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Social Justice
NYPIRG works to achieve social justice in our communities and our society. Our
Homeless and Hunger Campaign is a service project dedicated
to bettering the lives of New York's homeless and needy through direct
volunteering, political pressure and educational projects. NYPIRG is
putting pressure on Governor Pataki and the State Legislature to increase
New York State's minimum wage, currently
set at the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour.
NYPIRG's environmental programs also include an environmental justice
component: the Clean Air Campaign
battles environmental racism by working to stop the construction of
polluting power plants in already over-burdened minority and lower income
communities. NYPIRG is also fighting to pass legislation to help save
the thousands of children who are
lead poisoned each year in New York City. Over 90% of the
children in New York City who are lead poisoned - which causes irreversible
brain damage - are African-American, Latino or Asian, and most are members
of low-income households.
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