POV: Environmental Justice, Feminism, and Indigenous Voices at Climate Week NYC

Imagine you are a young minority woman living in the most expensive city in the United States (New York City), and Mayor Mamdani just won! You grew up in the Hudson Valley, but now work two jobs while simultaneously navigating your senior year at Parsons to complete an MS in Strategic Design and Management. Put yourself in those shoes — my shoes — and paint a picture to contemplate what the future may look like. Do you see a city bustling with character, surrounded by lush lands, with ecosystems of people, plants, and animals, living in peace and prosperity?

Five Years After Landfall

With many of the Tishman Center’s research assistants (RAs) scattered across the country for summer break, we wanted to highlight some of the environmental justice activism happening in our hometowns. On August 26 in my hometown of Houston, Air Alliance Houston, the Climate Justice Museum, and One Breath Partnership collaborated to hold “5 Years After Landfall”: a collective reflection on the catastrophic events of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

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