KC Reparations Coalition to Host Urgent Climate Justice Discussion

NYC Black Lives Matter organizers and environmental justice groups march in honor of the 51st anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination at a NYC Solidarity Rally for Flint, New York City, Feb. 21, 2016, Image by Erik McGregor / Getty Images Our communities have been the frontline battlegrounds in a war waged by corporations and governments. For decades, the land we call home has been turned into toxic dumping grounds, and the air we breathe has been poisoned, all in the name of maximizing profit for greedy corporations. Rather than an act of negligence—it has been an intentional act of violence against Black communities. This Monday, the KC Reparations Coalition is calling on Black folks from across the city to join a crucial discussion on environmental/climate justice. Led by special guest, Dr. Stephen Pinkney, the discussion will cover how Black communities have been strategically targeted for toxic waste dumps, incinerators, and landfills, leading to an epidemic of health crises among our people. Cancer. Respiratory disease. Lead poisoning, are just a few of the tragic results of decades of these violent practices. Dr. Pinkney, a renown scholar and postdoctoral researcher at the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice, will expose how...