by southeastej | Feb 23, 2017 | EJ Issues
UNC Dept. of Communication’s Swain Studio Six Performance Series presents Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town, a play in development dramatizing oral histories of African American industrial workers and residents of West Badin, a company town in North Carolina....
by southeastej | Feb 14, 2017 | EJ Issues
The NCEJN Planning Committee announces the theme for the 19th Annual EJ Summit: Building People’s Power Against State Violence! The committee envisions Summit sessions that consider the intersections of state violence (e.g., police, military, government...
by southeastej | Feb 2, 2017 | EJ Issues
Job Announcement: NCEJN Organizing Project Manager The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network (NCEJN) is a coalition of community organizations and their supporters who work with low income communities and people of color to promote health and environmental...
by southeastej | Jan 27, 2017 | EJ Issues
NCEJN, REACH, and Waterkeeper Alliance recently published a press release regarding the EPA’s letter to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). You can read Waterkeeper Alliance’s post, “EPA Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over...
by southeastej | Jan 6, 2017 | EJ Issues
Bullies don’t like it when you fight back. For decades, the multi-national corporations that control the hog industry in Eastern North Carolina have bullied people who live near hog facilities. Elsie Herring has been standing up to the industry since the mid-1990s,...
by southeastej | Dec 12, 2016 | EJ Issues
Environmental Groups Challenge NCDEQ For Failing To Respond to Citizen Complaints [Please find the original post on Waterkeeper Alliance’s website here.] RALEIGH, NC – Yesterday, Waterkeeper Alliance, Cape Fear River Watch and the North Carolina...
