Blog post #1:
Well, we've finally made it into the 21st Century, and the EAC is bringing you all the information you need to know on our new blog! You may have heard about our recent name change from the Urban Environmental Affairs Council to the Environmental Affairs Council – a change that reflects the reality that injustice is everywhere, not just in the inner city.
I welcome your input and ideas for discussion and for future action and intervention.
Talk to you soon!
-- Steve
Blog post #2
On March 29th, we’re having a community meeting in Stockton, and I hope you all will attend.
Now, some people have asked me: “Why Stockton?” The answer is simple.
The EAC has been involved in a host of issues both in Northern California and Southern California where environmental wrongs and serious injustices are being perpetrated and locals feel powerless to fight back. You may have read about the EAC's involvement in Tracy, West Sacramento, Lynnwood and other places where the voices of local citizens were being ignored. That is certainly the case in Stockton, and this meeting should be very interesting and very informative. I have had a number of people contact me privately to say that they feel like their interests are being ignored, or pushed aside. I want to make sure that those who don't have a voice, or who believe their voices are never heard, are well represented.
Blog post #3
June 2nd, 2007
Greetings everyone!
I'm writing tonight to give you a report about our first community meeting in Stockton. It was a night to remember!
We talked at length about the potentially devastating plan by Caltrans to widen the 99 freeway by destroying homes and businesses in Stockton. The area is also heavily minority and working class, so I believe that some bureaucrats in Sacramento believe these people can't fight back. They are wrong.
Let me just add a few words about the people I met and spoke with. They are good people. They are hardworking people. And many of them had no idea what is potentially going to happen to them. Some people simply can't believe that Caltrans might advance a plan that could alter their neighborhood and their way of life. I tell them again and again: If you don't get involved and take charge of your future, you are giving up your best chance to make sure your future is secure.
This meeting was a very important thing to do, and I believe it was only the first of what I think will be many gatherings and events we are going to hold in Stockton.
I look forward to reading your comments and learning from your ideas. Thanks!
-- Steve
