ;or sale y. i O ed biit O i poifce
van. handcuffed and driven to the
Law Enforcement Center.
~rs. ~kDon•ld, who orcaniud the demonstration. v.·as charred
..,,-uh impedinc traf!ic. a misde•
me•nor. She was released on $100
unsecu,ed b•il, poiice Lt. \'era Bell
said.
Mrs. !llcbonald. H. then re•
turned to the demonstration. --Like I said. I'm willing to go all
the way, wh.alt\'fr it tJkes ... ~ht
s,1d. "Somebody's got to help the
p,ople.
--The whole cit•· of Fa ,·etteville
1<111 live to recrit this da,. God 's
~oin( to start stndinr somcthin(
through Fayetteville to wa ke these
,..,.,,.,...,, ..........
hyelleville Police Officers Arrest Ms. McDonald Al The
undfill Demon1lration
Land fi 11 ___ F_ro_m _Pa_gc_1A __
people up."
She and others on Euloula Strttl
say the landfill is a backyord men•
ace, brincinc pesu. noise. du,t and
• constant ,1,nch In their noirhhor•
hood. Residents ha•·• b<come ill
and died from associated breallung
problems. they say.
A Slalt tn•ironmtnlal ofhrial
recently in•tsticaltd lhe r11m•
plaints ol lht l56•ar.rt landfill ond
reported finding no ,·iolalions. Foy•
elleviiie firemen who inspected the
slorace ol uplosives at lbe site
said the county is follo~·inc recula•
Uons.
The proltslen remain uncon•
vlnced. Tbey want lbe city or coun•
ty to buy them bomes eJse,.here:
"Relocate l\ot Sullocate." anolher
of lbeir li1ns I.lid. City Council memlwr Ida RO$$
joined Ille demonstratinn. at times
leadillc Ille sillcinK •ad callinr out slo1au. Slit said Mrs. !lltDonald 1
irrest -..Id be "cood pablieity•
lor lbe uae.
"Tbey un take me down lbere.
too.'' Mrs. Roa said. <11ndinr neor
the police v111. "I c1on·1 mind:·
The danOIISlraUon becan about
7:30 a.m. as member, of the sroup ·
kneell'd behind three whttlrhain
blockinc the l•ndlill's entranri•
lane.
The Rn. C.R. F".durd, r.-·c Ille
prayer: "Grant, our father. lb.I lh•
citizens of F•~·etteville micht real•
lze that •II ,our children dcser.-e
lo be beollhy· and ufc ond li•c ,n "
clean environment. .....
Rev. Ed•anls is • formtr slate
llouu mtmber who is 5ttking cite·
lion in the 41st Sena•• District. llr.
supports Ille efforts of lhe Eufaul~
Strttl croup. be said before lu, •
inf.
The demoastrators Jell the roaJ·
side and moved b.lck intu the richt
l•ne ot the e,d of Ann Street lor an
8 a.m. pr•~·er. ~lrs. McDonald ~-as
kneeling on the end. •t tilt edge of
the left !ant. when • garb•C• lruo.
p•sscd near her.
That's v. ~•n !he police mo•ed in. ~lore tt .. n 15 officers. mmlly
members or the departmrnt's
1'mcrG<n<:y llcspon.,c Team. had ~ lD!lllilll!~ dr.mon.,trotion
•nd_ ~·irr/i;ru! :ii.aLfu_ Mr<. ~lrDon-'llN dut .. oit'tjbjcc\ ~·htn an officer
told her lo walk back to lilt van.
··rm on my way to jail." she
called out lo other croup members.
Police warned the crwp that
anyone wjlo cot in the way ol Ira!•
lie would be arrested. Ollicers
wrapped )·ellow I.ape aroand fivt
ptne trees. makinc a "holdi.oc ar• u" for an)·one else delaiMd.
f\n more arrests were reported.
But about a dozen people nmained
at the landfill entrance. -uic to
stay at least unlil their picketill&
permit espirtd at 5 p.m.
Tbey were rejoined al lllidntorn-
ln& by Mn. McDonald. ud the
demonslralion "·enl on peacdaliy.
"What ,cc hope lo accomplish is
to let the city and county know
lhal we will Ml qu1I." .. ,d Mrs.
