www.the A1.org By Haili Blassengame ofhttps://the1a.org/segments/water-week-access-to-clean-drinking-water/ Human beings start their days with water. A warm shower. Brushing teeth. Washing faces. The more than two million Americans who live without running water,...
Environmental justice advocate Yvette Jordan knows firsthand that there’s power in speaking up. In 2018, Yvette discovered that her drinking water in Newark, New Jersey—where she lives and teaches high school—was contaminated with sky-high levels of lead. In fact,...
If you sat in on one of Yvette Jordan’s high school history or social justice classes, you might hear her pleading with students. Not asking them to be quiet, but urging them to speak up. Even if it’s over something that seems simple. Often, their reply is, “Ms....
ABC NEWS November 7, 2021 By DAVID PORTER Associated Press An ambitious program to replace thousands of residential lead water lines in New Jersey’s largest city is about to be completed years ahead of schedule NEWARK, N.J. — On a recent sun-drenched...
By Peter Haskell 01/26/2021 NEWARK, N.J. (WCBS 880) — The city of Newark on Tuesday reached a settlement with residents regarding dangerously high levels of lead in water pipes. “We’ve secured a really major victory,” says Erik Olson, with the Natural Resources...
By Michael Sol Warren | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com It was a hot, sunny summer afternoon when Newark residents lined up for bottled water. On Aug. 12, 2019 — days after the federal government cast doubt on filters that had been handed out for months before — community...
Expert Blog Kristi Pullen Fedinick, Co-authored with Yvette Jordan It is understood that water is life. It’s the purest form of nature’s essential presence in our lives. Water baptizes us. Water renews us. Water nourishes us. What happens when the purity of our water...
AND RACE, EQUITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Monday, March 9. 6-8pm. 154 Summit St, Newark, NJ NJIT Campus Center Atrium – for info (973) 596-3000 It’s not just Flint. In the last few years, over five million people drank water from systems that violated the...
Susan and John Hess Family Gallery and Theater Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014 On the occasion of the exhibition Pope.L: Choir, this program brings together four leaders in the field of water safety to talk about drinking water,...
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