The EJP community is deeply saddened to receive news of the death of Luke Cole, founder of the Center on Race Poverty and the Environment, who passed away in Uganda while on sabbatical there on June 6, 2009.

From CRPE's website:

"Luke was a visionary leader and a force in the environmental justice movement. His ground-up philosophy of environmental justice advocacy has influenced an entire field of legal practice and scholarship as well as built lasting relationships with the communities with which CRPE works."

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This collection of publications and interviews builds community understanding of environmental injustice in California’s Central Valley. Community perspectives were gathered focused on environmental health disparities and a searchable annotated bibliography organizes the literature for this rapidly emerging area of research that has given voice and power to this region’s struggle against environmental injustice.
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This spring one student’s master's thesis comes to life with 25 stories of personal change and civic engagement -- sometimes shocking, sometimes sad, always inspiring. This campus-community project uses photos, theater, stories and sound to paint a vivid picture of the environmental problems faced by Central Valley communities as told by women leading the movement struggling to solve them.
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