A letter from Executive Director Judy Robinson:
Dear friends and colleagues,
On this 20th year of Coming Clean, I am recollecting some of the markers of our collaborative’s history.
Our story starts in 2001, when, out of a desire to force the chemical industry to “come clean,” dozens of environmental health, occupational safety, and environmental justice groups organized viewings of Trade Secrets: A Bill Moyers Report. This groundbreaking documentary exposed the shocking proof of global chemical industry collusion to hide the deadly effects of PVC production. Over the next few years, we built up our organizing practice and linked chemicals exposure to pollution, health effects, pesticides, and fossil fuels.... [Read the full letter]
We all stand on the shoulders of those who have gone on before us. This memoriam list includes not only Coming Clean members who have passed away, but also those in the broader movement whose names have been lifted up by our members by either submitting them directly, honoring them on the listserv, or bringing their memory forward on an all members call. We know there are others, we welcome you to add their names. They are members, mentors, movement leaders, and individuals whose memory we honor in the work we do.
At the top of this page you will find photo slides for this memoriam, photos have either been submitted or pulled from our archive.
If you would like to add a name to lift up, or submit a photo for the honorarium: submit those here.
We'd be nothing without our members!
Throughout 2022 we have been highlighting some of the many incredible organizations that make up Coming Clean. Watch the spotlight interview videos below or click on the name of any organization listed below to visit their full spotlight page.
Spotlight: Coming Clean and the Environmental Justice Health Alliance
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Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
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Alaska Community Action on Toxics
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Clean Power Lake County
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Clean Production Action
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Women’s Voices for the Earth
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Farmworker Association of Florida
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Agricultura Cooperative Network
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Rubbertown Emergency ACTion
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Natural Resources Defense Council
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