Lane Community College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. event was held online this year via Zoom, with keynote speaker Dr. Robert Bullard, who is known as the “father of environmental justice.” The event, hosted by Dr. Lamont A. Francies, coincided with King’s birthday on Jan. 15.
Francies is an educator and the senior pastor at Delta Bay Church of Christ in Antioch, California. The Zoom event was held to discuss environmental racism, and how it affects minority communities disproportionately. Bullard has been working and researching environmental justice since 1979, and is the nation’s leading researcher on the subject.
The event opened with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” considered the “Black national anthem.”
Champions of the Earth 2020 award winners Published: - Jan 12, 2021
This award from the UN Program for the Environment seeks to raise awareness of people who have dedicated themselves to improving their society through environmental achievements .
Nemonte, an environmental activist, was one of the winners selected by the UN. / Photo: IG-nemonte.nenquimo
LatinAmerican Post | Vanesa López Romero
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Since 2005,
UNEP has awarded the Champions of the Earth award annually , which seeks to make visible the work of individuals, groups and institutions committed to the environment and the fight for a sustainable world.
This award is presented in five categories: political leadership, inspiration and action, entrepreneurial vision, science and innovation and life trajectory .