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Real-time air quality for Houston's environmental justice communities. Current citywide AQI: 85 (Moderate) as of Feb 22, 2026. Sources: aqicn.org, TCEQ, Air Alliance Houston, NRDC.

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Live bayou water levels from USGS stream gauges across Houston. Gage heights update every 15 minutes. Data is critical during heavy rain — know your nearest bayou.

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Key indicators from the Kinder Institute 2025 State of Housing, 45th Houston Area Survey, Census ACS, and Good Reason Houston. Real data on affordability, climate risk, and economic mobility.

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Study Targeted Universalism

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This short listen introduces the idea of Targeted Universalism. It explains how a shared goal can guide a community while different groups may need different steps to reach it. You’ll hear simple examples and ways to start practicing the idea in everyday work.

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Agents of Change in Environmental Justice

Most environmental policies are shaped without the voices of communities most impacted. Agents of Change shifts that balance by empowering underrepresented scholars to lead in media, science, and policymaking—redefining power, participation, and truth in public health and environmental spaces.

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Hope, Imagination, and Remaking the World A Journal for Pondering and Practicing

In a moment of deep cultural and personal reflection, writer and activist adrienne maree brown invites us into The Hope Portal — a moving audio and written journal hosted by On Being. This series is an intimate exploration of grief, possibility, imagination, and transformation. Through poetic insight and grounded wisdom, adrienne guides listeners into deeper questions about what it means to hope, heal, and build a more loving world — together.

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