Environmental Justice Outreach and Training
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Fundamentals of Environmental Justice
For schedule information, contact Running-Grass, Environmental Justice Program Manager, by email grass.running@epa.gov or telephone (206) 553-2899.
Workshop Description: The Fundamentals of Environmental Justice one-day workshop is a highly interactive, thought provoking and "learner centered" workshop experience. Based on principles of community education, this workshop is the 1-day "compressed" version of the full 3 day workshop. The workshop is useful for all experience levels and positions and draws upon the knowledge and experiences of participants for local examples of Environmental Justice issues and collaborative problem-solving approaches to their resolution.
The workshop was developed by the Environmental Justice Training Collaborative, an informal, multi-stakeholder, national network of people agencies interested in improving capacity to deliver effective Environmental Justice training to EJ stakeholders and the general public. The workshop is extensively peer-reviewed and widely conducted in keeping with the objective of building a consistent baseline of knowledge about the dynamic and evolving field of Environmental Justice. While there are no prerequisites for the workshop a short pre-workshop survey is required and an optional reading list is sent at registration.
Among the topics introduced in the workshop are:
- Comparative Definitions of Environmental Justice
- Historical Context of Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice Acts, Authorities and the Executive Order
- Environmental Justice Case Studies
- Environmental Justice Analysis
- Meaningful Involvement for Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice "Updates"
Resource materials for Fundamentals of Environmental Justice Training:
- Environmental Justice History Timeline (PDF) (3 pp. 47K)
- Four Domains Case Study Worksheet (PDF) (1pp, 10K)
- Region 10 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (8pp, 578K)
- A Citizen’s Guide to Using Federal Environmental Laws to Secure Environmental Justice (PDF) (105pp, 1.8MB)
- Memo from EPA Administrator Johnston stating EPA's Want to Strengthen the Environmental Justice Program (PDF) - 2008 (2pp, 110K)
- Presidential Memo on Environmental Justice 1994 and Executive Order 12898 (PDF) (8pp, 33K)
- Toolkit for Assessing Potential Allegations of Environmental Justice (PDF) (157pp, 750K)
- Guidance For Incorporating Environmental Justice Concerns in EPA's NEPA Compliance Analyses (PDF) (76pp, 300K)
- Environmental Justice Guidance Under NEPA, by the Council on Environmental Quality, 1997 (PDF) (40pp, 2.3MB)
- Guide on Consultation and Collaboration with Indian Tribal Governments (PDF) (59pp, 930K)