McDonald. ,.-ho owns a Eufaula
Slrttl re>t hnmc. --Tht)''rt Coilll lo r<locatc •• or close this landfill ...
The landfill "·as opened i■ IHO.
lone allcr the houses on ·Eufaula
Street ~·ere built. About U bomes
are on the ~idc 11f the slrttt ~rdcr•
ing lhe landfill. l,urv Carter. the landlill dlrcc•
lor. ha• said that lhe county's lone• range plan is to buy lht residential
property ...-hen it is for sa~. Some
lots h.'Jvc bttn houghl. he said. but
the count• c•n'I offord lhe eshmal•
ed SI ,mtilion cn,I lo bU)' llwm all
.1t once.
~Ir~ ~le Don.aid :-,wJ 11 s no c·m~-
ciden<:t th•t Euf•ul• Street ri,s,-
dents art btack.
"Ifs racial; we were there first.
\\'bv didn't they put It in V•nStory mlis•· she asked. rtlerrinc to a
mostiy white Fayellevillt nti(h·
bo~"::"'Rou was the only tltdtd ollidal to join lht demonstration.
She ui4 sh•d like to see the Eu-
laula St~•I residents relocated.
Her opponent In the District 2
council nee. Irene Pittman Pow•
ell. stood by in • show ol support
for the proteslen. Olber onlooktrs
included state Rep. Luther "l\ick"
Jeralds and Martha B. H•yes. a
candidate for county commission•
er.
Bill strikes
at liDlits on
•l • ,
·farm · ·loaris
. J3Y JAMES RoSEN
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON .... Legislation introduced
Thursday by Rep. Eva Clayton, D-N.C., and
Sen. Charles S. Robb, D-Va., would ease the
government's.rules for making agricultural
loans~ give farmers with past financial prob-
lems another chance to obtain federal credits.
, Agriculture ~tacy Dan Glickman joined
Clayton, Robb and several other lawmakers
at a Capitol Hill news conference .
. "There shouldn't be a revolving door for peo-
ple to have debts continually.forgiven and .
receive additional loans," Glickman said "But · · , .!n _.;;J.1,.,,,.,. :· .,. . . . •
· denying thousands ·of farmers 'and ranchers · · U.S. Rep. Eva Clayto,,, says' her• bill would be a boon for black and other minority
·· from ever ~iving USDA loan assistance if . farm~~; _Agrlcultur!1 S~cr~tary Dan Glickman joined her at a news conference. ·
they ever received debt forgiveness at any time .:. . . , ' , , ./ l,; fi 'PHOTO BY .EVAt-1 fllE FOR THE NEWS & OBSERVER foranyreason-includingdisasterorfamily • . • • · · ' · . , .. ,;, .·.· ,.,.,, ,. ....
tragedy-goes too far." . . for all farmers but woulq b~ parµcµlarly ben-
Clayton said lier bill Wo.uld be especially help-eficial for minority growers, inan,y of ~horn ~ for black aµd other minority ~ers, hun-run small operations with.tight margins. Robb
; dreds of whom have filed complaints accusing introduced a C01J1panio11 measure in the
th'e Agriculture Department of racial dis-Senate. , , '.' C'.' ·.:' ''' · · ·. .
crimination in the distribution of loans. · The legislation; which 35 ~wmakers co-spon-
In a class~action lawsuit against the gov-·sored, would eliminate the present lifeµme
ernment, hundreds of minority farmers say ban on new USDA credits to farmers who fall
they were denied loans unfairly-sometimes behind on loan payments, have part or all of
because.of premature foreclosures <in earlier their loans forgiven or suffer foreclosure
credits. Past foreclosures or loan forgiveness actions. , ...
