Kim Thompson-Gaddy, Co-Chair of the North Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance and mother of three asthmatic children, discusses why she advocated creating a coalition to address the unhealthy air quality in the neighborhoods surrounding the ports of Newark, New Jersey. Kim states that this environmental health injustice is killing their communities. These remarks were given at DMI's Marketplace of Ideas event "Improving the Air and Job Quality at Our Nation's Ports" on October 14, 2008 at The Harvard Club in New York City.
