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Jalonne White-Newsome went from being an intern at Dow Chemical to a leading voice in the environmental justice movement.

Jalonne White-Newsome went from being a Dow Chemical devotee to a leading injustice advocate

Donors secure $100M to benefit minorities on climate change | 2022-04-06 00:02:23

A group of financial donors committed to racial equity plans to announce that it has secured at least $100 million annually to benefit minority groups that are disproportionately harmed by extreme weather events

Many majority-Black neighborhoods in New Orleans offer a glimpse of the new normal of climate change impacts.

Pledge drive urges funding for racially diverse climate efforts Smoke billows from a Marathon Petroleum refinery near a neighborhood in southwest Detroit. (Romain Blanquart / Detroit Free Press) By Kat Stafford DETROIT —  Ashindi Maxton was distraught as she toured neighborhoods in Detroit’s 48217 ZIP Code and met residents who live in one of the most polluted communities in Michigan. They live against the backdrop of heavy industrial sites that have long been a major concern in...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... DETROIT — Ashindi Maxton was distraught as she toured neighborhoods in Detroit’s 48217 ZIP code and met residents who live in one of the most polluted communities in Michigan. They live against the backdrop of heavy industrial sites that have long been a major concern in the nation’s largest Bl...

Kat Stafford Ashindi Maxton, co-founder of the Donors of Color Network, poses for The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Baltimore. The philanthropic group dedicated to pushing for racial equity in funding environmental projects nationwide, launched a pledge drive challenging the nation’s top climate funders to shift 30% of their donations toward environmental efforts led by Black, Indigenous and other people of color. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) February...

2021/02/04 21:13 Ashindi Maxton, co-founder of the Donors of Color Network, poses for The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Baltimore. The philanthropic gr... Ashindi Maxton, co-founder of the Donors of Color Network, poses for The Associated Press, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Baltimore. The philanthropic group dedicated to pushing for racial equity in funding environmental projects nationwide, launched a pledge drive challenging the nation’s top clima...