{"id":3620,"date":"2023-02-20T02:39:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2023-02-20T02:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T07:55:15","slug":"naacp-statement-on-east-palestine-and-surrounding-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/uncategorized\/naacp-statement-on-east-palestine-and-surrounding-communities","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Statement on East Palestine and Surrounding Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3620\" class=\"elementor elementor-3620\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00759ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00759ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d23d9f1\" data-id=\"d23d9f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f55d3d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f55d3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NAACP Statement on East Palestine and Surrounding Communities<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff16f2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff16f2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1412e4c\" data-id=\"1412e4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca88747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca88747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The NAACP Ohio State Conference and Center for Environmental and Climate Justice continue to have concerns for community members who live in and near East Palestine who are impacted by the train disaster due to the derailment in their communities.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>While we have yet to see the long-term impacts of run-off and water and air contamination, we know that it is important for federal and state authorities to dedicate resources to address environmental concerns in these communities. The communities most impacted by the hazardous waste from the derailment are low-income as well as communities of Black and other people of color.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The NAACP calls on state and federal officials to prioritize communities, water and air quality testing, and building out safety fixes for trains that carry hazardous material. The Trump Administration rolled back the Obama-era safety requirement on electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, which may have contributed to the derailment. However, Black and other communities of color will continue to suffer disproportionate health impacts and harm when there is not a national focus on environmental safety and water and air quality testing and regulations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAACP Statement on East Palestine and Surrounding Communities The NAACP Ohio State Conference and Center for Environmental and Climate Justice continue to have concerns for community members who live in and near East Palestine who are impacted by the train disaster due to the derailment in their communities. \u00a0 While we have yet to see&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/uncategorized\/naacp-statement-on-east-palestine-and-surrounding-communities\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NAACP Statement on East Palestine and Surrounding Communities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/climate-justice-e1676878868653.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3639,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/3639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohnaacp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}