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Measuring What Matters Measuring What Matters Neighborhood Research for Economic and Environmental Health and Justice in Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo The West County Indicators Report by the Pacific Institute with West County Toxics Coalition, Neighborhood House of North Richmond, Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization, Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council, Morada de Mujeres del Milenio, North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance, Richmond Progressive Alliance Measuring What Matters: Neighborhood Research for Economic and Environmental Health and Justice in Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo May 2009 ISBN: 1-893790-18-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-893790-18-6 Content licensed under Creative Commons. Material can be adapted and reproduced for non-commercial purposes, as long as the author is credited. More info: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses. Pacific Institute 654 13th Street, Preservation Park Oakland, California 94612 www.pacinst.org 510.251.1600 Editors Nancy Ross Courtney E. Smith Carmen N. Violich Designer Nadia Khastagir, Design Action Collective, Oakland, CA Translator Jaime Granados, [email protected] Printing Delta Web Printing, Sacramento, CA Printed on recycled paper, 40% post-consumer waste, using low-energy, open-web printing Photos by Pacific Institute and Partner staff unless noted otherwise. Cover Photo “Look, Judge and Act; Mirar, Juzgar y Actuar” Mural created by Marta Ayala, 2002, at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Richmond, CA To download this report or individual chapters online, free of charge, visit: http://www.pacinst.org/reports/measuring_what_matters/ Measuring What Matters Neighborhood Research for Economic and Environmental Health and Justice in Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo May 2009 Lead Authors Eli Moore Swati Prakash Contributing Authors Catalina Garzón, Cristina Hernandez, Leonard McNeil, Carla Pérez, Courtney E. Smith, Amy Vanderwarker, Carmen N. Violich Partner Organizations West County Toxics Coalition, Neighborhood House of North Richmond, Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization, Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council, Morada de Mujeres del Milenio, North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance, Richmond Progressive Alliance HISTORIC TRIANGLE RICHMOND WEST COUNTY NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESSIVE TOXICS COALITION COUNCIL ALLIANCE FUNDERS The West County Indicators Project was made possible thanks to the generous support of: The California Wellness Foundation The San Francisco Foundation East Bay Community Foundation The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation Y & H Soda Foundation Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment California Environmental Protection Agency Support for an early phase of this project was provided by: Firedoll Foundation Funds for publication costs were contributed by: Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization Neighborhood House of North Richmond’s Healthy Eating, Active Living Program Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation The California Endowment ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OUTREACH Maricela Narvaez-Foster, Alameda County Lead Department, Dr. Henry Clark, West County Toxics Coalition Community Development Agency Jannat Muhammad, Neighborhood House of North Richmond Marín Trujillo, Office of Community Engagement, West Johnny White, Shields/Reid Neighborhood Council and County Unified School District Community Health Initiative Mary Anna Colwell, Datacenter Lee Jones, Neighborhood House of North Richmond Matthew Heberger, Pacific Institute Maria Rodriguez, Verde School Involving Parents (VIP) Michael Kent, Contra Costa Health Services Nang Boonpeng, Neighborhood House of North Richmond Otheree Christian, Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council Silver Boonpeng, Richmond resident Ralph Scott, Alliance for Healthy Homes Rich Walkling, Natural Heritage Institute/Restoration RESEARCH REVIEWERS AND ADVISORS Design Group In addition to the partner organizations and steering commit- Richard Boyd, Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting tee participants who reviewed Measuring What Matters, the Community Organization following peers with expertise advised on research methodology Rosa Acosta, Morada de Mujeres del Milenio and/or formally reviewed individual chapters of this report. Sejal Choksi, Baykeeper Sheryl Lane, Urban Habitat Adam Kruggel, Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Steve Spiker, Urban Strategies Council Community Organization Tammy Lee, Alameda County Department of Public Health Andrés Soto, Neighborhood House of North Richmond Whitney Dotson, North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Anjuli Gupta Alliance Anthony Allen, Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council Arlene Wong RESEARCH