Ms. Margaret Gordon

Ms. Margaret Gordon

Co-Founder of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

Ms. Margaret Gordon is the co-founder of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project. Ms. Gordon is a third-generation resident of West Oakland, whose family still lives in the neighborhood. In the spirit of Oakland’s long and proud history of citizen activism, she has worked to mobilize her community and protect its health from the effects of freight transportation. She formed WOEIP in 2002, which has successfully advocated for the health of portside communities and to empower community residents to take charge of their own health. WOEIP has conducted traffic and air quality studies to measure the effects of freight movement, recruiting local residents to help track truck movements and monitor air quality. In 2008, Ms. Gordon was selected for a four-year term as a Port Commissioner. She has also been a part of state and federal EPA efforts to study goods movement, improve air quality and promote environmental justice.

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