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Jerome Shabazz

#185 October 2024/Community/Environment/Environmental Justice

The Hard Work of Environmental Justice

At the Overbrook Environmental Education Center (OEEC), we know how hard it is to run an equity-centered community-based organization. In 2019, the acre of land on Lancaster Ave that the OEEC acquired to make into a green oasis was analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), metals and more. We knew the

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October 4, 2024
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