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ORGANIZATIONS
Alternatives
for Community and Environment (ACE)
2343 Washington Street, 2nd Floor
Roxbury, MA 02119
Telephone: (617) 442-3343
Fax: (617) 442-2425
info@ace-ej.org
http://www.ace-ej.org
Bethel
New Life
Bethel New Life, Incorporated
4950 West Thomas
Chicago, IL 60651
Telephone: (773) 473-7870
Fax: (773) 473-7871
agordon@bethelnewlife.org
http://www.bethelnewlife.org
The Brookings
Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 797-6000
Fax: (202) 797-6004
brookinfo@brook.edu
http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/es/urban/
Building
Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
2065 Kittredge Street, Suite E
Berkeley, CA 94704
Telephone: (510) 649-1930
Fax: (510) 649-0627
bossmail@self-sufficiency.org
http://www.self-sufficiency.org
The Bus
Riders Union (BRU)
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Telephone: (213) 387-2800
Fax: (213) 387-3500
busridersunion@mindspring.com
http://www.busridersunion.org
Center
for Community Change (CCC)
1000 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: (202) 342-0567
Fax: (202) 333-5462
info@communitychange.org
http://www.communitychange.org/default.asp
Center
for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
2125 W. North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
Telephone: (773) 278-4800
Fax: (773) 278-3840
info@cnt.org
http://www.cnt.org
Civil
Rights Project
Harvard University
125 Mount Auburn Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 496-6367
Fax: (617) 495-5210
crp@harvard.edu
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu
Conservation
Law Foundation (CLF)
62 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110-1016
Telephone: (617) 350-0990
Fax: (617) 350-4030
issues@clf.org
http://www.clf.org
Deep
South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ)
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive 45b
New Orleans, LA 70125
Telephone: (504) 304-3324
Fax: (504) 304-3329
dscej@aol.com
http://www.xula.edu/dscej
Detroiters
Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ)
12101 Mack Service Drive
Detroit, MI 48215
Telephone: (313) 821-1064
Fax: (313) 821-1072
http://www.members.aol.com/dwdwej
Environmental
Justice Resource Center (EJRC)
Clark Atlanta University
223 James P. Brawley Drive, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
Telephone: (404) 880-6911
Fax: (404) 880-6909
ejrc@cau.edu
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu
Institute
of Transportation Studies (ITS)
University of California Berkeley
109 McLaughlin Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1720
Telephone: (510) 642-3585
Fax: (510) 642-1246
its@its.berkeley.edu
http://www.its.berkeley.edu/index.html
Labor/Community
Strategy Center (LCSC)
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Telephone: (213) 387-2800
Fax: (213) 387-3500
laborctr@igc.org
http://www.thestrategycenter.org
The Latino
Issues Forum (LIF)
785 Market Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: (415) 284-7220
Fax: (415) 284-7222
lifcentral@lif.org
http://www.lif.org
Metropolitan
Atlanta Transportation Equity Coalition (MATEC)
PO Box 42350
Atlanta, GA 30311
Telephone: (404) 755-2294
Fax: (404) 755-0575
matecatlanta@yahoo.com
Montgomery
Transportation Coalition (MTC)
600 S. Court Street, Room 200
Montgomery, AL 36105
Phone: (334) 717-5464
Fax: (334) 244-3718
reclaimingthedream@envirocitizen.com
http://www.motranco.org
National
Neighborhood Coalition (NNC)
1030 15th Street, NW, Suite 325
Washington, DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 408-8553
Fax: (202) 408-8551
nncnnc@erols.com
http://www.neighborhoodcoalition.org
New York
Environmental Justice Alliance (NYCEJA)
115 West 30th Street, Suite 709
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 239-8882
Fax: (212) 239-2838
info.nyceja@nyceja.org
http://www.nyceja.org
People
Organizing to Demand Environmental Rights (PODER!)
