Lois Marie Gibbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 5396347 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lois Marie Gibbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lois Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibbs |
| SIGNATURE | GIBBS L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Health Justice |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Love Canal
Citizen Activism for Environmental Health
The year 2003 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Love Canal crisis, when more than 900 working-class families were relocated away from a leaking toxic waste dump and the nation awoke to the hazards of toxic chemicals in our environment. This grassroots effort demonstrated how ordinary citizens obtained power through community organizing and succeeded against great odds. The events at Love Canal sparked a new social justice movement. While …
Love Canal
The young housewife who organized the residents of the Love Canal neighborhood to publicize their plight and protest to state and federal officials updates the struggle to persuade government officials to act
Risk assessments from a community perspective
Chemical Alert
Citizen Activism for Environmental Health
The year 2003 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Love Canal crisis, when more than 900 working-class families were relocated away from a leaking toxic waste dump and the nation awoke to the hazards of toxic chemicals in our environment. This grassroots effort demonstrated how ordinary citizens obtained power through community organizing and succeeded against great odds. The events at Love Canal sparked a new social justice movement. While …
Chemical Alert
Risk assessments from a community perspective
Love Canal
The young housewife who organized the residents of the Love Canal neighborhood to publicize their plight and protest to state and federal officials updates the struggle to persuade government officials to act
Citizen Activism for Environmental Health
The year 2003 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Love Canal crisis, when more than 900 working-class families were relocated away from a leaking toxic waste dump and the nation awoke to the hazards of toxic chemicals in our environment. This grassroots effort demonstrated how ordinary citizens obtained power through community organizing and succeeded against great odds. The events at Love Canal sparked a new social justice movement. While …
Love Canal
Aspect de l'environnnement (2 works) · Chemical industry (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Environmental effects (2 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (2 works) · Environmental Pollution (2 works) · Hazardous waste sites (2 works) · History (2 works) · Industrial Waste (2 works) · Law (2 works)