{"id":3627,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/3627\/8-black-environmentalists-need-know\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T05:05:00","slug":"8-black-environmentalists-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/8-black-environmentalists-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Black Environmentalists You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

8 inspiring leaders in the environmental movement who are igniting lasting change in their communities and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We cannot talk about environmental justice without addressing racial justice. Throughout history, communities of color have been disproportionally impacted by climate change and access to environmental resources, pollution, toxic soil and water, the list goes on and on. The fight against institutionalized oppression is becoming more important than ever.\u00a0 Here are just a few environmental heroes and their organizations who are fighting back against these systems, having an incredible impact not only in their local communities but across the U.S.<\/p>\n

1. Savonala \u201cSavi\u201d Horne <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Horne is the Executive Director of the<\/span> Land Loss Prevention Project<\/span><\/a>, an organization that works to stop land loss in African-American communities throughout North Carolina. She leads an organization that provides assistance to all financially distressed and limited resource farmers and landowners through the use of litigation, public policy, and promoting sustainable agriculture and environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/lite-youtube>\n

2. Chantel Johnson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What started as a whim and grew into a multifaceted organization, \u00a0Chantel Johnson founded \u00a0<\/span>Off Grid in Color<\/span><\/a> (OGIC) in 2016 to help lead her community, to greater self-sufficiency through farm raised food, birth coaching, and community outreach.\u00a0 Johnson’s experience with living off the grid is something she feels is important to share with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Tanya Fields<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n

In 2009, Fields founded the Black Feminist Project<\/a> (formerly the BLK Projek),\u00a0because she saw far too many women unable to rise out of poverty and sustain their families. As the Executive Director, her mission is to\u00a0help address food justice and economic development by harnessing the local, good food movement and creating small business and career opportunities for underserved women and youth of color.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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