474 Valencia Street, Suite 125
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: (415) 431-4210
Fax: (415) 431-8525
poder@igc.org
People
United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO)
1920 Park Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94606
Telephone: (510) 452-2010
Fax: (510) 452-2017
info@peopleunited.org
http://www.peopleunited.org
Rutgers
Voorhees Transportation Institute
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 5th Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Telephone: (732) 932-6812, ext. 700
Fax: (732) 932-3714
cdanku@rci.rutgers.edu
http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/tpi
Save
Our Valley (SOV)
5218 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98118
Telephone: (206) 721-9898
info@saveourvalley.org
http://www.saveourvalley.org
Sierra
Club
85 Second Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
Phone: (415) 977-5500
Fax: (415) 977-5799
information@sierraclub.org
http://www.sierraclub.org
Smart
Growth America (SGA)
1100 17th Street NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 715-2035
Fax: (202) 466-2247
sga@smartgrowthamerica.org
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org
Southern
Resource Center
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
61 Forsyth Street, SW, Suite 17T26
Atlanta, GA 30303
Telephone: (404) 562-3574
Fax: (404) 562-3700
hrcso.fhwa@fhwa.dot.gov
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/resourcecenters/southern
Sprawl
Watch Clearinghouse
1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 225
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 332-7000
Fax: (202) 265-0182
allison@sprawlwatch.org
http://www.sprawlwatch.org
Surface
Transportation Policy Project (STPP)
1100 17th Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 466-2636
Fax: (202) 466-2247
stpp@transact.org
http://www.transact.org
Transit
Riders League of Metropolitan Baltimore (TRLMB)
A Project of Citizens Planning and Housing Association
218 W. Saratoga, 5th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Telephone: (410) 539-1369 x244
Fax: (410) 625-7895
carolineh@cphabaltimore.org
http://www.transitriders.org
Transportation
and Land Use Coalition (TALC, formerly BATLUC)
414 13th Street, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 740-3150
Fax: (510) 740-3131
info@transcoalition.org
http://www.transcoalition.org
Urban
Habitat Program (UHP)
436 14th Street, Suite 1205
Oakland, CA 94612-2723
Telephone: (510) 839-9510
Fax: (510) 839-9610
info@urbanhabitat.org
http://www.urbanhabitat.org
Victoria
Transportation Policy Institute (VTPI)
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Telephone and Fax (250) 360-1560
info@vtpi.org
http://www.vtpi.org
West
Harlem Environmental Action (WHE ACT)
271 W. 125th Street, Suite 308
New York, NY 10027-4424
Telephone: (212) 961-1000
Fax: (212) 961-1015
Berlinda@weact.org
http://www.weact.org
VIDEOS
Bus Riders
Union Film
86 min. The Labor/Community Strategy Center (2000).
A new documentary by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler that
traces three years in the life of the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union as it forges
a powerful multiracial movement to fight transit racism, clean up LA’s
lethal auto pollution, and win billion-dollar victories for real mass transit
for the masses.
contact:
The Labor/Community Strategy Center
3780 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Telephone: (213) 387-2800
Fax: (213) 387-3500
laborctr@igc.org
http://www.thestrategycenter.org
Divided
City: The Route to Racism
22 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (2000).
An excerpt from the ABC News Nightline show, in which the death of Cynthia
Wiggins from Buffalo, New York, is discussed. Ms. Wiggins was killed by a dumptruck
while crossing a seven-lane highway to get to her job at the Walden Galleria
Mall. The mall’s operators and planners were charged with racism because
the bus route that served inner-city residents was prevented from stopping at
the shopping mall.
contact:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
PO Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
Telephone: (800) 257-5126 or (609) 275-1400
Fax: (609) 275-3767
custserv@films.com
http://www.films.com
Divided
Highways
85 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (1997).
About the interstate highway system, and combines archival material, newsreels,
and interviews to describe the impact of what has been called the world’s
largest public works project. The video shows how the interstate affects our
community, culture, regionalism, and freedom. The highway system has altered
our sense of space, fueled our megaeconomy, knifed into the hearts of thriving
city neighborhoods, and changed the lives of millions of people over the forty
years it took to build.
contact:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
PO Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
Telephone: (800) 257-5126 or (609) 275-1400
Fax: (609) 275-3767
custserv@films.com
http://www.films.com
Fat of
the Land
60 min. Great Lakes Television Consortium (2001).
The second hour of the Sprawling of America video (see below). This video
examines the economics behind suburban sprawl, studies the quality of life in
today’s American suburbs, and searches the country for innovative solutions
to the loss of farmland and reckless third-ring suburban development.
contact:
Great Lakes Television Consortium
5000 LSA Building
500 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Telephone: (734) 764-9210
Fax: (734) 647-3488
gltv@michiganradio.org
Just
Transportation
45 min. Clark Atlanta University: EJRC-CAU Television (1996).
Includes highlights from the 1995 Atlanta, Georgia conference entitled “Environmental
Justice and Transportation: Building Model Partnerships Conference.” The
Atlanta conference brought together grassroots organizers, civil rights activists,
local, state, tribal, and federal transportation planners, public officials,
legal experts, and academics to discuss strategies for building livable and
just communities. Transportation issues in people of color communities are explored
and shot on location in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Harlem
(New York City), and Washington, DC.
contact:
Environmental Justice Resource Center
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA 30314
Telephone: (404) 880-6911
Fax: (404) 880-6909
ejrc@cau.edu
http://www.ejrc.cau.edu
Paving
the American Dream: Southern Cities Shores & Sprawl
55 min. University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC (2001).
