Ernesto's+Field+Sites


 * Field Sites**

Interviews among community members and stakeholders in the following communities:
 * South Los Angeles
 * areas in Compton, Carson, Wilmington, and El Segundo
 * Watts and South Central
 * East Los Angeles
 * Boyle Heights, Pico Rivera

Possible Organizations/Entities to Interview
 * Youth Justice Coalition ( http://www.youth4justice.org/)
 * youth-led grassroots organization that addresses topics of social justice, including environmental and food justice
 * South Coast Air Quality Management District
 * Have an Environmental Justice Committee that discusses on these issues in SoCal ( http://www.aqmd.gov/gb_comit/EJ_advisory/ejag.htm)
 * Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles
 * One of the first grassroots organizations in LA to discuss topics of environmental justice (ccscla.org)
 * CRPE- Center on Race, Poverty, & the Environment (http://www.crpe-ej.org/)
 * litigating group on behalf of minority and low-income communities that experience a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards in California

Local Leaders to Interview
 * Mark Ridley-Thomas
 * LA County Board of Supervisors, 2nd District
 * Cynthia McClain-Hill
 * Leading attorney on environmental law in SoCal and California
 * Micah Ali
 * rising candidate for California's 64th Assembly District, current head of the Environmental Justice Committee within the SCAQMD