SC Angeles Book Club: Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollut
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Wed, Jun 2, 2021 6:30 PM
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06/02/2021 8:00 PM
SC Angeles Book Club: Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollut
Join us for the second staff-led book club of the year. Everyone is welcomed and invited to this FREE community event. The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter staff has committed to organizing this book club that focuses on themes centered on Environmental Social Justice. Our second featured book is Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility by Dorceta Taylor and set for Wednesday, June 2nd from 6:30-8:00 pm. There are a lot of injustices our communities of color have experienced in the past (and recent) history and this past year has been no exception. The pandemic has further exposed many of the public health and environmental injustices and disparities that continue to exist in our communities.As staff, we decided to choose Toxic Communities by Dorceta Taylor to contribute to our ongoing learning around the class and racially motivated disparities, inequities, and discrimination in our institutions of government. This book will help us a clear understanding of the long histories of racial segregation and housing discrimination. Let us continue to learn and explore Toxic Communities, the study of race, the environment, and current events. Join us as we dive into this informative and comprehensive book to explore what we can do as environmental justice advocates of our most at-risk communities.Dorceta Taylor is a renowned environmental sociologist who focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed. The author draws on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country. Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof ), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is a link between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, Toxic Communities greatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States.
Webinar URL: https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/95059926552?pwd=TGFXM3lZdWRiNmxCVGh5blJCVDlRUT09
Kimberly Orbe
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Organized By: Angeles Chapter
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Kimberly Orbe
kim.orbe@sierraclub.org
Join us for the second staff-led book club of the year. Everyone is welcomed and invited to this FREE community event. The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter staff has committed to organizing this book club that focuses on themes centered on Environmental Social Justice. Our second featured book is Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility by Dorceta Taylor and set for Wednesday, June 2nd from 6:30-8:00 pm. There are a lot of injustices our communities of color have experienced in the past (and recent) history and this past year has been no exception. The pandemic has further exposed many of the public health and environmental injustices and disparities that continue to exist in our communities.
As staff, we decided to choose Toxic Communities by Dorceta Taylor to contribute to our ongoing learning around the class and racially motivated disparities, inequities, and discrimination in our institutions of government. This book will help us a clear understanding of the long histories of racial segregation and housing discrimination. Let us continue to learn and explore Toxic Communities, the study of race, the environment, and current events. Join us as we dive into this informative and comprehensive book to explore what we can do as environmental justice advocates of our most at-risk communities.
Purpose of the event + why should you join?
- To build community and connect during tough times- meet like-minded individuals!
- To contribute to our ongoing learning on issues related to race and ESJ issues
- Explore themes of environmental racism and environmental justice
- To explore the systems in place that allow this to take place and how we can mobilize and organize to combat residential segregation and zoning
- Join a book club that provides a space for thoughtful conversation on issues of environmental social justice and activism
- The more we learn, the more we grow. Information is key to knowledge and knowledge is power. Power should reside with the people and not institutions who neglect and burden our communities. Dive into this informative and comprehensive book with us as we explore what our collective roles are for bringing power and environmental justice to our most at-risk communities.
How you can get involved:
- Register for our FREE Book Club event
- Block off Wed, June 2, 2021, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM on your calendar.
- Borrow, Checkout or buy the book. We encourage you to check out the book from your local Los Angeles Public Library. You can also use the Libby App to electronically check out the book for free! More information on Libby here. More options include using Audiobooks or purchasing the book from your favorite bookstore.
- Stay connected with us! We will be sending out emails to the book club participants to help us all get to know each other before we discuss the book. Community is more important now than ever and we are immensely grateful to share space with you on June second.