Project website: http://www.oxy.edu/departments/ess/ Toxic Tour/January 24, 2002 with EJ Collaborative Project website: http://www.oxy.edu/departments/ess/

A General Picture of the Model Organizing Philanthropy Community Health Research

The L.A. Collaborative Communities for a Better Environment Outreach, organizing, and mobilization Receive litigation monies Liberty Hill Communities for a Better Environment Fiscal agent - funds TA for new groups Issue identi- fication & strategic planning Regrant to grassroots groups Convene groups for learn- ing in EJ Institute Community training and leadership development Community Health Coordinate collaborative Public policy voice Making the case for funds & attn. Research for outreach & policy change Framework studies that demonstrate the case First tier “fundamental” research Action research & timely op-eds Occidental, UCSC, Brown

Researching Environmental Justice and Community Health Toxic Tour/January 24, 2002 with EJ Collaborative Researching Environmental Justice and Community Health Demonstrating Disparities Analyzing Determinants of Disparities Understanding Evolution of Contemporary Pattern Documenting Potential Health and Other Risks

Is There Environmental Racism?

But Income Also is Highly Correlated Toxic Tour/January 24, 2002 with EJ Collaborative But Income Also is Highly Correlated

Teasing Out Causes Requires Multivariate Analysis Income, Land Use, and Manufacturing Employment Matter But Race Still Has an Independent and Important Effect And TSDFs Actually in Areas of Denser Population But What About Other Hazards?

Distribution of TRI Releases and Race in Metropolitan Los Angeles Area Toxic Tour/January 24, 2002 with EJ Collaborative Distribution of TRI Releases and Race in Metropolitan Los Angeles Area

But Which Came First? For TRI Facilities . . . Income, Land Use, and Manufacturing Presence May Matter But Race Still Has an Independent and Important Effect And Degree of Toxicity -- the facilities with carcinogens -- is Correlated with Race But Which Came First?

Significant Differences at Time of Siting . . .

But Similar Shifts Afterward . . .

How About Air Pollution. Lifetime Cancer Risk from Ambient Air How About Air Pollution? Lifetime Cancer Risk from Ambient Air Pollution in Southern California

As Before, It Isn’t Just Income

Environmental Risks are Unequal for Children As Well

Public School Academic Performance Index and Estimated Cumulative Respiratory Risk From Ambient Air Toxics for LAUSD

The Disparities Can Have Consequences for Academic Performance

Effects Hold in a Multivariate Analysis Toxic Tour/January 24, 2002 with EJ Collaborative Effects Hold in a Multivariate Analysis Scores are Lower Even When You Control for School Poverty, Teacher Quality, and Other Factors Up to Ten Percent of Racial Score Difference Could Be Due to Environmental Stress Policy Implications as the State Launches School-building Effort But It Must Be Getting Better, Right?

Is It Getting Better? Pattern of TRI Facilities in California by Ethnicity for 2000

Different Demographics, Different Environment

Research and Advocacy in Collaboration

Research and Advocacy Guidelines Research Decision Mechanism Maintaining Rigor, Relevance, & Reach Academic Publications, Popular Articles, Policy Interventions

EJ’s Future in the State Increasing recognition by all groups that environmental inequities are common

EJ’s Future in the State Increasing awareness that communities of color are environmental allies

EJ’s Future in the State Environmental justice raises broader issues of equity in the distribution of opportunities It can build new bases for common ground and new policies are on the agenda