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Knock Knock…

Enough said, I’ll wager.

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Test Blasts on the Historical Landscape

Do you(th) know the most bombed country on earth? American adolescence and naïveté may tell you some poor Middle Eastern country takes the gong. American bravado and arrogance may lean you towards some small, far-off nation in “need” of American “assistance” and “liberation.”

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A Redefinition Takeover: poverty

According to the dictionary… pov·er·ty [pov-er-tee] –noun the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poverty So… in·di·gence [in-di-juhns] –noun seriously impoverished condition; poverty. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indigence And according to the etymological dictionary… indigence late 14c., from O.Fr. indigence (13c.), from L. indigentia, from indigentem [...]

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Are You(th) Thinking About The Olympics?

Hey youth! I’ve been hoping to start a dialogue about hearing the cries, valuing the overstandings, and embracing the diversity of peoples worldwide for the direct preservation and nurturing of creativity and problem solving amongst the youth, present and future. With Vancouver B.C.’s 2010 Olympic Winter Games kicking off this Friday (Feb. 12), I can’t [...]

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Environmental Justice Zine

Environmental Justice Zine

Download the Zine February 2010 Research-Based Magazine by OAG Environmental Justice (EJ) regards the distribution of environmental problems in our communities with special attention paid to the role of race and class. For all the progress of industry, we have created pollution in our air, water, and soil, and this pollution is not spread fairly. [...]

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Yakima County recieves $100,000 for Environmental Justice

Lisa Jackson just announced that the EPA would be dedicating a total of $1 million dollars for environmental justice efforts in “showcase communities” across the ten regional EPA offices. In this circumstance, showcase signifies the worst of the worst when it comes to EJ issues. The northwest, represented by EPA region 10 and a terrific [...]

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