A documentary of what led to the explosive growth along the southeastern seaboard.
In 1960, 8 million people lived along the coast. That number is expected to
reach nearly 23 million by the year 2015—a staggering 188 percent increase.
Inland areas also suffer from unmanaged growth. Issues such as traffic congestion,
air and water pollution, disappearing farms, forests, and coastline all lead
to a declining quality of life and environment.
contact:
UNCW Division of University Advancement
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403
Telephone: (910) 962-2650
cowanb@uncwil.edu
http://www.uncwil.edu/smartgrowth
Sprawl:
Inner Cities and Outer Suburbs
60 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (2001).
To at least one resident of the fictional city of Metropolis, a new outer suburb
being planned for pristine farmland sounds like the American Dream come true.
His brother, also a Metropolite but an advocate of smart growth, sees it as
a nightmare. Moderated by Harvard Law School’s Arthur Miller, this Fred
Friendly seminar seeks to understand the housing situation facing the United
States—a burgeoning nation that creates more than 1.5 million new households
per year.
contact:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
PO Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
Telephone: (800) 257-5126 or (609) 275-1400
Fax: (609) 275-3767
custserv@films.com
http://www.films.com
The Sprawling
of America
60 min. Great Lakes Television Consortium (2001).
Provides a comprehensive examination of the devastating social, economic, and
environmental impacts of sprawl on urban and rural communities. This video documents
how America grew from cities to suburbs, how the movement changed society, and
how suburban communities are now reevaluating their quality of life.
contact:
Great Lakes Television Consortium
5000 LSA Building
500 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Telephone: (734) 764-9210
Fax: (734) 647-3488
gltv@michiganradio.org
Taken
for a Ride
52 min. New Day Films (1997).
Jim Klein and Martha Olson provide an overview of the tragic story of a secret
auto/oil industry campaign, led by General Motors, to buy and dismantle America’s
streetcars. Across the nation, tracks were torn up and buses took their place.
The highway lobby then pushed through Congress an urban freeway system, which
increased auto dependence and elicited opposition. Seventeen city freeways were
stopped by citizens who would become the leading edge of a new environmental
movement. This video provides a revealing history of our cities in the twentieth
century that is also a meditation on corporate power, citizen protest, and the
social and environmental implications of transportation.
contact:
New Day Films
22 D Hollywood Avenue
Hohokus, NJ 07423
Telephone: (888)-367-9154
Fax: (201) 652-1973
orders@newday.com
Tango 73: A Bus Rider’s Diary
28 min. New Day Films (1998).
A documentary film by Gabriela Quiros that illustrates the importance of public
transportation. The documentary uncovers the social rituals of bus riders who
travel the number 73 busline along the east shore of the San Francisco Bay Area.
contact:
New Day Films
22 D Hollywood Avenue
Hohokus, NJ 07423
Telephone: (888)-367-9154
Fax: (201) 652-1973
orders@newday.com
Transportation: A History
53 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (1999).
Over thousands of years, we have traveled by foot, horseback, carriage, and
sailing ship. The advent of steamships, trains, automobiles, and airplanes has
changed the way we get around in society. In this video, historians, researchers,
and transportation officials examine the revolutionary impact of modern transportation
on society and on the environment, where pollution is effecting all of us.
contact:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
PO Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
Telephone: (800) 257-5126 or (609) 275-1400
Fax: (609) 275-3767
custserv@films.com
http://www.films.com
Understanding Urban Sprawl
47 min. Films for the Humanities and Sciences (1998).
Dr. David Suzuki examines the social, economic, and environmental implications
of “sprawl,” and low-density development that spreads out from the
edges of cities and towns. For decades, suburban housing has carried the promise
of paradise, but the need for continuous infrastructure development and the
intensification of sprawl-related ecological issues, which are eroding health
and quality of life, are making the true impact of suburbia painfully clear
in the areas surrounding Los Angeles, Mexico City, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
However, Portland, Oregon, has become a model of what can be accomplished when
administrators, businesses, and residents commit themselves to slowing sprawl
and reestablishing the amenities that make for a happy and healthy community.
contact:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
PO Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053
Telephone: (800) 257-5126 or (609) 275-1400
Fax: (609) 275-3767
custserv@films.com
http://www.films.com
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