Lonnie Portis was featured in an Inside Climate News article on the status of environmental justice in the city ahead of the mayoral election, focusing on the City’s overreliance on federal funding and general underfunding of environmental and climate justice initiatives as well as discussing some of our work on issues like extreme heat.
Lonnie was also quoted in an El Diario story about the Green, Healthy Schools Report (PDF) released by the Climate Works for All coalition, which WE ACT is a part of. “To ensure our city has a healthy and vibrant future, we must invest today in the health and well-being of our children, and in particular, in the schools that allow them to grow and develop during their most formative years. The Green and Healthy Schools initiative will fulfill this obligation to future generations by providing a healthy and sustainable learning environment and prioritizing schools in environmental justice communities, where children are already disproportionately exposed to air pollution and other environmental hazards.”
Mae Kennedy was quoted in a Cosmetics Design USA article on the news that Washington has become the first state to adopt a comprehensive ban on all formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in cosmetics, noting that the “ban will give all consumers access to safer cosmetics while also addressing the poor health outcomes faced especially by Black women as a result of racist, Eurocentric beauty standards that encourage chemical hair straightening.”