· are often used to reject subsequent credit Farmers would l>e_allow~d.two.such finan-
applications: · ·· · ' •,,.· · cial hardships and still remain eligible for
Under current regulations, Robb said, the USDA loans. They.,would.get.a third exemp-
. Farmers Service Administration -the tioniftheycoulddocumentthattheirdifficul-
Agriculture Department agency that lends ties resulted from illn~s, natural disasters or
money to growers .:_ uses tougher standards discrimination by federal loan agents.:
than private banker;i. . . "If this is going to meana.µything for the 1998
"This is 'designed to try to take the excuse • .and 1999planting seaS<>nsi'congress,must.act
fornotdoingtherightthingoutoftheprocess," now," Clayton_said.1 ::;;, i: .f, / ; •.
he said: "We're losing small minority farmers . :, ·. Clayton introduced ~ se~te measure in
at~ times ~e·ra~ we are losing other··'. October to ~dd minority farmers to the coun-
small farmers"' .. , .. "-·\ , ·,.; ·, · · · tycommitteesthat!livvYup·IJli,lliOJ}Sofdollars
Nationwide;·· ab<i~t'one .bl every 100 <if the . in Agriculture Department credits-across the
country's 1.8 million farmers is black., . ·•· C()untcy. That bill, wµic:h ~ drawn 65 co-spon-
"For far too long, minority~ have been · sors, also woul4:pr,ovid!,!'.$585 million in new
unfairly denied access to ...-and been dis-·., loans for farmers who,haire'suff~.financial · · <;riminated against by-govemnient loan p~ hardship. · · '.· : · ·.· ·
grams," Etheridge said "This treatment has Glickman has acknowledged instances of
been wrong, and it's time we acknowledge it past discrimination and vowed to stamp out •
and take actioµ to correct it:" · ·-, . . racial Qias in his department; He.~tcablished ·
Clayton said her l:>.ill, !5 ain;ied at easing rules the agency's civil rights section, which had ' ·~ ; . . ~ t .~ ~-·, ..
been eliminated in 1983 under President
Reagan.
In the class-action suit, hundreds of black
farmers are seeking $2 billion from the gov-
ernment Their lawyers are in court-ordered
mediation talks with government lawyers to
try to resolve the dispute without a trial
Attorneys for the farmers say Glickman
would like to settle the case and pay at least
some of the farmers but is being blocked by
Justice Department lawyers. The government
attorneys say such payments are precluded
by the statute of limitations because too much
time has passed since many of the discrimi-
nation complaints were filed in the 1970s and
1980s.
Clayton said she is working with the Clinton
administration to develop legislation that
would waive the statute of limitations for the
black farmers, many of whose complaints laid
.dormant for years after the Agriculture
. Department's civil rights section disappeared.
. Al Pires, a Washington lawyer who repre-
. sents some of the farmers in the class-action
suit, said he has little faith that lawmakers will
come to the aid of his clients. .
· ~I think Congress isa waste of time," he said
"I'm a litigator. I don't count on them to do any-
thing to help farmers."
James Rosen can be reached at
[phone] or [e-mail]
-,_)I \.e F 3B Water-line Work too slow for residents BY KYLE YoRK SPENCER co_liforin bacteric1 and E coli bacteria ply a symbol EventuaJ}y, their .concerns were STAFF WRfm . in many of the neighborhood wells. that the _mod-heard. The state Division of Environ-HOLLY SPRINGS-For three years, res-Town officials say they are doing the est comm_w:li-ment and· Natural Resources ear-idents of the ~unset Lake Ro~d. ne~-bes~ they~: !: ;_ ' · ~ · . ty. i(~ bein~ marked $500,000 in ~merge~cy loan borhoodcamedbottlesoftheirmocha-., .. "The,;e 1s alotmore mvolved here· neglected.by fundsfortheHollySpnngsproJect The colored tap water to Town Hall and the . than getting the money arid taking off,". · · . · the fto~hing . state Division of Water Quality con-stat~ capi~l in hopes of_pe~ua~lll:g .. Mar.or Gerald H?ll~an told the group :• ' :i . ,~gle, ;<.\, . tribu~ed $2.3p1illion in low:int~re~t . officials to ~staµ wcit~r. liµes -~·~e~ ... _ d~g a town mE:eting. ''We've got the , 1;; • . _ /J\t!f:?.ur ;ih!.~!~ .-i:: loans. And thIS y~ Jhe prt>Ject got a mo~µy,-urat,¥~a. ,.j·: .: .. '•i .,.,.,-.,1~;.,,.Pou,l,e,but[thep1ec,es]arespreadout .:; ;( ~;,;,~~g})b;drh<>pd _, $425,00~. grant_:f.~pm t~~ ·Rural . . So last year when the ne1ghb()rs~ . , ,all oyer the floor. Now, we1ve got.to put: , . ·· . '· :~s g~~mg left Ec(?no~~ Deyel9pment Center Inc .. , whp qraw~e4"w~ter from wood and . :t11ern,toge,th~r.?.'.,!' ,, , ::, ,.. · , ii··,, _, ·. · <·,1·--·, ·_.._ _ ,· /,.::out' ,:,DJ-. .~h.~-/ ~&>~~~•s.~~-l>roplem? .· ~> . cement wells, learne<Uh?t.Holly ';.,-.To~ Commiss1onerUenry.~Hank": , .. · ·Louise Bowden \ .·bo~m, .. ·,;fe_s1-· : ,Wliile'surveymgofpropertyISsched-Springs had collected $3.2 million to. Dicksonsaidinaninterviewbeforethe feels left out of.· .dent L(?Uise · .uledtobegininAugust;thewholething get them cleaner water, they ~ere meeting that tl:).etowndeservedsome. the boom,·.: , · :",Bowd~11 Said,·,.·won't be done until the year 2001. elated. · · · · credit fol'. making moves to tajce care · , · · . · Tuesday froni ' · ~sideilts say that is too far into the But now, the neighbors are back at of a neighborhood Uiat was technical-her cottage-style ~ome, where she_ and future.·. · Town Hall with a new complaint. . : ly outside of the.town's limits. · her daughter spent the day trying to· "2001, no, no, no, we can't wait that "If the ·m~ney has been allocat(!d, "No one really came to their aid fix_ th~ water cooler Bowden ~s for long," McQueen-Cross told a crowd of why is e~eryone dragging their feet?" · except Holly Springs," he _said. . drinking water. . ,. equally annoyed residents who gath-Della McQuE!en-Cross asked at a news Fifteen minutes from Raleigh and Three~ ago, re~1dents ~unched ered outside Town Hall on Tuesday. conference called Tu~y night by the j~st do~ the road from _the high-tech ._an a~~ive campaign that mclu~ed -Holleman urged residents to keep in · grass-roots, nonprofit group North firms m Rese.arch Triangle Park, letter-wnting, ~che_s, and the toting touch, to form a committee to work Carolina Fair Share. Sunset Lake Road seems lost in a time around of th~ir gl~s~ water ~ottles. with the town, and to help speed up the Mc;Queen-Cross, accompanied by warp. Wells sit in front yards. And some Th~y met with ~fficials from Holly process whenever they can. more than a dozen other inen and · residents use outhouses. Spnngs, s~te legislators and members "I know it's slow," he told them. women from her mostly African-Meanwhile, a posh golf community of N.C. !a~ Share and told them how Then before the discussion came to American neighborhood, says she was· has popped up down the road. There, expe~sive it ~as to buy bottle~ water; a close, he added: "[One day] we're told the project would be done by residents enjoy sun\cen bath tubs, fancy what it _was like to hav~ to b~il wat~r gonna cook a pig and drink some water October. Now, the town is estimating bathrooms and water from Holly every time_ they needed a drmk; a~d together!" a deadline of 2001. Springs' water-treatment plant. h?~_scary it was to wo~ that a child The issue is important because tests For many residents along Sunset Visiting the house had sipped so!lle of have shown dangerously high levels of Lake Road, the water problem is sim-the water when no ~ne was looking. Kyle Spencer can be reached at 829-4526 or [e-mail]
NC Environmental Justice Summit
October 9-11, 1998
EVALUATION FORM
1. How did you hear about the Environmental Justice Summit?
2. We accomplished the conference objective to:
a . Establish a North Carolina Environmental Justice Network.
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b. Provide a forum in which communities can develop strategies to monitor and address
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c. Push for the creation of a State Environmental Justice Office or Commission to deal
with North Carolina environmental justice issues.
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d. Develop specific recommendations and a resolution to present to Governor James Hunt.
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3. I found the conference design au effective way to create a vision and action plans
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5. The presenters gave helpful information and uaed relevant examples.
