My Block Counts

On this episode of My Block Counts, Dr. Sacoby Wilson continues the conversation about the impact of women of the environmental justice movement as well as Earth Day 2023. He is joined by Sebrena Rhodes of Empower DC and Maria Payan, co-founder of Sussex Health & Environmental Network.  

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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On this episode of My Block Counts, Dr. Sacoby Wilson celebrates women of the environmental justice movement. He is joined by Sebrena Rhodes of Empower DC and Maria Payan, co-founder of Sussex Health & Environmental Network.  

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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On this episode, Dr. Sacoby Wilson discusses food waste and composting with guest Marvin Hayes of the Baltimore Compost Collective. The organization is a local service that collects food scraps from residents in Baltimore neighborhoods and composts the material at the Filbert Street Community Garden in Curtis Bay, where it is used to grow fresh produce and build urban food security. 

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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On this episode, Dr. Sacoby Wilson is joined by guest Naija Wright-Brown, co-owner of the Baltimore vegan soul food restaurant The Land of Kush, to discuss food justice, veganism, and composting.

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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This episode of My Block Counts discusses food justice as well as the history and impact of CAFOs, which are facilities that confine large numbers of animals such as hogs, poultry, and cattle in small areas without natural vegetation.

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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Dr. Sacoby Wilson is joined by Vernice Miller-Travis, an activist, environmental justice advocate and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. This is part two of Dr. Wilson's conversation surrounding environmental justice and voting.

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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This episode discusses the importance of voting and the connection between voting and environmental justice.

We will also discuss EPA’s new Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and what this means to communities going forward.

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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On this episode of My Block Counts, Dr. Sacoby Wilson discusses the water crisis in his home state of Mississippi as it relates to environmental justice. He also does a brief recap of the recent Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health (CEEJH) Environmental Justice Symposium held in August with special guest Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali. This is a two part episode.

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. The views expressed are solely Dr. Wilson's.

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Dr. Sacoby Wilson introduces what listeners can expect from the My Block Counts Podcast. He also defines in detail the definition of environmental justice, why your zip code is more important than your genetic code, climate change, water justice and so much more.  

My Block Counts is a podcast series produced by The Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health, with assistance from WYPR. 

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