Acknowledgments

• Author: Barry E. Hill
• Pages: 13-14

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Acknowledgments

I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the Environmental Justice Movement activists, advocates, and

scholars who have inspired my keen interest and work in this area.

I am deeply indebted to the various authors and publishers who have granted me permission to repro-

duce excerpts of their work in this textbook/handbook.

Special recognition must be given to my colleagues on the A merican Bar Association’s (ABA’s) Stand-

ing Committee on Environmental Law—particularly, Dinah Bear, Hope Babcock, David Baker, Tommy

Wells, and Elissa L ichtenstein. We made history. rough our eorts, in 1993, the ABA became the rst

mainstream organization in the United States to recogniz e and seek to address the issue of environmental

justice. e resolution on environmental justice that was unanimously adopted by the House of Delegates

became ocial policy of the ABA. Since then, the ABA has embarked on a myriad of progressive initiatives

such as identif ying lawyers, law school clinics, and legal ser vices organizations nationwide who agreed to

provide pro bono legal services to community-based organizations; a nd conducting 50-state sur veys to

identify what states are doing with respect to addressing the issue through legislation, regulations, a nd

policies, as well as supplemental environmental projects that address the environmental and public health

concerns of communities.

I am indebted to the talented team of attorneys and other professionals that comprised the District of

Columbia Bar Association’s Coalition on Environmental Justice —notably, Fran Dubrowski and Leslie

Turner. rough our eorts, in 1995, the D.C. Bar became the rst state bar association in the country to

pass an environmental justice resolution and to embark on a number of groundbreaking initiatives to seek

to address the issue of environmental justice in the nation’s capital.

I gratefully acknowledge the help and encouragement of the team at the Environmental Law Institute—

specically, Scott Schang, Rachel Jean-Baptiste, a nd Bill Straub—for their eorts, support, and advice in

publishing this textbook/handbook.

My sincere appreciation is extended to my sister, Sherry Yvonne Hill, whose expert typing skills and

patience contributed immensely to the successful completion of this book.

Finally, I am grateful to my beloved family and dear friends who helped me more than t hey could ever

imagine as I spent countless hours researching and writing in the lonely connes of my study. W hen I

would emerge periodically, they were always there. ank you all.

Be Well; Be Balanced; and Be Happy!!!

Barry E. Hi ll