Climate Justice Now – Black Communities on the Frontline
Advancing Climate Justice
Black communities have long been on the frontlines of the climate crisis — from living near polluting industries to facing the devastating effects of hurricanes, floods, and toxic infrastructure. Yet, our voices are often left out of the solutions.
This webinar will bring together grassroots leaders, policy experts, and community advocates to spotlight the environmental challenges facing Black neighborhoods — and how we fight back. Through dialogue, shared lived experiences, and bold calls for policy change, this session will equip attendees with tools to advance climate justice at every level.
Save Your Spot
Join us as we hear from the Director of "Free to Ride" to understand ways to build local change as well as from environmental and climate justice pioneers who helped shape the movement we see today.
We will also hear from one of the nation's pioneers on environmental justice, co-author of "Toxic Waste and Race", and Co-Founder of WeACT for Environmental Justice. This will be an opportunity to learn more about local actions you can take to make polluters pay and how to fight back against this Administration.
Meet Our Speakers
Jamaal Bell
Director of Free to Ride, Creative Strategy Manager at the Kettering Foundation
Vernice Miller - Travis
Executive Vice President of the Metropolitan group, Cofounder, WeACT for Environmental Justice, and Contributing Author of the Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States" research report
Abre’ Conner, Esq.
NAACP Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Justice
Free to Ride: The Documentary
Apply for the Grant
The NAACP is launching its NAACP Climate in Color: Reframing our Future Short Film Grant! This exciting grant will allow a winning filmmaker to produce a short film addressing environmental climate justice issues impacting Black communities that highlights some innovation for the future.
Make Polluters Pay
When floods destroy homes and wildfires burn communities, someone always pays. These natural disasters are happening more frequently and severely due to global warming, and global warming has gotten worse because of the overuse of fossil fuels.
The only question is whether everyday Americans or corporations that causing the crisis pay while pocketing trillions.
Toxic Wastes and Race in the U.S.
Take your knowledge about toxic wastes and race further. This report documents the presence of hazardous wastes in racial and ethnic communities throughout the United States.