{"id":45,"date":"2007-10-26T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T19:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsresearch.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/26\/enivronmental-justice-a-21st-century-civil-rights-issue\/"},"modified":"2007-10-26T19:17:59","modified_gmt":"2007-10-26T19:17:59","slug":"enivronmental-justice-a-21st-century-civil-rights-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/humanrights\/2007\/10\/26\/enivronmental-justice-a-21st-century-civil-rights-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Justice:  A 21st Century Civil Rights Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the African American Cultural Center invite you to join us for a talk by environmental justice activist, Sharon Lewis.<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><strong>\u201cEnvironmental Justice:\u00a0 A 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Civil Rights Issue\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Talk by Sharon E. Lewis, Director, Hartford Citizens in Action<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 4:00 PM<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">University of Connecticut\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Reception to follow<\/span><\/font><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Sharon E. Lewis, <span class=\"scrollertext1\"><font color=\"#212121\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">the Director of the Hartford Citizens in Action, <\/span><\/font><\/span>has been involved with environmental justice movements in Connecticut and globally since the 1980s, and <span class=\"scrollertext1\"><font color=\"#212121\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">will join us for a discussion of environmental issues for low income and communities of color and their disproportionate burden of environmental hazards.<\/span><\/font><\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><span class=\"scrollertext1\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#212121\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'\">The event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thomas J. 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