Meetings & Resources
Community change begins with your involvement. Whether you can provide financial support, attend our meetings, or do your own research, we want to make sure you have the opportunity to make an impact in our community.
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DUPLIN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROJECT MEETINGS
Join our meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 6 pm to learn more about community empowerment, environmental justice, and how to build political power for our community.
LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TRAININGS
Contact info@ncruralempowerment.org for information about upcoming leadership workshops and trainings.
MT. Calvary Center - VIC Academy
Mt. Calvary is now accepting applications for its Vocational, Industrial, and College (VIC) Preparatory Academy. This academy will focus on low-income, marginalized, and minority youth with career exploration, industrial trades and college preparatory skills. To learn more about the VIC academy or to sign up, visit their website.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: DUPLIN COUNTY, NC
Environmental Justice Press Conference in 2018.
This report by the Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil rights examines environmental justice and the impacts of exclusion in Duplin County, with a focus on industrial animal feeding operations, the most significant hazardous land use in this community.
A JUST FLORENCE RECOVERY
A Just Florence Recovery is a collaboration of North Carolina organizations to provide support and build power in eastern North Carolina before and after Hurricane Florence. Visit the site to find resources, volunteer, or support recovery efforts.
EARTHJUSTICE: TITLE IV
An industrial hog facility in North Carolina. Hog feces and urine are flushed into open, unlined pits and then sprayed onto nearby fields. The practice leads to waste contaminating nearby waters, and drifting as "mist" onto neighboring properties. Photo from Earthjustice.org, courtesy of Friends of Family Farmers.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of the few enforceable civil rights laws that cover environmental actions. Title VI is a powerful legal tool to hold agencies accountable for the downstream impacts of their decisions on communities of color that are already overburdened by environmental pollution. Learn how Earthjustice is using Title IV to advocate for communities in eastern North Carolina.
EPA LAWS & REGULATIONS
Find frequently asked questions about the EPA as well as information on laws, regulations, compliance, and enforcement, and policies and guidance regarding protections for human health and the environment.