In this fact pack you will learn about Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP); anti-SLAPP legislation; people who were successful in fighting a SLAPP; current SLAPP news; and organizations that also share your cause.
This fact pack on tire incineration is in response to numerous requests for information that we have had on this topic. This fact pack includes three types of information: (1) selections from technical papers and statistics describing of tire-derived fuel (TDF); (2) reports and articles from community organizations that express their concerns and actions they have taken to stop tire incineration; and, (3) news clips describing community struggles to address problems posed by tire incineration
The purpose of this publication is to help you make public hearings work for you instead of against you, and to help you use public hearings as part of a winning grassroots organizing strategy.
In the history of people struggling for justice, music has always played a key role. In fact, there’s hardly been a successful movement for social justice that didn’t prominently feature music. How does music fit into the fight for justice? People have historically used music to: lift their spirits; tell their story; celebrate; mourn; poke fun at their opponents; teach others; keep their traditions alive; and pray. So, too, we see these roles for music in the Grassroots Environmental Health Movement. And, we’re pleased to present this Songbook as the evidence that the people in this movement like those in movements that have come before us, have instinctively felt and used the power of music.
This guidebook reflects the collective work of a group of 43 women who attended a conference held in Arlington, VA in 1987. Although some of this information is out-of-date, we feel strongly that the issues raised in this guidebook are still important and that it provides a useful resource still relevant to women in organizing today.
This manual explains the Emergency Planning and Community Right to-Know Act (EPCRA) law of SARA, its limitations, its strengths, and its weaknesses, while also defining what data industry is or isn’t required to make available to the public. Ultimately, it shows how information generated by the Right-to-Know law can protect families and communities while holding an industry more accountable for polluting.
