Status Updates From The Intersectional Environm...

Wyn Wiley / Pattie Gonia Quote
"Queerness exists in nature all around us. Nature never gives us binaries, either/ors, male or female, black or white, gay or straight."

Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru Quote
"While we should never feel shamed for our capacity to love without return, we shouldn't have to give up our livelihoods in the process."

"The connection between women and the earth, which is so deeply embedded in cultures around the world, laid the foundation for ecofeminism, a framework that explores the perceptions and treatment of women and nature in society (defined by French feminist Françoise d'Eaubonne in 1974)."

"In July 2018, after leaving a community policing shift, activist Rolando Crispin López, who fought for the protection of Indigenous communities for years and against the wind projects, was murdered by a municipal police officer in a drive-by motorcycle shooting." Pg 125

"This occupation led to annexation and an aggressive push from American settlers to ban the teaching of Native Hawaiian language and culture, in addition to destroying Indigenous government structures and policies (including universal health care)." Pg 97

"43 PERCENT of African Americans live in urban 'heat islands,' neighborhoods with fewer green spaces, diminished tree cover, and increased asphalt and concrete, which retain heat and lead to higher ambient temperatures." Pg 88

"The impacts are not borne equally by all populations." ... "The worst damage of the hurricane, Bostean writes, was found in 'predominantly Black neighborhoods, yet the relief was far slower and inadequate compared with that provided in predominantly white and higher-income neighborhoods, despite those being less impacted.'"

"The GAO's 1983 report 'Siting of Hazardous Waste Landfills and Their Correlation with Racial and Economic Status' concluded that in three out of the four primary toxic landfill sites, the surrounding communities were Black, with over 26 percent of residents living below the poverty line. This was one of the first government-issued studies that presented clear data-driven findings of environmental racism."

"The demographics of the U.S. are changing rapidly, and people of color are projected to collectively become a majority by 2045; even so, there are still systemic barriers and obstacles tied to privilege that contribute to inequality." Pg 53

"The Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management, Inc. lawsuit took place in Houston, where even though Black residents represented only 25 percent of the population, Black neighborhoods had a disproportionately high number of waste disposal sites." Pg 45

"All across the United States, Black and low-income communities were plagued with environmental hazards that impacted the health of residents and often resulted in illness, worsened quality of life, and death." Pg 39

“The CRC believed that oppressed people should be able to define their own political ideologies and organizations and advocate for their specific interests without silencing themselves; they termed this ability to self-determine 'identity politics.”