Talk:Neighbors for Environmental Justice

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Hi, I'm new to this, so please let me know if I'm doing it correctly. I'm part of N4EJ, and I'm mentioned on the page, so I didn't want to make any edits there; I read the Ten Simple Rules^[1] guidance, so I'm posting here on the discussion page. We're super appreciative that folks took the time to write about us, but we are hoping to correct some basic facts.

Factual errors

· The group was founded in 2018, in response to MAT Asphalt opening (the first paragraph says 2017, the summary says 2007). Citation 4 works for this info

· It's true Robert Beedle and myself were founding members, but so were Alfredo Romo, Myrna Romo, Bill Drew, Cristina Martinez, Lucy Stanfield, and Yolanda Carillo, among others. As an organization with women and people of color in leadership from the beginning, only listing two white men misrepresents who we are. Citation 4 mentions Alfredo, Cristina, and Lucy. But it would be better to not list anyone individually than just to list the white guys

· Southeast Environmental Alliance is a separate group, unaffiliated with N4EJ or CEJN

Recent work

Those are the factual errors. If there's interest in more recent work, N4EJ organized against city asphalt contracts ^[2] which led to them being cancelled ^[3] and reissued with new pollution control requirements ^[4]. We participated in the city's cumulative impacts assessment ^[5], though with concerns about the outcome ^[6].

We also analyzed 20 years of environmental enforcement data ^[7] and uncovered records of toxic industrial contamination ^[8] at a site Chicago planned to use for a migrant camp. The state subsequently scrapped the plan over environmental concerns ^[9].

Thanks again for taking the time to include us in Wikipedia. Anthonymoser (talk) 15:07, 28 June 2024 (UTC)Anthony Moser, N4EJ[reply]

[1] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ten_simple_rules_for_editing_Wikipedia

[2] ttps://blockclubchicago.org/2022/03/24/neighbors-slam-mckinley-park-asphalt-plants-bid-for-500-million-city-contract/

[3] ttps://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/6/28/23186208/chicago-rejects-asphalt-bids-pollution-concerns

[4] ttps://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2023/1/5/23541484/asphalt-plants-ordered-to-cut-pollution-for-chicago-city-contracts

[5] ttps://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/supp_info/Environment/cumulative-impact-assessment.html

[6] ttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/11/20/residents-call-chicago-report-that-maps-neighborhood-pollution-flawed-because-calculations-dont-include-industrial-corridors/

[7] ttps://blockclubchicago.org/2023/03/15/chicagos-health-department-does-little-to-deter-repeat-polluters-report-finds/

[8] ttps://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/24/23930513/brighton-park-migrant-tent-city-site-pollution-testing

[9] ttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/12/05/gov-jb-pritzker-wont-proceed-with-brighton-park-migrant-camp-citing-serious-environmental-concerns/

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