From the placement of landfills to the impacts of extreme weather events, it is apparent that climate change and other environmental issues disproportionately and unjustly affect communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, worsening existing health disparities and overall wellness and wealth-building. We challenge our sustainability network to educate ourselves on the importance of climate justice and environmental justice and how we can all further these movements.
Topic: KTSE Summer Youth Equity Dinner #1: What's Tea? Description: During this virtual conversation, youth leaders from around the southeast will give their 'reports from the field' about what they have seen and experienced in the wake of COVID-19. What does their community look like? What equity issues have been exacerbated by the pandemic? What … Continue Reading →
Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice is a series of online conversations, featuring guest speakers on a range of topics, and launched by a short play. Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice will take place one Sunday a month from 5 to 7:00 PM EST through September. Please join us on August 16, as we talk frankly about … Continue Reading →
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley region on August 27th at 1:30 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may … Continue Reading →
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Houston on September 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch it … Continue Reading →
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in New Mexico on September 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Los Angeles on September 15th at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →
