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12022-07-25T21:35:19+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491983 General Accounting Office Conducts Study (Environmental Justice)1Prompted by the 1982 Warren County sit-in, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) conducted the study: Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation with Racial and Economic Status of Surrounding Communities (PDF). This study is said to have "galvanized the environmental justice movement and provided empirical support for the claims for environmental racism." GAO found that three out of four hazardous waste landfills examined were located in communities where African Americans made up at least twenty-six percent of the population, and whose family incomes were below the poverty level. This study used 1980 Census data.media/121648.pdfplain2022-07-25T21:35:19+00:001983Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 5.17.26 PM_thumb.png2023-03-23T00:18:11+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491987 LA River Encampment1“By the 1980s, the homelessness situation was a crisis. Skid Row was full, and [those experiencing homelessness] were living throughout the city, with people and families living under freeways, by the beach, and along the Los Angeles River’s 51 miles. Due to the surge in the population, LA County and City took desperate measures, opening City Hall as a temporary housing site, and signing an emergency agreement for a temporary “urban campground” for hundreds in need. This campground was on 12 acres of land lining the LA River and approximately 2,600 people looked to this camp for housing solutions. Unfortunately, this riverside camp was deemed unsuccessful and closed months later.”media/Screen Shot 2023-03-22 at 5.17.26 PM.pngplain2023-03-23T00:18:11+00:001987Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/History of Unitarianism 1981_thumb.jpg2022-01-26T21:46:52+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491981 History of Unitarianism2A vaulted ceiling entrance located at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles. Sponsored by the First Unitarian Church at 8th and Vermontmedia/History of Unitarianism 1981.jpgplain2022-01-26T22:53:13+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Screen Shot 2022-10-07 at 2.56.29 PM_thumb.png2022-10-07T21:57:14+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491982 Koreatown sign unveiled2The 1965 Immigration Act ended various exclusionary immigration policies. It also set up a system of preference that favored skilled workers and the families of American citizens. This landmark piece of legislation facilitated massive new waves of Asian migration. New communities arose, such as Los Angeles’ Koreatown, and the Sikh community in Yuba City, whose temple is pictured here. As Asian migrants with more capital arrived, “suburban Chinatowns” such as Monterey Park grew.media/Screen Shot 2022-10-07 at 2.56.29 PM.pngplain2023-08-26T00:59:49+00:001982Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49