1. Project website: http://www.oxy.edu/departments/ess/
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Project website:

2. A General Picture of the Model
Organizing
Philanthropy
Community Health
Research

3. 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

4. Researching Environmental Justice and Community Health
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Researching Environmental Justice and Community Health
Demonstrating Disparities
Analyzing Determinants of Disparities
Understanding Evolution of Contemporary Pattern
Documenting Potential Health and Other Risks

5. Is There Environmental Racism?

6. But Income Also is Highly Correlated
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But Income Also is Highly Correlated

7. 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?

8. Distribution of TRI Releases and Race in Metropolitan Los Angeles Area
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Distribution of TRI Releases and Race in Metropolitan Los Angeles Area

9. 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?

10. Significant Differences at Time of Siting . . .

11. But Similar Shifts Afterward . . .

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

13. As Before, It Isn’t Just Income

14. Environmental Risks are Unequal for Children As Well

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

16. The Disparities Can Have Consequences for Academic Performance

17. Effects Hold in a Multivariate Analysis
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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?

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

19. Different Demographics, Different Environment

20. Research and Advocacy in Collaboration

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

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

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

24. 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