Activity 10 by Mousumi Haider

For activity 10, we were supposed to go for class field trip, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to join my class.  Therefore, I am inquiring about Environmental Justices. Environmental justice refers to an equitable spatial distribution of burdens and benefits to groups such as racial minorities, residents of economically disadvantaged area. To get more information about Environmental Justice, I called some Environmental Justice organization.
The first organization I contacted was “WEACT for Environmental Justice”. This organization has two offices. One office is located in Harlem, NY and another office is located in Bronx, NY. It was very hard for me to walk in the office, so I called them. I got the number form the website. http://www.weact.org/. Their contact numbers are also listed on their website. I talked to Evelyn Joseph, she is office manager. She said, right now the organization is working on West Harlem. They want to turn the abandoned 135th Street Marine Transfer in the Hudson River into a community. The next organization I called was CHEJ, Child Proofing Our Communities, Green Flag Schools. Their contact number is (703) 237-2249. http://www.chej.org/ I talked to “Kim” and she is membership Manager. She said, the main goal of the organization is to prevent harm in the community. The next organization I wanted to contact was “El Puente” http://www.nyceja.org. But I didn’t find a real person to talk to. Anyhow, El Puente is a community human rights institution that promotes leadership for peace and justice through the engagement of member in the arts, education, scientific research, wellness and environmental action.