Vernice Miller-Travis
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Vernice Miller-Travis is an environmental activist. She analyzes hazardous waste sites designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Life
[edit]She first studied at Barnard College, and then graduated from Columbia University.[1]
She protested against apartheid. She worked for the Natural Resource Defense Council.[2]
She worked with the United Church of Christ on a project linking zip codes with hazardous waste sites,[3] through this work she linked air quality in West Harlem with high rates of asthma in children.[4]
She co-founded West Harlem Environmental Action which fought to implement conditions that would reduce fumes from the sewage treatment plant that sits under Riverbank State Park.[5][6] In this project she tracked the spatial extent of fumes from an unfinished sewage treatment plant.[7] Miller coordinated the citizens responses to the fumes from the plant,[8] and in 1994 the group received a settlement from the city of New York in order to document health problems in the area.[9]
She was vice-chair of Clean Water Action.[10] She co-founded We Act for Environmental Justice.[1][11]
She is executive vice president of a social-justice organization, the Metropolitan Group,[12][13] and in this role she has been working to reduce funding to states that have policy that are considered racial discrimination.[14] A portion of her work involves analyzing data on hazardous waste sites from the United States' Environmental Protection Agency to identify cases racial discrimination in an area.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown, Stacy M. (2022-10-06). "Vernice Miller-Travis, a crusader who continues the struggle to weed out environmental racism". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ "Miller–Travis, Vernice | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Jones, Diana Nelson (2006-11-03). "Historic preservation just wishful thinking for blacks". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 9, [1]. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Mock, Brentin (2014-02-26). "Fight the funk: This woman's fight against garbage fumes became a national crusade". Grist. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Mandel, Jonathan (1993-05-27). "Nature in a surreal setting". Newsday. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ Weiner, Mark (2004-10-13). "Sewage plant opponents get national boost". The Post-Standard. p. 51. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Severo, Richard (1989-11-30). "Odors From Plant Anger Many in Harlem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ McCarthy, Sheryl (1990-08-22). "W. Harlem smells rate, and more down road". Newsday. pp. 8, [2]. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ Bernstein, Emily M. (1994-01-16). "NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: WEST HARLEM; Settlement Gives Group Means of Compiling Health Data". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Vickers, Jenny. "Clean Water 50 Stories: Vernice Miller-Travis | Clean Water Action". cleanwater.org. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ "Our Team". WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- ^ Sorenson, Saundra. "Environmental Justice Leader Vernice Miller-Travis on Fighting Racism and Climate Change". The Skanner News. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Crunden, E. A. (2021-08-02). "How Biden's EPA waste office pick could bolster equity goals". E&E News by POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ^ Tabor, Nick (2023-06-19). "Opinion | The Homes of Lowndes County, Ala., Are Waiting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
- ^ Brown, Stacy M. (2022-11-03). "Vernice Miller-Travis, a Crusader who Continues the Struggle to Weed out Environmental Racism". AFRO American Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
External links
[edit]- VERNICE MILLER-TRAVIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SENIOR ADVISOR chavis-chronicles, 10/7/22