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Cora Tucker, and Rural Coaliuons Provides Posruve the Piece Race, Povertv & the A newsletter for social ~n vironmen t and environmental justice Volume I, Number 4 $2.00 Winter 199 1 Women have always been Women in the the guardians of wisdom and humanity, which makes them Movement natural, but usually secret, by Jane Kay Who are the women in the environmental movement? -- Charlotte Wolf What are the issues that spurred them into action? Jane Kay, the environmental writer for the San Francisco Examiner, has met many of these extraordinary people Forest Service and written about their efforts. From the Navajo reser- vation to inner-city Oakland, Ms. Kay shares a few of social justice struggle. by Dianne Saunders From the Navajo women fighting uranium tailings to the Laanas pursuing lead cleanup in Oakland. people of color who bear the brunt of pollution across Wlule media attention has focused on the country are mowng from wctims to activists. efforts to protect tkremai.wng old growth And in grassroots resistance to pollution, women have been leading the way forest ond wilderness ecosystems controlled In calling attenuon to env~ronmentalhealth problems and domg something by tkUS Forest Service, another clrange u about them. happening inside tkorganuanon. S~nce In my uavels as an environmental reporter, I've been awed by women tk19th century, professional ranks of rk Forest Service have been dowunated by men who've led difficult struggles u, get horrendous environmental problems targeted and solved. of European ancestry. A recent court settlemenr is changing all that. Now. rhe Perhaps it's because women aren't as easily inumidated by authority. At an tk US h~stoncwomen's meeting in Window Rock, Anzona In the m~d-1970s. Navajo worlqorce of Forest Serwce must Tnbal Council membu, the wise Annie Waneka, was a model for other reflcct tk massive dcmagrapluc changes women. She found the room for a big national conference locked. She just taking place in Amencan soclery. African American anthropologis~Amahra H~cksrs helping tk Pacific Southwest Region to meet tk challenge. theu children threatened by FOCUS ON America's workforce is changmg. By the dangerous radiauon or chemical emissions or leaded paint or the workforce will be " pesticides or toxic waste incinera- primarily Ahcan Am tors. Women who have never Page Two Wlntw 1001 Ram, Pow& rhr Envvonm~ ; hls issue IS the second of our coordinator of the Video Project, bmgs our readers to seek them out -- several I theme issues, with our focus us two preces: a profile of Amahra are listed in the "Resources" secuon. TI on women of color in the Hicks of the Forest Servrce, and a The can, deteminauon and personal envuonmental movement We have reponback on a recent Urban Habitat growth the women in this issue experi- submiss~onsfrom around the country- meeung. We also have a profile of ence through theu involvement m urban some encouraging. others not so. All Afncan-Amencan acnvlst Cora Tucker, and rural coaliuons provides posruve the piece. are empowenng to people a report on an exciting new publication role models for young people every- rnterested in the where, particularly for young women of effect women of I color. Our hope wrth tfus usue of RPE color are hawng , Editors' Notes is that a few of thestones can be told on the envuon- ' I and shared as examples of what can and mental and social is being accomplished m the face of D justice movment, and tne progress being called We Speak for Owselves, news seemingly overwhelmrng odds. made. We med to solicit our material from the movement, and three other For enviroprnental jusuce, from women of color, where possrble -- reponbacks. we felt that the most honest and direct To focus pnmanly on women of L& &.l,77 way to get the real story was to have the color in the enwonmental and social people most involved share her views. justice movement was an ambruous Ellie Goodwin Jane Kay of the Sun Francisco venture. By no means can just this Examutcr wntes about women she has issue of RPE do jusace to what a I reported on m envuonmental stones. happening. Withrn these few pages, Race, Poverty & the I Ellie Goodwm, our managing editor, however, are a sampling of success Environment ! I rnterviewed two women involved with stories, major setbacks and outstanding ! MuugfpQ editor I PUEBLO, a Bay Area group that works victories. There are many other ! wrth the ethnically diverse community that Ellle Goodwin publications highlight women I rn Oakland. Dianne Saunders, outreach rnvolved in this work and we encourage I Editorm Carl Anthony Luke Cole ' ' In This Issue... Wctor LC~S , I1 Contributon Women in the Movement, by Jane Kay ..................................................1 JM hethy Grace Sukowrki ! Robert Bullard Claude Engle , Forest Service Prepares for the 2151 Century, by Dianne Saunders. ..... 1 Jane Kay Dlanne Saunders 1 Lisa PUEBLO is the People, an interview by Ellie Goodwin........................... 3 Weten 1 I A Resource for the Environmental Justice Subacriptio~ Movement, by Jim Abernathy............................................................ Eleanor Walde n I 4 I 11 Hunter College to Fight Environmental Racism........................ .. ..........4 k?~. 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Other took an internship with the nizations take a straight-on, no nonsense approach people that come to the Center for Third World to investigating issues that aflect their communities, group, like me and like our Organizing (CTWO) and often with excellent results. One such group is Asian and Latino members, was, through the internship, People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO) -- m~ghtbe a l~ulebit more asked to come on staff when the main force behind the aggressive communiry skeptical. We are so used to PUEBLO stared. We wen people comlng into ow the Campaign for Accessible campaign against lead poisoning in Oakland. ne~ghbohoods,asking Health Care (CAHC). We RPE's Ellie Goodwin interviewed Sandra Davis, questions about our problems started CAHC as a campaign lead organizer and Gwen Hardy, chiefspokesper- and situations and that was around trylng to get the son for PUEBLO. the end of ir No follow-up. county to develop a males Our organlzauon (PL'EBLO) outbreak prevention project L goes into the communlty here in Oakland. I came on as an intern, then was hired as when they themselves. the ones that are there were encow- lead organizer with CAHC. The lead issue that we've been aged to be a part of this. workmg on 1s the second campalgn that we've taken up. RPE: What are some future efforts or projects for PL'EBLO? Gwen Hardy: I became involved through the campaign with SD: Bridging the culnual and language barnen that we've door knockmg in the ne~ghborhood.One of the Interns came run into working in the communlty. What we are looking for Lo my door and asked me queslions concerning health can and is building a multi-issue,
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