May 25, 2021
This is part one of a special four part symposium that was broadcast on Cimpatico, produced in partnership with OneUpAction this past Earth Day.
Bill McKibben (of 350.org) gives a keynote speech, while Saad Amer, the CoFounder of Plus1Vote, hosts.
This episode features Environmental Justice section of the #ActionsForTheEarth Symposium which focuses on Biden’s plans regarding access to clean water, broadband access, job creation, restoring nature-based infrastructure, and cleaning up toxic waste as outlined in The American Jobs Plan. Each of these topics pertains to low-income and otherwise disadvantaged communities.
Panel guests featured are:
Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru (she/her)
Kiana Kazemi (she/her)
Elsa Mengistu (she/her)
Xiye Bastida (she/her)