North Carolina Environmental Justice 2013 Summit Proposal

摘要 北卡罗来纳州环境正义峰会是一个合作和促进 受环境不公正影响的社区成员之间的伙伴关系， 政府官员、法律倡导者和环境健康研究人员。峰会还包括 寻求建立对环境正义和环境保护的意识和兴奋 健康。2013年北卡罗来纳州EJ峰会将于10月18日至19日在惠特克斯的弗兰克林顿中心举行， 北卡罗来纳州。富兰克林顿中心位于一个被改造的前棉花种植园的旧址上， 在19世纪末，进入了一所为被奴役的非洲人的后代而建的学校，他们曾在 该地区的种植园。该遗址的历史及其在北卡罗来纳州黑带的位置提供了 在一个地方解决环境不公正问题的适当背景 接近非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和低收入白人人口，这些人继续 受工业和农业污染物的影响，住房简陋，缺乏基本的 公共自来水和下水道等便利设施，以及废物处置负担过重 主要是由城市人口创造的。2013年峰会将以口头和海报为特色 科学论文会议；社区发言和政府倾听小组；奖项 仪式；拆除环境种族主义讲习班；环境健康和环境问题小组 在农业、能源、废物处理和职业健康方面的正义；以及一次青年峰会。 北大西洋公约组织EJ峰会的独特之处在于，尽管环境科学家和 政府官员出席并参与，它是由受影响的社区组织的 环境不公正。这次会议将促进低收入社区的能力 有色人种、科学家、政策制定者、学生和年轻人在环境健康方面进行合作 就环境健康和正义问题进行研究、教育决策者和公众， 并促进环境可持续性和正义。

Abstract The North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit is a forum for collaboration and promotion of partnerships between members of communities impacted by environmental injustice, government officials, legal advocates, and environmental health researchers. The Summit also seeks to build awareness of and excitement about environmental justice and environmental health. The 2013 NC EJ Summit will be held 18-19 October, at Franklinton Center in Whitakers, NC. Franklinton Center is located on the site of a former cotton plantation that was converted, in the late 1800s, into a school for the descendants of enslaved Africans who had worked on plantations in the area. The history of the site and its location in the Black Belt of NC provides an appropriate context for addressing problems of environmental injustice in a location that is proximal to African-American, Hispanic, and low-income white populations that continue to be impacted by pollutants from industry and agriculture, poor housing, lack of access to basic amenities such as public water and sewer, and an excess burden of disposal of wastes predominantly created by urban populations. The 2013 Summit will feature: oral and poster scientific papers sessions; a community speak-out and government listening panel; awards ceremony; dismantling environmental racism workshop; panels on environmental health and justice in agriculture, energy, waste disposal and occupational health; and a Youth Summit. What makes the NC EJ Summit unique is that, although environmental scientists and government officials attend and participate, it is organized by communities that are impacted by environmental injustice. This conference will promote the capacity of low income communities of color, scientists, policy makers, students and youth to collaborate in environmental health research, educate policy makers and the public on issues of environmental health and justice, and promote environmental sustainability and justice.