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9. ls there anything else you would like to tell the conference organizers or
presenters? What suggestions would you offer? (General comments)
NAME:
NORTH CAROLINA'S FIRST EVER
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUMMIT
Franklinton Center at Bricks
October 9-11, 1998
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North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit Coordinating Committee
P.O. Box 69
Tillery, NC 27887
NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL SUMMIT
FACT SHEET
Environmental Justice Activists in North Carolina have for years shared the frustration of
witnessing time and time again people of color's exclusion from mainstream environmental,
conservationist legislative and community agendas. This is particularly frustrating in light
of the fact that Warren County's protest of the siting of a State-owned PCB landfill
sparked the environmental justice movement. Almost two decades later and the PCB
landfill' s integrity is in question, it is filled with a million gallons of water and it is leaching.
Justice still has not found its way to Warren County. Citizens and the State are :fighting
for funds from the General Assembly to detoxify the landfill, they do not want the landfill
to claim more victims by allowing the PCBs to be moved through their county to another
state. Technology is available to detoxify on site and that is what the people are :fighting
for now.
Another frustration is found in the North Carolina Hog Roundtable. Three organizers of
the proposed summit, Clean Water Fund of North Carolina (CWF-NC), Concerned
Citizens of Tillery (CCT) and Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP) along with several
other organizations and individuals met around a large table in Tillery, North Carolina five
years ago. The objective was to deal with the environmental justice issues of race and
class in the siting of noxious hog facilities and to develop an organized mechanism for
educating and legislating against the proliferation of Intensive Livestock Operations. This
Roundtable with its finite goals became divided along racial lines as more and more groups
and individuals came to the table. However, even after acknowledging that there were
some race, class and culture issues that threatened to destroy any attempts at solidarity, a
majority was not willing to face the issues directly, agree to a retreat to address the
problems or admit that racism is at the root of many, if not all, environmental assaults by
polluters.
The root cause of environmental injustice is that when people are poor and/or "of color,"
they are perceived as powerless and their communities are viewed as the route with the
least amount of resistance and therefore perfect areas for landfills, hog farms, chip mills,
sludge plants or tank farms. As North Carolina attempts to attract more industry, the
need for an active, powerful environmental justice network is crucial. This EJ Summit is
the first effort to formalize an environmental justice network in North Carolina.
Following the 1997 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Enforcement Roundtable
and the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (NEJAC)'s December
meeting in Durham, North Carolina, the State Division of Waste Management offered
encouragement and support for an environmental justice summit in North Carolina. Co-
hosts for the Enforcement Roundtable were summit organizers, Concerned Citizens of
Tillery (CCT), North Carolina Fair Share (NC Fair Share) and the North Carolina Central
University Environmental Science Program (NCCU). As part of NEJAC, participants
were able to visit a couple of affected communities in the state. The participants were
deeply moved and appalled at how inappropriate and insensitive sitings had impacted
people of color and their basic right to a decent, safe, healthy and clean place to live .
They saw black people living so close to an odious landfill, they could stand on their back
porches and throw trash on the landfill. Rats and snakes from the landfill threaten children
and adults alike, inside and outside of their homes. Residents call the landfill "the
mountain" because it literally and figuratively casts a shadow over the whole
neighborhood. Visitors also were able to witness how a superfund site can paralyze and
destroy a community. The superfund stigmatized area NEJAC visited was a black
community located near the famous Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina.
Everyone hears about RTP but no one hears about the Shiloh community living with a
superfund site, living with contaminated ground water and just struggling to survive being
a neighbor to RTP.
Clean Water Fund of North Carolina, Concerned Citizens of Tillery, Landloss Prevention
Project (LLPP) and the North Carolina Central University Environmental Science
Program had acknowledged the need for an environmental justice summit in North
Carolina but after hearing comments from NEJAC and Roundtable participants, we knew
that the time for the summit had arrived. The environmental justice movement had not
only begun in North Carolina but environmental injustice was still living and flourishing in
the state with no signs of abatement. We recognized that while the state continues to
encourage industry, any kind of industry (hogs now outnumber people in North Carolina),
with great monetary incentives and little, if any, environmental regulations, communities
are dying and people are suffering.
This event will be the First-Ever Community-Based Environmental Justice Summit in
North Carolina. We have invited nationally known environmental justice experts to
participate and present. This is an important occasion and it is apropos that this state
should be hosting this eventful and informative weekend.
