Comments on: Are you getting the basic amenities your taxes paid for? http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1005 Environmental Justice in Overburdened Communities Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Sajdah Ali-Wilson http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-308 Sajdah Ali-Wilson Mon, 06 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-308 Excellent video and article. It so imperative to call out the social injustices we have lingering in our communities. We can not truly move forward as a developed country and nation when so many of our small towns, neighborhoods, and local homes are still underdeveloped.

]]> By: Jane http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-280 Jane Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:46:53 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-280 Mr. Wilson,

You have really opened my eyes to an issue that I thought would have been dealt with 50 years ago. I drive from Soutern Georgia to Baltimore at least once a month and pass the mebane exit and like many people never thought that such a beautiful section of the country could be hiding such a terrible situation. Thank you and the members of your community for demanding and ensuring that change happened! I love social media and video for exposing the truth and sharing stories of how every day americans are improving their communities.

Jane Wilows

]]> By: Omega Wilson http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-268 Omega Wilson Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:41:47 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-268 Robert, for two years we have been pushing EPA, as the leader of the Title VI Interagency Workgroup, to insure that all federal agencies that signed President Obama Memorandum of Understanding for Environmental Justice-August 2011 stop awarding taxpayers’ money to local government agencies who continue to deny basic amenities to the poor and people of color under their jurisdictions.

We need more community organizations to file Title VI administrative complaints with DOJ as we have done. The City of Mebane is currently installing more new sewer lines in our community as a result the EPA’s blog/interview/YouTube on WERA!

]]> By: Robert http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-264 Robert Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:20:47 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-264 Mr. Wilson, there are some very powerful videos in this series and I have to say that this is one of my favorites.

What role do you see for other “Federal Agencies” to play in assuring that basic ammenities are provided and that overburdened communities are protected?

Robert

]]> By: Omega Wilson http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-239 Omega Wilson Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:15:11 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-239 Thanks Jimmy and everyone who viewed and added comments to this EPA blog. The answer to Jimmy’s question is, for poor and people of color, yes this denial sewer collection and safe drinking water services is reality in all 50 states, if you just look. As a Basic Amenities activist and EPA NEJAC member, I traveled from the east to the west coast, Michigan to New Orleans, plus Canada. I have even gotten calls/emails and face-to-face visits from officials from China who seem surprised that the denial of basic public health amenities in America looks like a “developing country” Chinese problem!

]]> By: Jimmy http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-237 Jimmy Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:36:16 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-237 Wow !!! People walking in human waste… now this is a story that all Americans should be listening too and demanding that it never happen again in our country. This should be on all the news networks. Mr. Wilson thank you for sharing this with everyone, is this happening in other communities as well?

]]> By: Deborah Huffington http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-231 Deborah Huffington Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:23:31 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-231 Mr. Wilson,

Your story is a very powerful one! I wonder how many people ever ask the question, are my tax dollars actually being used to benefit my community and if not, Why???? It’s amazing that citizens of our country have to fight for the right to basic amenities. Thank you for the very thought provoking blog!

Deb

]]> By: Deborah Harrison Gant http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-202 Deborah Harrison Gant Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:51:35 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-202 Hello Mr. Wilson,
It is great to see you after all these 32 years. How’s the family? I started a non-profit organization in 2002 and things are looking great! We just received a brick building donated to our organization 2 weeks ago, the building appraised for $64,000.00. Praise God from whom all blessings flows!

]]> By: Hilton Kelley http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-201 Hilton Kelley Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:58:09 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-201 Hopefully this video inspire more people to take a look around their community and see what they can do to make life better for those who live in low income or poor communities so the young people and the elderly there can have a better quality of life and a shot at having a long healthy life.

]]> By: DuShawn King http://blog.epa.gov/ej/2012/12/1005/#comment-200 DuShawn King Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:49:04 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/ej/?p=1005#comment-200 Mr. Wilson,

Thank you for the post!

It has been shared across our social media networks.

We remain committed to addressing such basic quality of life disparities.

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