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Yvonne A. Taylor, Advance Woman of Achievement and founding member of Sandy Ground Historical Society, dies at 88

Yvonne A. Taylor, Advance Woman of Achievement and founding member of Sandy Ground Historical Society, dies at 88

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November 29, 2022 Yvonne A. Taylor, Advance Woman of Achievement and founding member of Sandy Ground Historical Society, dies at 88 By Jessica Jones-Gorman | jgorman@siadvance.com Yvonne Taylor stands on the steps of Rossville AME Zion Church where she was wed in...
Our kids are on strike | Opinion

Our kids are on strike | Opinion

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By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Yvette Jordan In the era of COVID (or post-COVID, as some have cautiously begun to call this time we’re in), we have all become more than familiar with the phrase “nobody wants to work anymore.” As fast-food restaurants and other...
NRDC – Women’s History in the Making

NRDC – Women’s History in the Making

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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,...
An Environmental Justice Advocate Inspires Others to Become Agents of Change

An Environmental Justice Advocate Inspires Others to Become Agents of Change

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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....
After drinking water crisis, Newark is winning war on lead

After drinking water crisis, Newark is winning war on lead

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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...
Eliminating Lead From Drinking Water Is a Must

Eliminating Lead From Drinking Water Is a Must

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CLICK LINK BELOW to full article on Environmental Law Institute website: https://www.eli.org/sites/default/files/docs/tef/tef-debate-novdec2021.pdf
In the Fight for a Green New Deal, Schools Are the New Front Lines

In the Fight for a Green New Deal, Schools Are the New Front Lines

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Jacobin Magazine September 13, 2021. By Liza Featherstone A major socialist-led grassroots campaign is underway to pass Jamaal Bowman’s Green New Deal for Public Schools — a strategically savvy measure that combines forthright climate action with large-scale...
Lead-tainted water: What Newark can teach US about investing in safety

Lead-tainted water: What Newark can teach US about investing in safety

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The Christian Science Monitor September 1, 2021. By Stephanie Hanes Staff writer  @stephaniehanes Yvette Jordan remembers the day she learned the water fountains at her school were dangerous. It was in March 2016, and Ms. Jordan was teaching history at Barringer High...
Through Ethnic Studies, Schools Push to Include Marginalized Perspectives

Through Ethnic Studies, Schools Push to Include Marginalized Perspectives

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CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING Ethnic Studies proponents say K-12 curriculum has remained largely Eurocentric and disconnected to the growing population of students of color in the U.S. By Hoa P. Nguyen  May 10, 2021 It was November 1968, and studying the history and...
THE SUCCESSFUL FIGHT FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN NEWARK | Opinion

THE SUCCESSFUL FIGHT FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER IN NEWARK | Opinion

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By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Yvette Jordan I first realized Newark had a problem with lead in its water in 2016 when the school where I taught shut down every water fountain after sampling showed dangerously high lead levels at school fountains. Exposure to lead,...
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