{"id":13622,"date":"2021-04-18T22:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T02:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=13622"},"modified":"2021-04-18T22:08:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T02:08:45","slug":"green-needham-adopts-nuaris-racial-equity-statement-for-the-town-of-needham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/green-needham-adopts-nuaris-racial-equity-statement-for-the-town-of-needham\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Needham adopts NUARI&#8217;s Racial Equity Statement for the Town of Needham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Green Needham Collaborative is proud to join the Select Board and other government and non-government entities in Needham in adopting the Racial Equity Statement for the Town of Needham created by Needham Unite Against Racism Initiative (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.needhamma.gov\/4942\/NUARI---Needham-Unite-Against-Racism-Ini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NUARI<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NUARI-Unite-Against-Racism.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NUARI-Unite-Against-Racism.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"175\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NUARI-Unite-Against-Racism.png 200w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NUARI-Unite-Against-Racism-150x131.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Green Needham pledges to work towards making Needham a more inclusive community, and to ensure that its actions contribute to a just, equitable, and antiracist community.  <\/p>\n<p>Green Needham recognizes that communities of color often suffer disproportionate health and economic impacts of climate change and fossil fuel dependence. <\/p>\n<p>Green Needham sees environmental justice considerations as central to developing a sustainable economy that addresses climate change as a systemic and existential risk by rapidly moving toward net zero greenhouse gas emissions.  Green Needham therefore believes that by applying an environmental justice lens to our work building a more sustainable community we will also help build a more just community.  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NUARI 2\/8\/21 Draft Vision Statement &#8211; Adopted by the Green Needham Steering Committee, <b>February 28th, 2021<\/b><\/li>\n<li>NUARI 3\/22\/21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/documents\/2021\/04\/a-racial-equity-statement-for-the-town-of-needham.pdf\">Racial Equity Statement for the Town of Needham<\/a> &#8211; Adopted by the Green Needham Steering Committee, <b>March 31, 2021<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Needham Collaborative is proud to join the Select Board and other government and non-government entities in Needham in adopting the Racial Equity Statement for the Town of Needham created by Needham Unite Against Racism Initiative (NUARI). 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