By Anna Jönsson As of 2015, the City of Rio’s own data showed that 22,059 families (an estimated 77,000 individuals) across the city had been evicted from their homes since 2009, whether in the name of environmental protection, moving people out of ‘areas of risk,’ urban upgrades and transportation infrastructure, or mega-event construction. Although exact figures are hard … [Read more...] about FOUR EVICTION TACTICS USED BY RIO AUTHORITIES, AND HOW FAVELA RESIDENTS HAVE FOUGHT BACK
TRANSFORMATIVE PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Part Two: Professional Education and Transformative Community Development
By Marie Kennedy [In part one of this article, the meaning of transformative community planning for community development was explored, highlighting the importance of vesting decision-making in the people most affected by the problems being addressed. In brief, it is participatory planning that empowers the community to act in its own interests.] INTRODUCTION How we … [Read more...] about TRANSFORMATIVE PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Part Two: Professional Education and Transformative Community Development
TRANSFORMATIVE PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Part One: Moving From Advocacy Planning to Transformative Planning
By Marie Kennedy INTRODUCTION Transformative community planning is a way of working with communities across divisions. It is not based on the superficial pasting together of short-lived, issue specific coalitions, but on transforming relations between groups. In this sense, it is participatory planning which empowers the community to act in its own interests. If we … [Read more...] about TRANSFORMATIVE PLANNING FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Part One: Moving From Advocacy Planning to Transformative Planning
ADVOCACY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MICHIGAN’S MOST POLLUTED ZIP CODE
By Lisa Berglund The 48217 zip code of Detroit is considered the most polluted zip code in Michigan. This fact was discovered by public health scholar-advocates concerned with environmental justice in this majority Black city. Many residents of 48217 are children of the second great migration, and part of a very tight knit community that boasts a lingering spirit of ‘real … [Read more...] about ADVOCACY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MICHIGAN’S MOST POLLUTED ZIP CODE
PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
By Natalie Bump Vena As part of efforts to reform how facilities receive permits, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promoting policies that effectively entrust corporations with protecting our most vulnerable communities from environmental hazards that their own businesses produce. By encouraging fenceline residents—people who live next to toxic … [Read more...] about PERMITTING ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AT THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY