Howard Students Redefine the Sustainability Movement w/ Rachel Clark of Waves of Change HBCU
While environmental racism disproportionately impacts Black and brown communities, we are also the same people who are excluded from conversations on how to save our planet and create more sustainable communities.
Rachel Clark is working to change that narrative through her organization Waves of Change HBCU, Inc. which started on the campus of Howard University. Through community service events and education, she aims to position HBCU students and institutions as the leading voices in the fight to end environmental racism and address climate change.
Rachel joins Kési Felton, founder of Better to Speak and fellow Howard Bison, to discuss environmental justice and how Waves of Change HBCU is working to address it with HBCU students leading the way.
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Sources and Additional Information:
COVER ART: The EPA chose this county for a toxic dump because its residents were ‘few, black, and poor’
What is environmental racism? | World Economic Forum
Race is the biggest indicator in the US of whether you live near toxic waste | QZ
10 egregious examples of environmental racism in the US | Insider
The Former Prisoners Fighting California’s Wildfires | The Marshall Project
What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common | Vox
Early findings grim on the health of Flint kids after water crisis | CBS News
Easing fires not as simple as climate change vs. forest work | AP News
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