This Black History Month I used all 28 days to acknowledge black environmentalists, not only in the nation but in my city of Pittsburgh. Below is the the full list of those that I've acknowledged during this month. I will share each groups post separately on this blog, so check out the environmental bios on those post!
They are all amazing people who have dedicated their time to ensuring our communities have an equitable, healthy, and overall livable environment for people of color. They’ve also lead many initiatives to educate, fund, and support a lot of the future environmental leaders from young to old.
I've categorized this list in the order of which I shared; starting from the last group that I shared to the first group that I shared. Please enjoy learning about all of these wonderful Pittsburgh Environmental Leaders and be sure to click the links to their websites to support their future efforts.
Thank you all for a great Black History Month #BlackEnvironmentalist
Change Makers
Fred brown - President & CEO of The Forbes Funds
Dr. John Wallace - Senior Pastor of The Bible Center & Founder of The Oasis Project
Dr. Cynthia Wallace - Executive Pastor of The Bible Center & Executive Director of The Oasis Project
Karen Abrams - Program Officer for Equitable Development for The Heinz Endowments
Quincy Kofi Swatson - Executive Director of The Door Campaign
Camila Rivera Tinsley - Director of Education for The Parks Conservancy
Marcus Shoffner - Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion for Venture Outdoors
Michelle King - The Learning Instigator
Terry Smith - President & Chief Executive Officer at M-Powerhouse
Neil Brown PhD - Director of Community Education and Engagement for The Urbankind Institute
Kimberly Refosco - Owner of KEC consulting and Pittsburgh Leader of Outdoor Afro
Activist and Advocates
Joylette Portlock - Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh
Alyssa Lyon - Sustainable Communities Director for the Green Building Alliance (Now the Black Environmental Collective Coordinator at Urbankind Institute)
Timothy L Smith, Sr - President and Executive Director of Center of Life
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Heather McClain - Operations Assistant for One Pennsylvania
Pamela Lee - Pittsburgh Community Advocate
Summer Lee - State Representative for Pennsylvania District 34
Shanon Hughes - Founder of The Wellness Collective, The Narrative Justice, and Self-Care Housekeeping
Briann Moye - Coalition Coordinator for the PA Climate Equity Table
Neashia Johnson - Program Coordinator of The Hill District Consensus Group
Knowledge Murphy - CEO of Black Man, Green Plan LLC
Green Space Beautifiers
Zinna Scott - Homewood Champion, Rosedale Rain Garden
Mary Savage - Homewood Champion, Mary Savage Flower Gardens
Betty Lane - Lincoln-Larimer Champion, African Healing Garden
Grandma Bev - Homewood Champion, Grandma's Green Zone
Geneva Jackson - Hill District Champion, Just Cleaning Up
Derrick Clark - Homewood Champion, The Mission Continues
Ariam Ford-Graver - Executive Director of Grounded
LeTaj Tinker - Director of Community and Economic Development for Operation Better Block
Nathaniel Broadus - Workforce specialist for Catalyst Connection
Chris Hughes - Chief Executive Dreamer (CEO) of Drafting Dreams
Jmar Bey - President of South Hilltop Men’s Group
Food Advocates
Raqueeb Bey - Co-founder of Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Cooperative
Celeste Taylor - Farm Manager of Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Cooperative (Now a Food Justice Teacher for Repair the World)
Ayanna Jones - CEO & Founder of Sankofa Village Community Garden
Ebony Lunsford-Evans - Owner of FarmerGirlEB
Abdulkadir Chirambo - President of the United Somali Bantu of Greater Pittsburgh
Kent Bey - Owner of Peace and Friendship Farm
Denele Hughson - Executive Director of Grow Pittsburgh
Tacumba Turner - Farm & Education Manager of Oasis Farm and Fishery
Raynise Kelly - Co-Founder of Soil Sisters
Chef Carlos Thomas - CEO & Founder of Feed the Hood & Confluence Catering
Chef Claudy Pierre - Founder of Eminent Hospitality Solutions and E.A.T Initiative
Qiyam Ansari - Operations and Communication Manager of Pittsburgh Food Policy Council
Qaadir Anderson - Founder of Q’s and P’s Consulting
Organizations
Junior Green Corp (Youth program from Operation Better Block)
Mad Dads - Pittsburgh Chapter
To see their full bios check out my 2021 Black History Month post in this Facebook album.
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