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The Good News - Investing in Environmental Justice

One of the growing social change and social justice movements in the nation today is the Environmental Justice Movement that began back in 1982 in a small rural predominantly African American farming community in Warren County, North Carolina. The GOOD News is that President Biden, Vice President Harris and others in the Administration have announced a tremendous investment plan to assist communities, universities, and Environmental Justice Movement organizations by offering grants.

Dr. Chavis is African American civil rights leader and icon, United Church of Christ (UCC) ordained minister, author, journalist, organic chemist, environmentalist, global entrepreneur, and currently President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC since 2014.