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The Good News-Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley

Back in the early 1980s, there were a number of civil rights leaders who recognized that environmental and climate change matters are also civil rights issues. The GOOD News is today The Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley in Atlanta, Georgia was among the first nationally known civil rights leaders to help built the environmental and climate justice movement.

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.