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The difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective
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What do you think is the biggest difference between the ocean perspective and the land perspective?
Beck, Nyah E. | Winter 2023 EiJ Annotations
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How has Comite Civico Del Valle evolved, and what changes have been made to respond to emerging issues or new challenges?
What are Comite Civico Del Valle's most significant accomplishments in its work towards environmental justice and community health?
Beck, Nyah E. | Winter 2023 EiJ Annotations
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The CCV advances justice and good governance by advocating for and promoting environmental justice, health equity, and civic engagement in disadvantaged communities. The organization works diligently to empower community members through education and training curricula like, the Promotoras and the Environmental Health Leadership Summit to inform and educate active participants in decision-making processes affecting their lives. By partnering with researchers from universities and government agencies, the CCV also conducts research to identify and further support evidence that environmental health disparities disproportionately impact low-income and minority communities.
Beck, Nyah E. | Winter 2023 EiJ Annotations
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CCV has been covered in a variety of local and national news outlets, including newspapers, television programs, and online media. Coverage is primarily positive, highlighting the organization’s accomplishments and impact, although sometimes it is harmful and focuses on internal and external conflicts or controversies.
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Comite Civico del Valle functions within the environmental justice sector and as a non-profit organization.
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The CCV has been involved in various partnerships and collaborations with other environmental justice organizations and academic and government agencies to advocate for policies and programs that promote environmental justice and public health. Notably, the CCV works with Identifying Violations Affecting Neighborhoods (IVAN) Community Air Monitoring Network, Salton Sea Community, Outreach, Education and Engagement (COEE), Allies In Reducing Emissions (AIRE) Collaborative among others, including CASA Familiar, CCEJN, The LEAP Institute, and CFASE. Collaborative work is essential to CCV’s mission to promote community-based solutions instead of perpetuating environmental injustice and health disparities, including the fossil fuel industry and discriminatory land use policies.
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Given the nature of environmental justice work, it is likely that this organization finds it challenging to address these issues related to environmental justice, public health, and education because of the systemic inequalities, lack of resources, and opposition from other stakeholders like corporate institutions with wealth and political power who prioritize profit over social and environmental justice.
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CCV does not claim to have a unique way of addressing problems. Still, the organization’s approach o environmental justice through community engagement and education can be considered different from traditional methods of advocacy that often include technological solutions or top-down decision-making. CCV emphasizes education and views the root causes of environmental injustices as social and political rather than technical or economic. The involvement of local communities is viewed as a critical component of addressing environmental justice issues within the organization.