If that view i correct, then
it ppears that those problems
are likely to get worse more
and more Blac fall below the
federal poverty line which i
$13,924 for a family of four
and $6,932 for a ingle person.
The Census Bureau report
released I t week, bowed
that 32.7 percent of Blac
live in poverty compared to
only 10.7 percent ofwhi . In
ab 01 ute numbers ap
proximately 9.8 million
Blacks are poor. Particularly
ominous for the future is the
fact that 40 percent of all
Black children are growing up
in poverty.
Black head of
Social Security
re Ign
WASHINGTON, DC"':'"
Gwendolyn King, the first
Black head of Social Security
_ Administration resigned last
Mek. She had be1d the post '
since 1989. King is expected
to become senior vice presi
dent for community affairs at
Philadelphia Electric.
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"We will not let President Bush
tip toe through the South that
he and President Reagan
. have so conveniently
poisoned," says Pat Bryant.
come under fire for:
Allowing poi onous industri to
locate and hazardous wa tes to be
disproportionately located in people
of color communitie ; and
For having different cleanup
tand r�s for people of color
communitie th n for white
communities.
get cleanup job .
The EPA communication plan
wa recently attac ed by several
Congressional leaders led by Henry
Waxm� (D-Ca) and by national and
local community organizations.
The groups charges that the EPA
i currently operating a public
relations program it call the
"Environmental Equity Program",
that involves regional meetings,
THEDEMAND GREWoutof
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"Our communities became
acrifice zon to discard military
w te, by-products of the U.S./Soviet
univeri itie to beware of arms race, said Angel Brown, of
disingenuous EPA efforts tOchcaply Louisburg, North C rolin'
buy middle cl diagna is of raci t Leadership Initiative Project. "Now
and poverty ituations," tatement it i time for th peace dividend. ow
read that was presented to the EPA. it i time to create n tional
Through the mi u e of � job /environnment I cleanup
African-American educational program that will put America hac
institutions the EPA is trying to to work and make our communities
change the perception that the EPA are again.
cooperate with indu trie th t Anationalenvironmentalclcanup
poison our communities, raiber than must be funded, and e propose that
change what the EPA does, the it be financed from reduction of the
statement continued. pentagon budget
The Southern Organizing
Committee for Economic and Social
Justice i coordi�ting the grassroo
leaders and is hosting a conference on
environmental justice December 4-6
in New Orleans, La.
Persons wanting more
information on the EPA demands or
the December 4-6 conference hould
contact: Southern Organizing
Committee For Economic and Social
Justice (SOC), P.O. Box 10518,
Atlanta, Ga. 30310, (404) 622-4991.
THE LFADERS CAlLED for
immediate action at all EPA
superfund sites in people of color
communi ties where research
findings recently released by the
National Law Journal indicate the
EPA more leniently deals with
industries that poison racial and
ethnic minorities than white
communi ties. Besides cleanup in
minority communities, the network
also demanded cleanup of poor
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