SOCIAL JUSTICE BLOG
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Impact Fund Grants Support Indigenous Rights, Students’ Civil Rights, and Environmental Justice
During the Impact Fund’s winter and spring grantmaking cycles, we granted a total of $315,000 to support impact litigation brought by communities challenging systemic injustice across a wide range of issue areas. Our new grantees are doing incredible work across North America to advance Indigenous land rights, protect transgender students, challenge segregation in public schools, advocate for climate action, and more. We are so excited to be able to support these important cases.
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BIG ISLAND [MEGA] DAIRY DUMPS ON LOCAL COMMUNITY
The reality is that Big Island Dairy produces local pollution: lots and lots of it. The cows at Big Island Dairy produce a lot more than milk. Due to its size and confinement of animals, the Dairy generates millions of gallons of animal urine and feces that, if not properly handled and treated, become a significant public health and environmental risk.
No one knows those risks better than the community of Ookala, whose residents reside just downhill from the Dairy’s operations.