After a day after Mardi Gras, people dressed in colorful marks, entered a conference room at the New Orlean Hotel. The mini feels like a note, because two people over the stils fall down a corridor towards the front of the room. They follow behind drums.
But the point of this is not a party. This is to throw the anniversary of the 10th anniversary HBCU Climate Change ConferenceHistorically, an incident to talk about black colleges and universities, as well as students from other academic organizations to talk about the environment. This is part of the South Environment to help improve the Gulf Sun’s communities to improve the next generation of the leaders of justice.
“We like to confuse our cultural events in our conferences. “There is a fun real need.” Throughout the conference, students share their research and goals to combat climate change.
Mississippi’s HBCU, one of the students participating in the conference, the Great Biology Massie Watkins from Alcorn State University. When young, the environment was the last thing in his mind. However, he is a society that Duck Hill, Mississippi – a society to face about floods years ago It was raining at any time.
Mersie Watkins presents EPA’s work with the EPA Academy of Justice in New Orleans, the 10th HBCU’s climate change conference.
He wet the welfare with the Mississippi communities, returning to a house for non-profit, to get a flood with green infrastructure Rainconds to reduce or treat stormy water.
“I saw what the surrounding people do for my people.” “Since then, I have been a kind in the community working in the environment.”
While in Alcorn, the Watchkins Environmental Protection Agency participated in the Environmental Academy Program. The nine-month-old program is obtained from the Solving problem of EPA cooperation – it is also focused on the ability. While there, he managed to see how they learned as an activist and everything on the government.
Watkins presented their work in front of a room full of people as part of a student panel. During the five-day conference, students, green infrastructure, health differences and water justice and research were created by the panels on the issues of the issues.
Also, in the surrounding communities, along with environmental sensitivity and effective climate change, along with environmental information, use environmental information, participate in the panels, which are equally aimed at equivalent disaster response and restoration.
The speakers include experts like a meteorologist Paul Goodloe and Professor of Texas South University Dr. Glenn JohnsonTo environmental justice leaders such as Robert Taylor Holy John citizens and Hip Hop Caucus President and CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
Students listen to Danielle Wright, March 5, 2025, March 5, 2025 in New Orleans in New Orleans during the conference of 10 hbu climate change.
The conference was established by Wright, and 77 was a long time in the Ecological Justice Movement in the Gulf. Wright is also the founder Deep South Center for Environmental JusticeTexas is hosting a conference hosting a conference together with the Bullard Center for the Environment and Climate Justice at the South University.
Dr. Robert BuldThe environment is widely considered the father of justice, HBCU climate change conference for more than a decade ago ten years ago United Nations Conference on Climate Change occur annually. Wright saw that many African-American students did not see those conferences.
“Dr. We decided to go to all of these conferences … We must find a way to find our students and teachers and some of our teachers and communities,” he said. “So HBCU set up a consortium of climate change.”
For their first conference, only $ 15,000 in financing and about 30 people. This year, Rawt, 36 hbcus said that 400 people were involved in the active member of the HBCU climate change consortium, 36 hbcus. The consortium started to give HBCU students in 2011 To present climate change, politics and research.
Wright said that HBCU students mean that they have to help the accusation of environmental injustice. Marginalized communities often have to face the best of environmental injustices, as well as their solutions. Many students participating in the conference come from effective communities.
“If you look at any of the great inventions, he really grew up on the need,” he said. “So, many of these students are likely to come from the river, for example, other polluted places.”
Dr. Beverly Wright welcomes the participants of the 10th March 2025, March 8, 2025, LA, on March 8, 2025 in LA, 20 March 2025. The conference increased from 30 participants to 400 registered participants this year.
This year, the conference took place between the changing federal landscape. Under the leadership of Biden, billions are dedicated to environmental justice, most importantly through the act of reducing inflation. In an executive order immediately after the beginning of January, President Donald Trump stretched much.
Democratic members of the State Committee for Environmental and Social Affairs of the United States Senate recently presented a list of documents 400 aims to terminate the ecological grant. Among those entered $ 11 million grant As the community investment recovery center, the environment was given to the deep southern center for justice.
Wright said he played the same role as always, regardless of the financing of the conference.
“This is to promote students, to protect them to promote existing problems and continue to continue.” “This and low support of the federal government always had.”
Many young people are depressed in the United States, Wright, but the conference shows that they can find another way to achieve the environment justice.
One way to hope for small students is to show them the work done by elders and community leaders – as Major Joe Womackwho takes place ChessNon-profit in Africa, Alabama. During a panel, WOMACK and other leaders shared successful strategies to be more climate with others with others. He also spoke about the importance of people involved in the communities of people.
“Africatown was born and bred and damn,” he said. “I always say … I see that many people from the communities and EJ communities under many people come and do not pride.”
Khalil Johnson, who is a student at the Morehouse College, offers March 7, 2025 on Saturday, 2025 in the new Orleans in the new Orleans in New Orleans in the conference of the New Orleans on the population of Atlanta.
Youth are also advised to hear their communities and hear hearing stories from people living with environmental struggles. This was the same for Christina Smarimes, a high school of a secondary school from Mississippi, Mississippi, who was originally from Atlantic. When moving to Gulfport, he saw that there were tarps on the roofs of many residents.
Digital storyteller knew the meaning behind them until he got an experience with the deep southern center and met people along the society.
“With this experience, I could see that the government, hurricane damage or floods, something like this, something like this,” he said.
At the climate change conference to share what he learned. Many African-American and minority communities began to see the same example.
“You can simply see the difference and it’s crazy. And because of the injustices, just chores me for skin color,” he said.
Enlightened to deepen the environment with justice. He met with a woman with Sinvadles in the yard of cigarettes, and he said he gave the respiratory issues of water pollutants.
Smoking always wanted to be a doctor, but now he plays a role in the health of the environment and wants to explore more topics in college.
