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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: What are the CCC?
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What are the CCC? October 19, 2012. The Cass Corridor Commons. Office space for East Michigan Environmental Action Council and several grassroots organizations with which EMEAC collaborates. Space for entrepreneurial ventures by grassroots collaborative partners. Community space for grassroots activities and events. Focus Earth Newsletter Archive. Join us for Green Screen 2012! What are the CCC? Latest from the EMEAC Blog. A court battle is one of the last obstacles remaining in Dakota Access' way. Is it...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Climate Justice Declaration
http://www.emeac.org/2014/11/climate-justice-declaration.html
November 6, 2014. Poor nations, people of color, Indigenous Peoples, and low-income communities in all nations are the first to experience negative climate change impacts such as sea level rise, flooding, drought, heat-death and illness, respiratory illness, infectious disease, and economic and cultural displacement. The first conference convened in the United States on "Just Climate? To protect the most vulnerable communities, climate policy must follow these principles:. 1 Stop Cooking the Planet.
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Upcoming Events
http://www.emeac.org/2010/02/upcoming-events.html
February 5, 2010. Focus Earth Newsletter Archive. Latest from the EMEAC Blog. There’s a new mega-pipeline in town. Here’s why it has so many protesters in the trenches. A court battle is one of the last obstacles remaining in Dakota Access' way. Waiter Receives A $500 Tip After Doing The Sweetest Thing For A Stranger. 8220;It's not about the money, it’s about showing someone you care”. Mind-bending sculptures reimagine the form and function of tables. Can Global Warming be completely eliminated? Isn̵...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: OUR POWER DETROIT
http://www.emeac.org/2014/11/our-power-detroit.html
November 6, 2014. Our Power Detroit is the locally based JUST TRANSITION work in the city of Detroit and anchored by EMEAC. Last summer EMEAC hosting an Our Power Gathering at our Cass Corridor Commons center. The Our Power Detroit gathering began with Directors Diana Copeland and Ife Kilimanjaro, joined by the Young Educators Alliance (YEA), setting the tone with a profound opening ceremony. Over 130 people participated in Our Power Detroit Gathering. One of our objectives was to host a significant gath...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Wish List
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February 3, 2011. EMEAC has relocated into our new home at the Cass Corridor Commons inside the First Unitarian Universalist Church at 4605 Cass Avenue. Because of the growth of EMEAC and our various programs we have growing needs for extra supplies and equipment. If you have, can donate, or know of someone with the following items requested by our program coordinators, please help us out! To make a arrangements call Diana at (c) 313-399-4065 or (w) 313-556-1702 x700. Stand Up Speak Out! Sound system for...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Healthy Kids
http://www.emeac.org/2010/03/emeac-video-channel.html
March 30, 2010. Fostering Relationships with Nature. We firmly believe that a prerequisite to caring for the environment is caring about the environment. Therefore facilitating the development of new and deeper interconnected relationships between people and nature is one of the cornerstones of our work. Multi-cultural Environmental Arts and Science (MEAS) Labs. Addressing Environmental, Climate and Food Injustices. Gardening, Activism, Media Education (GAME) Summer Camp:. This area of work includes all ...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Detroit Peoples Movement Assembly announces resolutions, commitments to improve the city
http://www.emeac.org/2011/06/detroit-peoples-movement-assembly.html
Detroit Peoples Movement Assembly announces resolutions, commitments to improve the city. June 13, 2011. Charity Hicks addresses the Detroit PMA. The significance of the Detroit PMA is to lift up voice, promote, collective actions, and scale up a grassroots awareness campaign on how we can help support the work," said Detroit community activist Charity Hicks who was one of the main speakers at the PMA. "It's a. Part of a process to develop consensus on grassroots issues and plan to improve the quality of...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Food, Land & Health Justice Resources
http://www.emeac.org/2013/05/food-justice-resources.html
Food, Land and Health Justice Resources. May 6, 2013. By Angie Vanessa Cárdenas &. Below are links to various resources on health and food justice, food security and food sovereignty. Under each heading, resources are listed by publication date (most recent at the top), if available, or date of posting. Here are links to resources on climate justice. And environmental justice and ecology. Resources on Health and the Environment. Resources on Food and Food Justice. Focus Earth Newsletter Archive. These ar...
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: Environmental Justice Principles
http://www.emeac.org/2012/10/environmental-justice-principles.html
October 19, 2012. Principles of Environmental Justice. Delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24-27, 1991, in Washington DC, drafted and adopted 17 principles of Environmental Justice. Since then,. Have served as a defining document for the growing grassroots movement for environmental justice. WE, THE PEOPLE OF COLOR. Demands that public policy be based on mutual respect and justice for all peoples, free from any form of discrimination or bias.
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East Michigan Environmental Action Council | EMEAC: EMEAC Programs
http://www.emeac.org/2014/03/emeac-programs.html
March 24, 2014. EMEAC's Programs and New Direction. EMEAC's Just Transition Plan. We build community power through environmental justice education, youth development, and collaborative relationship building. EMEAC carries out its work in a city that is home to some of the nation’s worst extreme energy offenders, including the country’s largest incinerator and one of the largest tar sands refinery expansions. Highest urban rate for asthma in children * contributing factor Trash to Energy Incenerator.
