Video Interview Series 01: Leslie Velasquez on Inequity, Covid-19 and EJ

It can often seem like the world is moving from one crisis to another; and in a sense, that is true. We are living in a climate crisis, multiple pandemics at the same time and there is social unrest and racism across the globe on any given day. However, there are many, many people and organizations that are working to make our world better today and in the future.

We want to highlight the work of those looking to create positive change in the environmental and climate justice spaces and to share how we can support and elevate them; therefore we will be sharing their stories in the form of short interviews. Our first featured interview is with Leslie Velasquez, the Environmental Justice Program Coordinator at El Puente, a Brooklyn-based social justice and arts non-profit.

• You can find the report Leslie mentioned here

• You can sign the petition here

• El Puente’s COVID-19 resource guide is here

• Visit El Puente’s website here

Thank you for watching and be on the lookout for future interviews! If you are interested in doing an interview with us, please email us at tedc@newschool.edu and use the subject line “EJ Interview.”