ASSISTANCE Carolina Garcia, Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Amy Vanderwarker Jessica Young Community Organization Anna Yun Lee Katy Yan Cedrita Claiborne, Contra Costa Health Services Asthma Anny Chang Matthew P. Nagaoka Program Carmen N. Violich Reggie Jackson Devone Bogan, Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety Catalina Garzón Sandra Lee-Takei Dr. Diane Zahm, Virginia Tech University Ed Kukimoto, Alcohol Policy Network David Bend Francisco Doñez, University of California, Berkeley Greg Karras, Communities for a Better Environment ADDITIONAL THANKS Hannah Burton Laurison, Public Health Law and Policy Special thanks to Father Ramiro of St. Mark’s Catholic Church Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute and Jessica Peregrina of Casa Esperanza for their enthusiasm Dr. Henry Clark, West County Toxics Coalition and support of this project as it was getting off the ground, and Jamie Fine, Environmental Defense Fund their generous donation of space and time. We would also like Jannat Muhammad, Neighborhood House of North Richmond to thank Verde Involving Parents (VIP) group at the Verde Jen Kovacses, Baykeeper School in North Richmond and the Center for Health in North Jennifer Lin, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy Richmond for hosting planning meetings and outreach work- Jessica Tovar, Communities for a Better Environment shops. We are grateful for feedback provided throughout the Jessie Warner, National Employment Law Project project by Greg Karras and Carla Pérez of Communities for a Joanne Genet, Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Better Environment, Sheryl Lane of Urban Habitat, Roger Kim Contra Costa County of Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Torm Normprasseurt Johnny White, Shields/Reid Neighborhood Council of the Laotian Organizing Project, and all the participants of the Karen Chapple, University of California, Berkeley and Center Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI). Thank for Community Innovation you also to Margaret Gordon of West Oakland Environmen- Kim Gulhuly, Alameda County Public Health Deparment tal Indicators Project for sharing her expertise in developing Lee Jones, Neighborhood House of North Richmond successful Indicators projects. We are also grateful to Meena Lilia Quiñonez, Morada de Mujeres del Milenio Palaniappan, Emily Lee, Fanta Kamakate, and Arlene Wong, Lindsay Imai, Urban Habitat past staff of the Community Strategies Program of the Pacific Marilyn Langlois, Richmond Progressive Alliance Institute, for building a strong foundation for this project. 2 PACIFIC INSTITUTE ABOUT THE PARTNERS Pacific Institute Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice Program The Historic Triangle Neighborhood Council is a group of The Pacific Institute is a nonpartisan research institute that concerned citizens who organize efforts to work toward creat- works to advance environmental protection, economic develop- ing a community that is safe and clean and where families grow ment, and social equity in California and around the world. and thrive. The Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice Otheree Christian, President Program works to build power in low-income neighborhoods Anthony Allen, Vice President and communities of color in the San Francisco Bay area to 303 7th Street, Richmond, CA 94801 improve economic and environmental health. 510.860.3389 Eli Moore, Swati Prakash 654 13th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 Morada de Mujeres del Milenio 510.251.1600 MMM is an organization that serves as a support group to www.pacinst.org Latina women who have experienced domestic violence. Founded in 2001, it is a support group that motivates and West County Toxics Coalition builds self-esteem for thousands of women. Due to the high WCTC is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), multiracial membership risk of lead contamination in San Pablo neighborhoods, MMM organization founded in 1986 to empower low- and moderate- is designing workshops around lead-poisoning awareness income residents to exercise greater control over environ- within the communities it serves. mental problems that impact their quality of life in Contra Rosa Acosta, Program Director · Lilia Quiñónez Costa County, particularly West Contra Costa County (West P.O. Box 1050, Richmond, CA 94108 County), in Northern California. 510.231.0489 Dr. Henry Clark, Executive Director http://moradamm.com 305 Chesley Avenue, Richmond, CA 94801 510.232.3427 North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance www.westcountytoxicscoalition.org NRSOSA is a group of concerned residents who organize efforts to increase access to the shoreline in Richmond and Neighborhood House of North Richmond North Richmond. NHNR is a private, nonprofit, multiservice agency with a Whitney Dotson, President community-based tradition of over 54 years of addressing P.O. Box 70953, Richmond, CA 94807 neighborhood needs and supporting residents in their efforts 510.367.5379 to uplift
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