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Saturday, 29 December 2012 21:20

It’s An Honor to Be Profiled in Everyday Heroes Book

Cover of Everyday Heroes

Two years ago, photographer Paul Mobley and author and editor Katrina Fried set out to find fifty Americans who had made it their business to improve the lives of others. The result is Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time from Welcome Books (2012).

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5/13/2013 "Racism and Class are Alive and Deadly: US Public Policies Create Environmental Injustice," Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Truthout.

4/23/2013 "Environmental Justice Soldiers on Without a King, Queen, or Major Dollars," Bentin Mock, Colorlines.

3/24/2013 "Within mainstream environmental groups, diversity is lacking," Darryl Fears, Washington Post.

3/15/2013 "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Houston Activists Say New Recycling System is Not the Way to Go," Vanessa Pina, Houston Press.

3/14/2013 "Will EPA's 'Environmental Justice' Outlast Lisa Jackson?," Brentin Mock, ColorLines.

2/25/2013 "Robert Bullard, father of environmental justice, speaks at UT in ESI lecture," Miles Hutson, The Daily Texan.

2/21/2013 "Father of environmental justice movement to speak at UT," Asher Price, Austin American-Statesman.

2/19/2013 "Interview - The Environmental Justice Leader: Robert Bullard," Matha van Gelder, Green American Magazine, January/February.

12/28/2012 "Urban Living Legend," Katti Gray, Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

8/22/2012 "Truth to Power," Ted Genoways, Onearth Magazine, Fall.

8/20/2012 "Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Icon," Aswad Walker, Defender Network.

7/27/2012 "EPA: Agency Creates Mapping Tool Aimed at Identifying 'Environmental Justice' Hot Spots," John McArdle, Greenwire.

6/13/2012 "Old King Coal: Welcome to Uniontown, Living Amid Industrial Slop," Tom Zeller, Jr., Huffington Post.

5/1/2012 "In Their Backyards: Robert D. Bullard on the Politics of Where We Put our Trash," Rebekah Cowell, The Sun Magazine, Issue 437.

3/14/2012 "Everybody's Movement: Environmental Justice Across New England," The Journal of the Conservation Law Foundation, No. 1, Winter.

12/08/2011 "Poster Child" for Environmental Racism Finds Justice in Dickson, TN, Al Huang, NRDC Switchboard.

11/18/2011 Dr. Robert D. Bullard: Justice for Our Children, Marcia G. Yerman, Huffington Post.

11/17/2011 Dr. Robert D. Bullard: Justice for Our Children , Marcia G. Yerman, Moms' Clean Air Force.

11/1/2011 Dr. Robert Bullard: The Environment "Must Not Be Compromised" Brentin Mock, Loop21.

10/20/2011 Bullard: Health Equality is Key Component of Environmental Justice, Furman University NewsPress.

10/17/2011 Barbara Jordan Mickey-Leland School of Public Affairs (SPA) Welcomes New Dean, Michael O. Adams, Texas Southern University Barbara Jordan Institute Blog.

7/7/2011 Environmental Justice Advocates Hail EPA Rule Providing More Oversight of Hazardous Waste Recycling John McCardle, The New York Times.

6/3/2011 EPA proposal would reduce harmful emissions by Hank Johnson and Robert D. Bullard, Crossroadsnews.com.

5/26/2011 Communities of Color, Poverty Bear Burden of Air Pollution by Earthjustice, Press Release, CommonDreams.org.

5/2/2011 Hot Zones Summit Challenges Environmental Injustice by Ed Kang, Environmental Factor, NIEHS News

4/11/2011 New APHA Book Examines Racial Equity, Environmental Health by Teddi Dineley Johnson, The Nation’s Health, APHA

2/28/2011 Dr. Robert Bullard Speaks on Rebuilding After Katrina by Carolyn Boyce, Cuyahoga Community College (West Campus), The Voice

2/13/2011 Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, race and inequality by Andrea Bernstein and Nancy Solomon, with Laura Yuen and Casey Miller, Transportation Nation, WNYC

2/1/2011 Egypt Protests; Environmental Justice, Black History; Rap Prodigy by staff, The Michael Eric Dyson Show

1/21/2011 How to Keep America Moving by Laura Barrett, Honolulu Civil Beat

11/21/2010 Environmental justice issues take center stage by Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post

9/28/2010 The Gulf Oil Spill: An Environmental Justice Disaster by Julie Weiss, Tolerance

