New EJ report from ICMA

[Bob Hersh <bhersh@cpeo.org>]

_From ICMA:

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TACKLE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES

Despite rising to national attention nearly 20 years ago, environmental
justice- the exposure of people of color and low-income individuals to
environmental hazards and public health risks at greater rates than the
general population-remains a troubling problem for many U.S.
communities. A new report from the International City/County Management
Association (ICMA) finds that collaborative partnerships offer one
potential solution to the challenges of environmental justice at the
local level.

In Not Business As Usual:  Using Collaborative Partnerships to Address
Environmental Justice Issues, ICMA researchers Cory Fleming and Katrena
Hanks present 12 major findings to guide community leaders as they
consider forming an environmental justice collaborative partnership.
_From using a discussion of the challenges of environmental justice as a
way of unifying a community to involving the local government to ensure
a partnership's long-term sustainability, the report provides clear
examples of what and how environmental justice collaborative
partnerships can do to foster change within a community.

Not Business As Usual is based on case-study research conducted among
the following four U.S. communities and their program partners:

* Anniston, Alabama, and the Vision 2020 Children's Health Environmental
Justice Partnership
* San Diego, California, and the Barrio Logan Environmental Justice
Partnership
* Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the ReGenesis Environmental Justice
Partnership
* Washington, DC, and the Bridges to Friendship Environmental Justice
Partnership

Funding for the report was provided by the Ford Foundation. To access a
free copy of the report, visit www.BrownfieldSource.org, a web site
sponsored by ICMA.

For more information concerning this report or other ICMA environmental
justice activities, contact Cory Fleming at 202/962-3632 or
cfleming@icma.org.

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Bob Hersh
Brownfields Program Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
1101 Connecticut Ave., NW  Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20036

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