Empowering Communities of Color for Environmental Health and Justice: The Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling in Los Angeles Case
ESSAY — Volume 21 — February 22, 2024
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A circle divided into 3 segments, each with a list of its components, describes the process model: 1) community organizing for environmental health and justice (build community leaders, expand community base, build community coalitions, voter education and mobilization, communications and media, engage decision-makers); 2) community-based participatory research (identify communities affected by environmental health disparities, engage affected residents in collaborative investigations of environmental health disparities); and 3) legal strategies (legal action [eg, lawsuits and legal challenges], aim for policy changes [eg, Los Angeles City oil drilling phase-out]).
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Communities for a Better Environment Process Model for Structural Change.
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