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Building a Movement
Sidedoor
English - June 21, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsSociety & Culture exhibits air and space american history zoo natural history megan detrie museum exhibit sidedoor history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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America has a long history of clustering heavy industry and toxic facilities in communities where people of color live. But in the 1980s, a series of events sparked a movement to fight back against these environmental injustices. We trace the history of the environmental justice movement from the farmlands of North Carolina to a watershed moment in the nation's capital.
Guests:
Vernice Miller Travis, environmental justice pioneer; Executive Vice President, Metro Group
Rachel Seidman, curator at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum
Charles Lee, a founder of the environmental justice movement; senior policy advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights