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Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·

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We are thrilled to join the 2023 Grantee Cohort of @Frontline_RI, a capacity-building organization and resource hub supporting frontline communities working toward more just and equitable environmental outcomes. Learn more: https://buff.ly/42rsV4D

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Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·

20 Mar

Our youth group @CHOICES will explore the connection between environmental racism and violence this Saturday from 1-3 at the CAAT Center in Chester. Food will be provided at this free event! We hope to see you there!

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Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·

19 Mar

Meet environmental and global health expert @RuthL239, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN discussing threats to environmental health in Delco, esp. Chester City, & actions for residents targeting prevention and mitigation.

Register for link & to submit questions: https://buff.ly/42p3IHR

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Chester Environmental Justice @chester_ej ·

16 Mar

If I’m drowning who cares who throws the life raft? - Chairperson, Zulene Mayfield

Whew! A whole word!

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Chester, Pennsylvania has long been known as one of the nation’s worst cases of environmental racism. This small city just southwest of Philadelphia hosts the nation’s largest trash incinerator, a sewage sludge incinerator, a paper mill burning waste coal and petroleum coke, numerous chemical plants, toxic waste sites, and much more. Immediately surrounding it in the neighboring waterfront boroughs of Eddystone, Trainer, and Marcus Hook are additional major polluters: primarily oil refineries and gas-fired power plants

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