date: Wed Jan 23 12:29:20 2002 from: Mike Hulme subject: Fwd: Environmental Justice and Climate Change at the WSSD PrepCom2 to: n.adger I assume you have seen this? X-Sent: 23 Jan 2002 01:41:10 GMT From: "Ansje Miller" To: "Climate Change Info Mailing List" Subject: Environmental Justice and Climate Change at the WSSD PrepCom2 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:45:14 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal List-Unsubscribe: <[1]mailto:leave-climate-l-15281Y@lists.iisd.ca> List-Subscribe: <[2]mailto:subscribe-climate-l@lists.iisd.ca> List-Owner: <[3]mailto:owner-climate-l@lists.iisd.ca> X-URL: <[4]http://www.iisd.ca/climate/climate.html> Reply-To: "Ansje Miller" Sender: bounce-climate-l-15281@lists.iisd.ca X-LYRIS-Message-Id: Hello, Any of you who will be in NY for the WSSD prep-com are invited to a reception of the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initative on Monday, January 28. The Millenium Hotel is right across the street from the UN. Look forward to seeing you there, Ansje Miller Campaign Manager Redefining Progress 1904 Franklin Street, 6th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 USA (510) 444-3041, x315 miller@rprogress.org [5]http://www.rprogress.org ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE *MEDIA ADVISORY* CONTACT: Craig Cheslog Janet Graesser (510) 444-3041 x305 (office) (415) 531-7611 (mobile) cheslog@rprogress.org (510) 444-3041 x322 (office) graesser@rprogress.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2002 JANUARY 28TH PRESS BRIEFING TO RELEASE STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY AND ANNOUNCE CREATION OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE OAKLAND, Calif.A diverse group of twenty-seven U.S. environmental justice, climate justice, religious, policy and advocacy groups will announce their unification and issue a call of action to the Bush Administration and Congress on climate change at a press briefing to be held in New York City on Monday, January 28. WHAT: The coalition, called the Environmental Justice and Climate Change (EJCC) Initiative, will hold a press briefing to announce their unification, marking the first time such groups have united to advance one agenda on climate change. WHO: The keynote speakers are the EJCC Initiative Co-Chairs: Beverly Wright, executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University and Ruben Solis, director of the Southwest Workers Union. Also speaking is EJCC Initiative member Art Ivanoff, environmental advisor for the Native Village of Unalakleet. WHY: To urge President Bush and Congressional leaders to take immediate and just steps on climate change policy. People of color, indigenous people, low-income people and workers bear a disproportionate impact of climate change. As such, they are the first victims of government inaction, corporate abuse, and negligent public policy. The EJCC Initiative will fight to ensure the fair treatment of people of all races and economic groups in the implementation and enforcement of environmental protection laws. WHEN: Monday, January 28, 2002 from 12:30 p.m.2:30 p.m. A reception will follow directly after the press briefing (all World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) attendees are invited). WHERE: The Millennium Hotel New York, One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY The twenty-seven environmental justice and climate justice grassroots organizations that have joined the EJCC Initiative are: Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Black Leadership Forum, Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, The Church of the Brethren, Communities for a Better Environment, Concerned Citizens of NORCO, CorpWatch, Corporation for Enterprise Development, Council of Athabascan Tribal Government, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Xavier University, Eco Equity, Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University, Georgia Coalition for a Peoples Agenda, Indigenous Environmental Network, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, Just Transition Alliance, Kids Against Pollution, National Black Environmental Justice Network, Native Village of Unalakleet, New York PIRG, Redefining Progress, Southern Organizing Committee, Southwest Network for Economic and Environmental Justice, Southwest Public Workers Union, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, United Methodist Church, University of Michigan-School of Natural Resources and the Environment, West County Toxics Coalition, West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT). ### --- You are currently subscribed to climate-l as: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-climate-l-15281Y@lists.iisd.ca