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• Environmental Justice in the US - Recap

  In this episode, I reflect on the wisdom, insights, and lessons learned that Kim Wasserman, Hilton Kelley, and Diane Wilson shared throughout the season. I examine the different topics and themes that all three speakers bring to try and understand the journeys they take in effecting change. I explore a range of topics including connection to place, community empowerment, the role of government, civil disobedience, the role of law and litigation, and sacrifice zones. For more information about the speakers, see the links below: Kim Wasserman - http://www.lvejo.org/ Hilton Kelley - https://www.cidainc.org/ Diane Wilson - https://dianewilsonactivist.org/ Thank you as well to the Goldman Environmental Prize - https://www.goldmanprize.org/ For more content, check out my substack at: https://podcastzero.substack.com/ Thoughts? Suggestions? [email protected]

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• Environmental Justice in the US - Part 3

  Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation shrimper, former boat captain, author, and mother of five. She has launched environmental campaigns, demonstrations, hunger strikes, and climbed towers in the fight against local industrial polluters that make her rural Texas Gulf Coast community one of the most polluted in the country. She joins to discuss her connection to the San Antonio Bay Estuary, her fight against contamination in her community, the power of civil disobedience, and her successful $50m lawsuit against Formosa Plastics. Diane was the Goldman Environmental Prize recipient in 2023. For more content, check out my substack at: https://podcastzero.substack.com/ Thoughts? Suggestions? [email protected]

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• Environmental Justice in the US - Part 2

  Hilton Kelley is Executive Director and Founder of Community In-Power and Development Association (CIDA). CIDA is located in Port Arthur, TX and works to challenge the environmental violations of the petrochemical plants that loom over the community he calls home. He joins to discuss the health impacts the community faces, the willful negligence of local and state regulators, the role of air pollution monitoring, and the vision he has for his community. Hilton was the Goldman Prize winner in 2011 and has received Presidential recognition for his achievements. For more content, check out my substack at: https://podcastzero.substack.com/ Thoughts? Suggestions? [email protected]

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• Environmental Justice in the US - Part 1

  Kim Wasserman is the Executive Director of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), where she has worked since 1998. She joins to discuss her ten year campaign to close two local power plants, the importance of working together with various communities to effect change, and the intergenerational nature of community organizing. Kim was the recipient of the Goldman Prize for North America in 2013. For more content, check out my substack at: https://podcastzero.substack.com/ Thoughts? Suggestions? [email protected]

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• S4: Prof. Youba Sokona

  Prof. Youba Sokona has over 40 years of experience addressing energy, environment, and sustainable development in Africa. He is currently Special Advisor for the Sustainable Development at South Centre, was Inaugural Coordinator of the African Climate Policy Centre, and Executive Secretary of the Sahara and the Sahel Observatory. He is currently Vice Chair of the IPCC. Youba joins to discuss sustainable and climate resilient development, and energy development in Africa.

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