Fighting to Win

Penny Newman, Founder of Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ) held victory after fighting against the Stringfellow Acid Pits in the 1980s. Tune into today's episode for a conversation with Newman about her journey as an activist and her fights against toxic pollution. Newman’s transformation from a shy young woman to a leader that has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people was all as a result of her and her family suffering from the harm of a toxic site. To learn more, visit chej.org/livingroomleadership/.

Tune into today's episode for a conversation with Phyllis Glazer about the sufferings of her community, and her tactic of using the press to drive the facility out of business. Phyllis Glazer is an activist featured in People Magazine, the Houston Chronicle, CNN/Time News Magazine’s Earth Day 2000 Special, NBC Dateline, and more. She was the founder of Mothers Organized to Stop Environmental Sins (MOSES), and has been fighting against toxic pollution since the 1990s. To learn more, visit chej.org/livingroomleadership/.

Tune into today's episode to learn about how Nina Morgan and GASP go above and beyond to help those in Birmingham during the pandemic. Morgan is a Climate and Environmental Justice Organizer with GASP, and have recently held victory in reaching a settlement agreement to end ABC's Coke pollution. Interested in learning more? Visit chej.org/livingroomleadership/.

Tune into today's episode to with Charlie Powell of People Against Neighborhood Industrial Contamination (PANIC) in Birmingham, AL to learn about his fight to get his community relocated from toxic facilities and his experience as a former steel mill worker!  To learn more, visit http://chej.org/livingroomleadership/

Tune into today's episode for a chat with Pam Kingfisher, an organizer who led the fight in shutting down 23% of the world’s uranium supply and fighting off unwanted poultry CAFO in her community. Interested in learning more? Visit chej.org/livingroomleadership/ .

Tune into today's episode with Maria Lopez-Nuñez, Deputy Director, Organizing and Advocacy of Ironbound Community Corporation (ICC), to listen to her experience as one of the leaders that helped pass S232, the strongest environmental justice law in the United States. Interested in learning more? Visit http://chej.org/livingroomleadership/ .

Tune into today's special Veteran's Day episode with U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jerry Ensminger to learn about the contamination and fight for justice at Camp Lejeune, a military base in North Carolina. Interested in learning more? Visit https://chej.org/livingroomleadership/.

Tune into today's episode to learn valuable lessons in leadership and organizing from formidable activist and former elected official, Roxanne Groff! To learn more, visit http://chej.org/livingroomleadership/. 

Tune in to today's episode with Esther Portillo, Interim Executive Director of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ), to learn about how she leads grassroots efforts to bring lasting environmental justice to communities in the Inland Empire. To learn more, visit https://www.facebook.com/CCAEJ. 

Tune in to today's episode to learn about Rebecca Jim's work leading her Native American community’s fight for environmental justice and remediation of the Tar Creek area, one of the largest and most polluted Superfund sites in the United States. Interested in learning more? Visit https://www.facebook.com/leadagencyinc/.