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Episode 2: John “Planetwalker” Francis – Where Movements Meet​ with a Black Environmentalist

In this episode, Dr. John Francis discusses the power of listening and the need to ground ourselves in our shared humanities as a precursor to any type of advocacy whether within the Environmental Movement or the Environmental Justice Movement. His is an outlook of hope, optimism, and spiritual resonance with the natural world. We hope you come away from this inspired by both the peace and the power that comes from existing in deep root with Mother Earth.

Episode 3: Carol Browner – Reshaping Federal Policy with a Clinton-Era Environmental Justice Champion

In this episode, former EPA Administrator Carol Browner hones in on the importance of considering cumulative impacts in environmental policy and ensuring environmental justice communities not only have a spot at the table but are front and center both in conversations about the pollution in their neighborhoods as well as regarding the looming impacts of the climate crisis. Hers is an outlook that instills hope and emphasizes the responsibility we all have, regardless of our proximity to the White House, in holding our institutions accountable and using our voices and our votes to push toward equitable, sustainable futures.

Episode 4: Young, Gifted, & Green/BM4F – Memphis Food Justice with Gen Z Changemakers

In this episode, we sit with Schanaque Watson, Aramis Jones, and Terrence Brown, three Gen Z organizers with Black Millennials 4 Flint/Young, Gifted, and Green’s Memphis Chapter to share their personal journeys into the movement and to expand on the work they’re doing to bring healthy food and education to Memphis. Theirs is an inspiring dive into the multifaceted and multi-generational nature of environmental justice work; it cannot stop with a single issue or pollutant but must spread to the co-existing systems that leave many environmental justice communities without adequate infrastructure.