How the Biden administration is working with Black churches to mitigate climate change

By Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.comThe Biden-Harris Administration has made addressing climate change collaboratively a focus of their administration, which includes Black faith leaders.Members of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment host Black clergy in Washington, D.C. in November 2023 meet with congress members and top officials of the Biden administration on the importance of preservation of land for Black History. Bishop Brian R. Thompson, Sr. of the Western Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (left); Dr. Keyon Payton senior pastor of the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church; Dr. Warren Stewart, Sr. senior pastor of the First Institutional Baptist Church in Phoenix; Rev. Kia Moore, founding pastor of the Church At The Well; Dr. Willie Francois III, Senior pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church; Imam Abdul’Haq Mohammad of the Nation’s Mosque; Rev. Dr. Cardes Brown Jr., senior pastor of the New Light Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. Wallace R. Mills, Jr., senior pastor of the New Ebenezer Baptist Church and Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, senior associate general secretary and advocacy director of the National Council of Churches USA. Photo credit: Photo courtesy of Cassandra Carmichael/National Religious Partnership for the Environment “The Federal Emergency Management Agency has...