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 Profiles of Community Leaders:
"My involvement in the Environmental Justice movement is about establishing networks and developing the next generation of Urban Environmental Leaders because neighborhoods and populations are being disproportionately exposed to multitudes of harmful substances at school, home, work and community. These are largely urban communities of color, low income and immigrants. The unhealthy environmental conditions that African Americans and minorities live in on a daily basis is an environmental injustice and it must be stopped! "In January of 2001, I became an environmental justice organizer and I have a responsibility to educate and develop the next generation of Urban Voices, who will fight the “good fight” and remove the injustices from our urban communities, one neighborhood at a time. We have one earth and we all must do our part to be better stewards of our land." 
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"The plight of
people of color and poor people has always been a concern
of mine. Before I reached my teens I understood that racism
in any form was wrong and I also understood that I must
be active if I wanted to see an end to racism. Racism will
end when there is equal justice under the law for all of
us. Environmental injustice is particularly disturbing
to me when we consider that the earth is a precious gift
for all of us. We must do all that we can to care for the
land we walk on, the water we drink and the air we breathe;
simply put, we must care for the environment. |
"As a mother of three, member of First Baptist Church
of Nutley and youngest of seven siblings, I have always lived
my life with a belief that 'If it was going to Be,
It is up to Me' and with this I live my life confronting
environmental and social injustices to make communities and
life better for African Americans.