Beyond Translation

EPA Region 6 has a great program called Beyond Translation. This program strives to engage the Latino community on EJ issues in a proactive way. Too often, Environmental Justice is done by reviewing census tracts and putting together reports. That is not true Environmental Justice outreach. Outreach means going into the disadvantaged communities and talking to people in their own language whatever that may be. Beyond Translation, led by Paula Flores-Gregg, do much more than translate materials into Spanish and do collateral drops. I'm hoping that this program will catch on in the other EPA regions throughout the US.