Month: April 2018

We’re joined by United States Representative Nanette Barragán (CA-44) to learn about her work fighting environmental injustices in her district in South Central Los Angeles, shaping policy as a freshman Member of Congress, and her thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize.Rev. We’re also joined by Darryl Perkins, Director of Impact and Co-Founder of the Broccoli City Music Festival to discuss the power of culture in building thriving urban communities through education, mobilization, and opportunities. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. hosts and Mustafa Santiago Ali joins as a co-host. Recorded live for radio, the episode opens with current events in the climate movement.

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 Our most basic public health protections are under attack and our ability to provide input into the decision-making process has been whittled away. This is especially dire for communities of color, low-income communities, and indigenous communities, who already face disproportionate impacts from pollution, sagging infrastructure, and climate change. We had the privilege of discussing these topics and more with special guests, United States Senator, Cory Booker, Greenpeace Executive Director, Annie Leonard, Greenpeace Deputy General Counsel, Deepa Padmanabha, and League of Conservation Voters Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenfeld. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. hosts and Mustafa Santiago Ali joins as a co-host. Recorded live for radio, the episode opens with current events in the climate movement. 

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 Want a reason to feel hopeful? Grist has 50. We chat with Chip Giller, the founder of Grist: a no-nonsense and cutting edge media platform focused on solutions to climate change, sustainability, and social justice. For the past three years, Grist has featured the work and profiles of 50 of the boldest, most ambitious solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges. Other special guests featured in this episode include Nicole Sitaraman, Senior Manager of Public Policy at Sunrun, and Anthony Torres, Youth Climate Leader and Campaign Strategist at Sierra Club. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. hosts and Mustafa Santiago Ali joins as a co-host. Recorded live for radio, the episode opens with current events in the climate movement.

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The dream did not die on the balcony! Our hosts Rev. Lenox Yearwood Jr. and Mustafa Santiago Ali take us to the intersection of civil rights, and environmental and economic justice on the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with two very special guests: legendary Climate Justice and Energy Equity advocate, Reverend Leo Woodberry, and Environmental Justice Outreach Advocate for the Union of Concerned Scientists, Damien Thadeus Jones. Recorded live for radio, the episode opens with current events in the climate movement.

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