9/29/2010 Environmental Justice Comes Back to Life by Emily Badger for Miller-McCune

9/22/2010 Administration vows to advance Environmental Justice by Melanie Eversley, USA Today

8/21/2010 Stories of Survival in the Post-Katrina Gulf by Brentin Mock, The Root

8/16/2010 Waste from BP Oil Spill Cleanup Has Gulf Residents Near Landfills Concerned by Krissah Thompson for Washington Post

8/4/2010 Here’s Where BP is Dumping Its Oil Spill Waste by ColorLines

8/4/2010 Where’s All That Oil Pill Going? by the Press Register staff

8/3/2010 Environmental Justice Concerns in the Gulf Coast by Maya Roy, The Race Equity Project

8/3/2010 BP’s Dumping Oil-Spill Waste in Communities of Color, Study Finds by Michelle Chen, ColorLines

6/23/2010 The United State of Transportation Inequity by Laura Barrett for the Huffington Post

6/17/2010 Seeking Environmental Justice in the Gulf, Brentin Mock for The Root

5/20/2010 Environmental Justice Discussed at U.S.-Brazil Meeting on Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial Discrimination (JAPER), EPA International Programs

5/4/2010 Siting Nukes in a Poor Black Town, If Black President Does It, Is It Still Environmental Racism? by Bruce Dixon, The Huffington Post

5/3/2010 Obama’s Nuclear Energy Proposal Sparks Debate Among Black Environmentalists by Eboni Farmer, Black Voices News

4/22/2010, Greening Black America: Environmentalists to Watch, Cynthia Gordy, Brentin Mock & Regina R. Robertson, Essence Magazine

1/10/2010 Hurricane Propels Jackson’s justice Quest at EPA by Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press

12/3/2009 EPA Drops Rule Allowing Hazardous Waste to Be Burned as Fuel (ENS)

11/18/2009 EPA Keeping Close Eye on Louisiana, New Chief Lisa Jackson Says in N.O. by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

7/22/2009 EPA Vows to Examine Hazardous Waste on Poor Communities by Amy Littlefield, Los Angeles Times

12/22/2008 Will Environmental Justice Finally Get Its Due? by Brentin Mock, The American Prospect

8/25/2008 Newsweek Names Robert Bullard One of Environmental Leaders of the Century, Newsweek

4/1/2008 Job Trails by Kelly Virella, The Chicago Reporter

3/10/2008 Water Contamination Suite Filed Against Dickson County, Tennessee by ENS

11/29/2007 For Landfill’s Neighbor, 35 Years is Enough by Taylor Sisk, The Carrboro Citizen

11/15/2007 Patterns Emerge on Race and Environment by Taylor Sisk for The Carrboro Citizen

11/8/2007 The Grassroots of Environmental Justice by Taylor Sisk, The Carrboro Citizen

11/1/2007 Toxins Threaten to Uproot Entire Town by Mark Weisenmiller, IPS

10/19/2007 Environmental Justice for All by Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, Co-op America Quarterly Fall 2007

9/9/2007 The World’s A Dirty Place When You Are Poor by Diane Roberts, St. Petersburg Times

9/6/2007 EPA Smog Proposal Sparks Debate Over Environmental Justice by Daniel Cusick Greenwire

8/2/2007 HBCU Experts Call on Congress to Assist Minority Communities Near Toxic Waste Sites by Charles Dervarics, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

7/25/2007 Robert D. Bullard testifies at the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health first-ever environmental justice hearing on Oversight of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Programs, Washington, DC

7/17/2007 Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White by CNN

7/1/2007 Fight for Environmental Justice, NAACP, Crisis Magazine

5/9/2007 Study: Mostly Minorities Live Hazardous Waste by Mike Dunne, The Advocate

5/3/2007 Leaders of African American, Hispanic, and Religious Groups Take Global Warming to Capitol Hill, Rosanne Skirble, Voice of America News,

4/25/2007 Justice Delayed by Curt Guyette, Metro Times

4/24/2007 Environmental Justice Stalled, Report Finds by Cindy Skrzycki, Washington Post

4/12/2007 State Has Most Minorities Near Toxic Facilities by Janet Wilson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

3/20/2007 A Well of Pain by Lynne Duke, Washington Post

2/3/2007 Disaster's Consequences: Hurricane's legacy includes arsenic by Aimee Cunningham, Science News Online

1/18/2007 Study: Children living near Houston Ship Channel have greater cancer risk by Cindy Horswell, Houston Chronicle

