Rob Sassor
@rrsassor
Principal @ Water’s Edge Strategy. Change agent working across systems, policy, practice, culture and narrative.
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http://www.watersedgestrategy.com 25-01-2011 16:16:32
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Climate change is an intersectional issue. Watch National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy explain why:
"Those most impacted by climate change and structural inequity are best placed to implement equitable climate solutions,” says Dr. Elizabeth Sawin. Thank you, Beth, for ever-centering #climatejustice in #climate media wired.com/story/so-jeff-…
#Respect for Vernice Miller-Travis (Vernice Miller-Travis) and Beverly Wright for their roles building and leading the #environmentaljustice movement. Today's WashPo piece likely scratches the surface of your legacies. I am glad to see you recognized all the same. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Communities of color have been at the forefront of the environmental justice movement for over 40 years. Metropolitan Group’s Vernice Miller-Travis Vernice Miller-Travis, helped shape the pivotal First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in 1991.
Great new piece by Paul J. Angelo 👏
Join us on 9/29 at 12pm-1:30pm ET for an expert panel on shifting the narrative of climate, racial justice and health equity. Hosted by Metropolitan Group, our panel includes Vernice Miller-Travis, @EJ_toxicdoc, shadiin garcia, Jacqui Patterson & Surili Sutaria Patel (she/her). Register here: metgroup.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
1. If you want to know about the times and misdeeds of John Audubon, John Muir, their contemporaries and friends, read, "Environmentalism's Racist History," a 2015 long read by Jedediah Purdy in the The New Yorker. It's enlightening. newyorker.com/news/news-desk…