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1.Being an environmentalist is deeply intertwined with being an anti-racist. Here's a quick thread on why they're connected: 
2.Where we live affects how much pollution we experience each day. It affects how long our commute is, how hot our neighborhood gets in the summer, how much or little open space we have around us, and whether we have access to healthy homes, nourishing food, and quality schools.
3.Our zip code influences our health. Environmental factors, such as air pollution, impact the severity of COVID-19 and explain racial differences in COVID-19 mortality rates.
4.The average lifespan of a resident of Nubian Square, a predominantly Black community, is 60 years compared to residents of Back Bay, a whiter and wealthier community, who have an average lifespan of 90 years.
5.Decades of racist policies like redlining, or the placement of industrialized facilities like power plants, exhaust-filled highways, or lack of good public transit all adds up to environmental racism, with Black and Brown neighborhoods often bearing the brunt of pollution.
6.These communities should not be forced to be the sacrifice zones so that other neighborhoods can reap the benefits of an industrialized society. Being an environmentalist means standing against this injustice in our activism every day.
7.If you're in Massachusetts, you can join me and take action NOW to fight for environmental justice: Call your state reps and tell them to pass "An Act Relative to Environmental Justice in the Commonwealth" before time runs out on July 31: https://act.clf.org/page/20801/action/1?ea.tracking.id=TWorganic #EJ4MA
8.If you don't live in Massachusetts, call your state reps anyway and ask them what they're doing to fight for environmental justice in your state. Here's a primer on what those protections might look like: https://www.clf.org/blog/what-are-environmental-justice-protections/
9. @GreenRootsEJ, @N2NMA_Education, @AceEJ, @CLF, @EnviroLeagueMA, @MassClimate, @CleanH2OMA, @PeopleforCSJ, @NAICOB91, @ComActionWorks, @BetterFuturePro, @GEConsumers, @HCWithoutHarm, @MassSierraClub, @350Mass, Groundwork Lawrence
10.Register for the Massachusetts Environmental Justice Briefing scheduled for Friday, July 24 at 9:30. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcOirrjksGtcNrysCWaq4U-jHelyklq6d
