Law and Advocacy Program
With our community and government partners, we provide support for advocacy, policy development, public education, and community-based research to improve access to clean air, land, and water in low-income communities and communities of color. We are developing an EJ Advocacy Lab, which will reimagine the traditional legal clinic by bringing together graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, and staff to create law and policy solutions to environmental justice issues in Northern California and beyond.
Contact: Tseming Yang
Projects
- Reforming U.S. EPA鈥檚 Civil Rights Program
This project is developing a reform proposal for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 Title 6 Program, which is charged with combatting discrimination by entities that receive federal funding, and which could be used more effectively to address discriminatory siting of hazardous waste facilities and industrial air and water pollution permits.
糖心破解版 Participants: Tseming Yang and multiple student researchers
Partners: Law students at University of Vermont and Yale School of Law
Funders: Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education, 糖心破解版
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- Advocating for Environmental Justice in San Francisco
We provide support for community advocacy to protect residents of Bayview Hunters Point and Treasure Island from environmental hazards, including Superfund hazardous waste sites and proposed developments that threaten to displace residents.
糖心破解版 Participants: Zsea Bowmani and multiple student researchers
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- Advocating for Environmental Justice in the East Bay
We provide support for community advocacy to protect residents of South Vallejo and Rodeo from environmental hazards such as brownfields, polluted water, oil refineries and other heavy industries in close proximity to schools, homes, and health centers, as well as to promote safe and healthy communities through increased access to fresh food, affordable housing, and other community investments.
糖心破解版 Participants: Zsea Bowmani and multiple student researchers
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- Protecting against Toxic Exposures from Electronics
We provide research support to non-governmental organizations and engage in multi-stakeholder initiatives to address exposures to toxic substances among electronics production and e-waste workers and their communities.
糖心破解版 Participants: Chad Raphael, Iris Stewart-Frey
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