Heather Toney, former mayor of Greenville, Mississippi and national field director for Moms Clean Air Force wrote this in a powerful piece in The New York Times.
"Despite stereotypes of a lack of interest in environmental issues among African-Americans, black women, particularly Southern black women, are no strangers to environmental activism. Many of us live in communities with polluted air and water, work in industries from housekeeping to hairdressing where we are surrounded by toxic chemicals and have limited food options that are often impacted by pesticides.
Environmentalism, in other words, is a black issue."
Are you working on climate change in your community?
If yes, please email me at jocelyn@blackher.us. We'd like to do more to highlight Black women leading this life-saving movement.
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