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When community groups struggle with environmental crisis response

Our neighborhood group found out about the chemical plant leak six months ago and we're all scared but we keep having these meetings where we just get angry at each other instead of figuring out what to actually do, and I think some families are considering moving while others can't afford to.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared trauma creates the need for collective action, but fear fragments the very solidarity required to address the threat.

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“Where Are You with Environmental health — toxins and exposures?”

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