CivicSpark
The year CivicSpark program started.
What is 2014?
This person loves reading and once read 54 books in one year.
Who is Anne?
This bill directs 25% of proceeds from GGRF to benefit disadvantaged communities AND 10% to low-income communities.
What is SB530?
A discriminatory practice in which housing loans are denied to applicants deemed “high risk” based on neighborhood wealth and racial demographics.
What is redlining?
The city that takes pride in not having zoning regulations.
What is Houston, Texas?
This is the maximum number of hours Fellows can log towards club participation, leadership roles, and outside training.
What is 60 hours?
This person has 40+ fishes and a turtle.
Who is Jesus?
This piece of California legislation was created to address air pollution impacts in communities most affected or also known as environmental justice communities.
What is AB617?
The environmental justice movement was started by individuals, primarily people of color, who sought to address the inequity of environmental protection in their communities. This movement of the 1960s sounded the alarm about the public health dangers for their families, their communities and themselves.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This person is attributed to the theory Intersectionality and the concept of Intersectional identities.
Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?
These are the five CivicSpark Regional Coordinators.
Who are Anne, Skylar, Daniel, Leila, and Paulina?
This person recently sprained their ankle from ice skating.
Who is Lizzy?
This bill requires cities and counties to adopt an Environmental Justice element, or integrate EJ-related policies, objectives, and goals throughout other elements of their General Plan.
What is SB1000?
This person is considered the “Father of Environmental Justice.”
Who is Robert Bullard?
The founder of Intersectional Environmentalist.
Who is Leah Thomas?
These are the four CivicSpark Service Days.
What is MLK Jr. Day, Americorps Week, Cesar Chavez Day, and Floating Service Day?
This person ran a half marathon in Yosemite National park.
Who is Katarina?
The bill created the Transformative Climate Communities program, which issues competitive grants to eligible entities to help develop “transformative” climate community plans.
What is AB2722?
This strike advocated for fair pay and better working conditions for Memphis garbage workers. It was the first time African Americans mobilized a national, broad-based group to oppose environmental injustices.
What is the Memphis Sanitation Strike?
The coalition that came together after the event of Hurricane Harvey to address future flood mitigation and management through an equity framework.
What is the Coalition for Environment, Equity, and Resilience?