Some studies show that pen pal relationships can help a justice-impacted individual feel less isolated, provide a sense of identity, and give them hope for a life beyond their current situation. If you are interested, please signup at conta.cc/3LNFnDF #P2P #PenPal

EDGI’s Environmental Enforcement Watch is hosting a 5 part workshop series exploring the alternative tools we’re building to contextualize EPA data. Building Civic Technologies for Environmental Data Justice. Starting July 31st. 📅 Register: t.ly/sTY1o

This is an enormous blow to environmental and public health. With this decision, Congress will have to write extreemly prescriptive laws, and without the expertise to do so. You think there is gridlock now, just wait for this to go into effect. npr.org/2024/06/10/nx-…

We have only a tip of the iceberg understanding of how racism impacts Black health! This JAMA study shows an association w/ greater connectivity in brain pathways involved with rumination —>increased vulnerability to stress disorders & neurodegenerative disease…

RIGHT ON.

All workers deserve a #FairWorkweek, and fast food workers have some of the most enraging stories of bosses holding their time captive. Exciting to see the policy won by retail workers UFCW770 @LAANE expand!

Join us later this month and explore the tools we're building to contextualize hard-to-access EPA data. - Analyze cumulative impacts - Map schools near air pollutants - Summarize enforcement of/compliance w/ laws like the Clean Air Act Register here: t.ly/sTY1o

Considering writing a public comment? Our guides can help: 1) How to Write Effective Public Comments 2) Research Recommendations for Writing Informed Public Comments 3) What Happens to a Public Comment After it is Submitted 4) Beyond Public Comments

Investigating Cumulative Impacts, the first event in this series, is next Wednesday! We’ll explore tools that help answer questions like: How many air pollutants have been released over the past 10+ years in any given place? Which companies own these facilities? Join us 👇

Honored to join Zachery Williams & the Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition THIS FRIDAY for a virtual conference, "State of Reparations in the African American Community" w/alonzo plough @lesleigh_ford @atheendar Avik Chatterjee, & Philip M. Alberti. See tinyurl.com/reparations2024

You're hearing a lot about Tim Walz and free school lunches. You're not hearing enough about the behind-the-scenes role of Philando Castile's mom in getting that bill passed. sahanjournal.com/education/free…

Check out our latest blog about how the recent SCOTUS decision wields public commenting for a deregulatory agenda, and the glimmer of hope we can catch alongside this trainwreck.

You can also access our guides on writing public comments and more information about our Public Comments Initiative on Environmental Protection Network’s website: environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/edgi-public-co…

Crockett: This election is the best example of why you all are so afraid of diversity, equity, and inclusion because then you can’t have a simple minded under qualified white man somehow end up ascending.. instead you got to pay attention to the qualified Black woman..

The Ohio vs EPA SCOTUS decision will open the flood gates for industry litigation. Can we make lemonade out of lemons? Read more here: envirodatagov.org/scotus-scrutin…

as a former coordinator of the Yale Women's Center, I'm furious that Yale is trying to end the Center's long tradition as a feminist space - and not surprised that its rooted in the university's silencing of critique of Israel

New study w/Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. released (open access) today! We apply stratification economics to examine how mass incarceration produces white advantages in education, employment, wealth, health; we call for reparations & end to white hyper-enfranchisement: annualreviews.org/content/journa….

“This election reveals what America has long been.” Recent The Globe and Mail article on the election features quotes from our Founding Director Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. and Dr. Gwendolyn Wright, our Director of Strategic Initiatives and Collaborations. Read here: theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

This is a must watch.