12/5/2006 Activists use research to win pollution battles by Charisse Jones, USA Today

10/2/2006 Poisoned on Eno Road by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

4/6/2006 Toxic Tour: Father of Environmental Comes to the Old Pueblo City by Victoria Harben, Tucson Weekly

3/14/2006 Justice in Time: Meet Robert Bullard, the father of environmental justice by Gregory Dicum, Grist

10/3/2005 Signs of Environmental Hazards Dampen Katrina Homecoming by Michelle Chen for The New Standard

9/16/2005 New Orleans’s Dispossessed Reach for Cohesion and Clout by Jonathan Tilove, Newhouse News Service

9/8/2005 Race to the Bottom Slow Katrina Evacuation Fits Pattern of Injustice During Crisis, by Lisa Featherstone, Grist

9/2/2005 Gulf 's Toxic Stew Adds to Crisis for Black Residents, by Mary M. Chapman, BET News Report

6/3/2005 Bianca Jagger, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Dr. Robert Bullard Speak at UN World Environment Day Event by Forbes.com

3/23/2011 Interview of Robert D. Bullard, Is Nuclear Energy the Best Alternative, NPR, Tell Me More Show.

2/13/2011 An interview of Robert D. Bullard, Back of the Bus: Race, Mass Transit and Inequality, National Public Radio (NPR).

2/1/2011 Interview of Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Environmental Justice, Black History, The Michael Eric Dyson Show

2/19/2010 Odette Yousef interviews Robert D. Bullard, WABE Radio, State of Black Atlanta Summit Paints Bleak Picture.

10/27/2007 Steve Curwood interviews Robert D. Bullard, “Post-Katrina Injustice,” NPR, Living on Earth

9/29/2006 Jeff Young, NPR Living on Earth, “EPA Watchdog,” an interview with Robert D. Bullard.

5/2/2006 Ed Gordon interviews Robert D. Bullard, “Report Faults Post-Katrina Cleanup,” NPR, News & Notes with Ed Gordon.

3/8/2011 Enviro Speaker: A Prominent American Scholar Says Native Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands May Want to Study the Plight of American Poor Following the B-P Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina,” CKWS Television, Kingston, ON (2:00 min.)

12/15/2010 Robert D. Bullard presenting at the White House Forum on Environmental Justice Washington, DC.

10/22/2010 Robert D. Bullard gives Convocation address at Carleton College, Northfield, MN Quicktime Video (33:47 MB).

10/04/2010 Robert D. Bullard gives lecture, The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution, at the Human Rights: Reframing the Public Health Agenda Symposium, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI (16.22 min.)

5/3/2010 Interview with Robert D. Bullard for American Makeover Episode 1: Sprawlanta, a film (9:48 min.)

6/17/2009 Bullard Final, Transportation Justice, Strategy Center Capitol Hill Briefing (6:09 min)

5/25/2009 3/8/2011 Enviro Speaker: A Prominent American Scholar Says Native Communities in Canada’s Oil Sands May Want to Study the Plight of American Poor Following the B-P Oil Spill and Hurricane Katrina,” CKWS Television, Kingston, ON (2:00 min.)

5/25/2009 Bullard – Environmental Justice, The Praxis Project (3:51 min.)

2/7/2008 Video of Robert D. Bullard giving The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights lecture at UC Santa Barbara (52. Min.)

8/6/2008 Dr. Robert D. Bullard presents Achieving Livable Communities and Environmental Justice Martin Luther King, Jr. lecture at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC. (1:45 min.)

1/8/2008 Conversation: Dr. Robert Bullard, The Grand Rapids Community College GRCC Behavioral Science, interviewed by Dr. Michael Vargo (29:49 min.)

11/29/2007 Tour Spotlights Effects of Water Contamination on Dickson Family , Channel 5 News, Nashville, TN (2:24 min.)

7/17/2007 Bullard: Green Issue is Black and White “People You Should Know” (1:49 min.)

2/3/2007 Energy and Transportation, Lecture Series (1:49 min.)

2/3/2007 Bullard: Converging on Health, Lecture Series (0:53 min.)

10/24/2005 Environmental Justice Professor Robert BullardOn How Race Affected the Federal Government’s Response to Katrina, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now (16:30 min.)

4/4/2002 Robert Bullard Visits Dartmouth, Environmental Justice for All Lecture, Environmental Studies Program. Dartmouth University, Video Clips (7.9 MB).

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