North Carolina Environmental Justice 2014 Summit Proposal

 描述(由申请人提供)：北卡罗来纳州环境正义(NC EJ)峰会是一个论坛，旨在促进受环境不公正影响的社区成员、政府官员、律师、学生和环境健康研究人员之间的合作和伙伴关系。首脑会议还寻求建立对环境正义和环境健康的认识和兴奋。2014北卡罗来纳州EJ峰会将于10月17日至18日在北卡罗来纳州惠特克斯市的弗兰克林顿中心举行。富兰克林顿中心位于一个前棉花种植园的旧址上，该种植园在19世纪末被改造成一所学校，供曾在该地区种植园工作的被奴役非洲人的后代就读。该遗址的历史及其位于北卡罗来纳州黑带的位置为解决环境不公正问题提供了适当的背景，该地点靠近非裔美国人、西班牙裔和低收入白人人口，这些人口继续受到来自工农业的污染物、糟糕的住房、无法获得公共水和下水道等基本设施的影响，以及主要由城市人口产生的废物处置负担过重。2014年峰会将包括：口头和海报科学论文会议、社区发言和政府倾听小组、颁奖仪式、关于环境健康和农业司法、能源、废物处理和职业健康的小组讨论，以及青年峰会。NCEJ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了会议，但它是由受到环境不公正影响的社区的关切推动的。这次会议将促进低收入有色人种社区、科学家、政策制定者、学生和青年在环境健康研究方面的合作能力，就环境健康和正义问题教育政策制定者和公众，并促进环境的可持续性和正义。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The North Carolina Environmental Justice (NC EJ) Summit is a forum for collaboration and promotion of partnerships between members of communities impacted by environmental injustice, government officials, lawyers, students, and environmental health researchers. The Summit also seeks to build awareness of and excitement about environmental justice and environmental health. The 2014 NC EJ Summit will be held October 17-18 at the Franklinton Center in Whitakers, NC. The 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 fo 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 2014 Summit will feature: oral and poster scientific papers sessions, a community speak-out and government listening panel, awards ceremony, panels on environmental health and justice in agriculture, energy, waste disposal and occupational health, and a Youth Summit. The NC EJ Summit is unique because, although environmental scientists and government officials attend and participate, it is driven by the concerns of 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.