At Black Women for Wellness, our Environmental Justice team has been fighting for years to end oil drilling across Los Angeles. We are part of a coalition called STAND-LA (Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling), where we work with other community groups to protect the health and safety of Angelenos harmed by urban oil extraction.
Who We Are
At Black Women for Wellness, our Environmental Justice team has been fighting for years to end oil drilling across Los Angeles.
We are part of a coalition called STAND-LA (Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling), where we work with other community groups to protect the health and safety of Angelenos harmed by urban oil extraction.
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Big News
People power secured a victory over Big Oil! Big Oil spent $61 million on deceitful efforts to repeal a statewide law protecting neighborhoods from toxic drilling – but due to the advocacy of BWW’s Action Project and other community groups, they withdrew their referendum in defeat. Read more here.
Locally, LA City and LA County voted to phase out oil drilling! BWW and STAND-LA organized thousands of residents like you to make this win possible, and are now working to ensure that oil sites are cleaned up in line with community needs.
Big News
People power secured a victory over Big Oil! Big Oil spent $61 million on deceitful efforts to repeal a statewide law protecting neighborhoods from toxic drilling – but due to the advocacy of BWW’s Action Project and other community groups, they withdrew their referendum in defeat. Read more here.
Locally, LA City and LA County voted to phase out oil drilling! BWW and STAND-LA organized thousands of residents like you to make this win possible, and are now working to ensure that oil sites are cleaned up in line with community needs.
Background
The Problem:
There are over 7,000 active and idle oil wells across LA County, and the Inglewood Oil Field in South LA is the largest urban oil field in the nation. These wells are mostly located in low-income Black and Latine communities. Learn more.
The Harm:
Scientific studies – and accounts from local residents – show that chemicals emitted from oil extraction cause negative health impacts, including reproductive harms. Learn more.
To read more about BWW’s work to phase out oil drilling, check out our informational handout!
Background
The Problem:
There are over 7,000 active and idle oil wells across LA County, and the Inglewood Oil Field in South LA is the largest urban oil field in the nation. These wells are mostly located in low-income Black and Latine communities. Learn more.
The Harm:
Scientific studies – and accounts from local residents – show that chemicals emitted from oil extraction cause negative health impacts, including reproductive harms. Learn more.
To read more about BWW’s work to phase out oil drilling, check out our informational handout!
This is a Reproductive Justice issue:
BWW is a reproductive justice organization so everything we do is centered in this framework.
Reproductive justice requires environmental justice – everyone should be able to exist in safe & healthy neighborhoods, especially children and birthing people.
Toxic oil drilling operations in Los Angeles can harm birth outcomes and reproductive health.
The right to self-determination and bodily autonomy mean that birthing people should have agency over their lives and the lives of their families. Nobody consented to toxic neighborhood oil drilling!
This is a Reproductive Justice issue:
BWW is a reproductive justice organization so everything we do is centered in this framework.
Reproductive justice requires environmental justice – everyone should be able to exist in safe & healthy neighborhoods, especially children and birthing people.
Toxic oil drilling operations in Los Angeles can harm birth outcomes and reproductive health.
The right to self-determination and bodily autonomy mean that birthing people should have agency over their lives and the lives of their families. Noone consented to toxic neighborhood oil drilling!