Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint

ETM Flint grows diverse environmental justice leaders and just relationships to secure a healthy, sustainable future by and for Flint residents.

[Debbie Chizewer @dmchiz]

Must read. ⁦@FlintRising⁩ ⁦@ETMFlint⁩ ⁦@GLELC⁩ ⁦@risestjames⁩ ⁦@Earthjustice⁩ ⁦@TulaneLaw⁩ #civilrights #environmentaljustice https://t.co/CAwUMZapY8

[Earthjustice @Earthjustice]

Community groups in Flint challenged the permit for an asphalt plant that'll operate less than 1,600 ft from public housing & predominantly Black neighborhoods. But after 10 months of negotiations, @EPA backed away from its Title VI investigation. It's part of a worrying trend 🧵

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

2/2 “‘With the EPA’s permission, EGLE just washed their hands of us so they can continue serving their real constituents, the corporations.’”

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

1/2 “‘I’m outraged, we all are,’ @nayyirahshariff, director of @FlintRising, said…‘Our community invested substantial time and resources into building trust with EPA and EGLE and they squandered it.” https://t.co/BNqfhii7uu

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

“Climate Resilient Flint, a coalition of Kettering U, Neighborhood Engagement Hub, ETM Flint, Genesee Conservation District & the M.A.D.E. Institute, is offering $4K grants for neighborhood grps 2 revitalize vacant lots w/ an eye toward climate resiliency.”https://t.co/a0NVy3L85A

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

“The price of MI’s asphalt should not be more cancer, asthma, & respiratory illnesses in a community that can least afford to deal with it. EGLE ought to be ashamed for prioritizing industry profits over our right to breathe clean air.” -Mona Munroe-Younis https://t.co/EsDgepbGDQ

[Debbie Chizewer @dmchiz]

Yes! @EPAMichaelRegan Communities x the Midwest need air monitors ASAP to protect public health. Did you know MI permitted an asphalt plant in Flint based on data from monitors that were 50-100 miles away? Not okay. @Earthjustice @ETMFlint @MichiganUnited @GLELC

[Greg Rybarczyk @GregRybarczyk]

Super excited to host Mona Munroe-Younis, Executive Director for @ETMFlint and @UMFlint alumnus, speak about her #sustainabilityplanning and #EJ work in #Flint. The free webinar is tomorrow at 12:00 EST Register here: https://t.co/z3arKasJNp @umflintored #urbanplanning #health

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

"Flint has a real opportunity to turn Buick City into a place that serves environmental justice—putting Flint on the map for...manufacturing solar panels or electric vehicles, while minimizing env. impacts on surrounding neighborhoods." -Mona Munroe-Younis https://t.co/7EX9TSbTJV

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

“[Reverend Edward Pinkney] and environmental groups have called for the state to distribute bottled water until all the lead service lines [in Benton Harbor] are removed.” https://t.co/wUs3AflJRP

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

“Thank you for the early Xmas ‘gift,’ Governor, MI “EGLE” Dir., Genesee Township Zoning, & Ajax CEO…[It] will bring & keep on giving air pollutants, toxins & odors to the surrounding low-income predominately Black community as it operates in yrs to come.” https://t.co/vGR0lUJg1w

[Michigan Poor People's Campaign @MichiganPPC]

“We’re all saying with one united face that this plant should not be located here… Putting it here is active environmental racism[.]” – Mona Munroe-Younis, @ETMFlint
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[Kathryn Savoie @kathryn_savoie]

Give to #EnvironmentalJustice groups!

Support these amazing groups in Michigan working for environmental justice: @weareMEJC @WeThePeopleDet
@ETMFlint
@EMEAC
@UrbanCoreGR

[Kathryn Savoie @kathryn_savoie]

Yeah, we need to "fix the damn roads." But we can't do that by adding to #EnvironmentalInjustice in already overburdened communities. Asphalt plants should not be located in or near residential areas. Not in #Flint and not in #Detroit!
@weareMEJC
@ETMFlint
@nayyirahshariff

[Kayla Ruble @RubleKB]

ICYMI- Hundreds of Flint kids, already suffering from the water crisis and sky high asthma rates,are about to get a new neighbor: a hot mix asphalt plant &the air pollution that comes with it

“This plant should not be located here…Putting it here is active environmental racism”

[Debbie Chizewer @dmchiz]

“We stand in solidarity with Flint Rising, the Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint, and Earthjustice in opposing  the permitting of this plant.” Thanks for supporting @ETMFlint @GLELC @FlintRising @MichiganUnited St.Francis Prayer Center and others in this fight.

[AFGE Local 704 @704afge]

.@704afge stands in solidarity @ETMFlint @FlintRising @GLELC ⁦@MichiganUnited⁩ @Earthjustice⁩ in opposing this air permit for the Ajax Asphalt plant in #Flint! #EnvironmentalJustice https://t.co/E5lMOVhyxQ https://t.co/fBQmQhwvZj

[Michigan Poor People's Campaign @MichiganPPC]

Today at 5pm ET, join the Coalition to Stop the Ajax Asphalt Plant for a Virtual Vigil. Flint residents, artists, clergy, will unite against a proposed asphalt plant located near a Flint neighborhood. Flint deserves clean air. https://t.co/scPe4qswUi #StopAJAX #NotAnotherBurden

[U-M SEAS @UMSEAS]

EVENT ALERT! RSVP FOR LINK by 11/5! BIPOC #EnvironmentalJustice Panel on Wed 11/10 from 2 - 3:30 pm. Hear #UMSEAS grads share experiences working for #EJ across a wide array of job sectors including grassroots, gov., DEI, academia, policy, & nonprofits. https://t.co/yVRXahs9aG

[Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint @ETMFlint]

Thanks to all who came out today! We got EGLE to delay the permit decision until Nov. 15, and we will keep fighting! #StopAjax

[MLive @MLive]

‘Death to profit over people:’ Flint residents hold mock funeral in Lansing to oppose proposed asphalt plant https://t.co/aCQsLYEbuC