The EJ Summit Committee recognized that we could not educate or empower thousands
of people with the absence of a formal mechanism for dealing with environmental justice
issues. And this First-Ever Community-Based Environmental Justice Summit will reach
communities and organizations by offering many opportunities to explore, question and
demand answers to environmental justice issues that affect the well-being of ourselves, our
friends, families and constituents.
We are glad you are here.
North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit Coordinating Committee
P.O. Box 69
Confettnce Chair. a.y R. Gm
F«:lllatq Organlzadonc
Ga,yR. Grant
Conc«ned CltlDntl of T1llety
[phone]
Nan Freeland a.n w,.,. Fwrd of North c.oun.
[phone]
ConlnlNllemb«s:
UzSessoms
Cnr for WOffllll'• Economic AJtetmtlvN
[phone]
KknAJlen
Enwo.,.
[phone]
Savi Homs
I.Mid Loa "'"""'°" ProJ«:t [phone]
Y°'8nda Anderson
Notth Carow c.rtra1 Unlwtslty
Enmwmtltlll Science,,,..,,,
[phone]
LyniceW,1/iams
North Carolivl Fllr Shlte
[phone]
Tillery, NC 27887
Conference Objectives:
• Establish a North Carolina Environmental Justice
Network;
• Provide a forum in which communities can develop
strategies to monitor and address environmental concerns;
• Push for the creation of a State Environmental Justice
Office or Commission to deal with state environmental
justice issues;
• Develop specific recommendations and a resolution to
present to Governor Hunt.
North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit Coordinating Committee
P.O. Box 69
Tillery, NC 2 7887
NORTH CAROLINA EJ SUMMIT
COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FACT SHEET
Concerned Citizens of Tillery (CCT) is a community organiz.ation that has worked for many years for
environmental justice, hosts a roundtable on the problems caused by industrial hog farms, and supports
small farmers. CCT also sponsors health screenings, conducts voter registration efforts, and supports
groups for youth and seniors. Contact: Gary R Grant, Executive Director, P.O. Box 61, Tillery, NC
27887, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
Clean Water Fund of North Carolina (CWF-NC) is a statewide non-profit membership organiz.ation.
CWF-NC is committed to fostering citizen involvement by researching environmental problems;
analyzing public JX)licy; and educating, emJX>wering, and organizing citizens to act on environmental
injustices. Contacts: Nan Freeland, Co-director and Jacquelyn Pikul, Community Organizer, P.O. Box
1008, Raleigh, NC 27602, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
Enviro 1st provides information, research and technical assistance, and networking opportunities for low-
income and communities of color and organizations serving them on a broad range of sustainable
development issues, namely environmental justice and sustainable agriculture. Contact: Kim Allen,
Education Director, P.O. Box 25468, Durham, NC 27702-2546, Phone: [phone], E-mail:
[e-mail]
North Carolina Fair Share members have worked successfully to protect the Holly Springs community
from contaminated water by organizing for a new water and sewer system. The organiz.ation also helps
low-and moderate-income citizens work for a fairer share of economic and i:x>litical JX>Wer through local
and state campaigns for affordable and accessible healthcare and welfare reform. Contact: Lynice
Williams, Executive Director, 530 N. Person St, P.O. Box 12543, Raleigh, NC 27605, Phone: 919-832-
7130, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
The Center for Women's Economic Alternatives has done educational and organizing work with
women in the JX)ultry industry, pushing for full economic, social and i:x>litical participation of all women
and JX)licy reforms to improve conditions for all workers. Contact: Liz Sessoms, P.O. Box 722,
Murfreesboro, NC 27885, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
The mission of the Land Loss Prevention Project (LLPP) is to use legal expertise, community
education, and advocacy skills to help landowners who face legal, economic, and environmental
challenges to their land ownership. LLPP seeks ways to give disadvantaged landowners the legal help that
is crucial to preserving their ownership rights. Contact: Savi Home, Staff Attorney, P.O. Box 179,
Durham, NC 27702, Phone: [phone]%9, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]
The mission of the North Carolina Central University Environmental Science Program is to provide
education and training for students preparing for careers in environmental science and to serve as a
resource for communities trying to identify and address environmental problems. Contact: Yolanda
Anderson, Director, NCCU Environmental Science Program, William Jones Bldg., Room 125, Durham,
NC 27707, Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: yandersn@WJX>.nccu.edu