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Inaugural Frontline Community Fellows Imagine a New Economy, Build Community Learning Cohort

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Coming to Seattle as an immigrant from South America in 2001, she got involved as a parent of two teenagers in Seattle Public Schools and became a community organizer advocating for closing the academic gap for children of color.

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Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told.

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Chevron Newsrooms Begin in South America In launching the Standard, Chevron followed a path the fossil fuel giant had first forged thousands of miles to the south. Chevron had acquired Texaco in 2001, which was responsible for the oil extraction.) Chevron’s legal battle spread to other nations, including the U.S.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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To this day, a book published in 2001 and co-written by Cole with Georgetown law professor Sheila Foster titled, From the Ground Up , is considered a treatise for the type of environmental justice work he practiced and taught. Around the same time, Cole noticed someone going through the papers in his recycling bin outside his home.

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