Changing the narrative: Environmental justice and plastic production

Community ActionReuse 101Equity & Inclusion

Apr 22

Written By Brooking Gatewood

Episode #45

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In celebration of Earth Day, we invite you into a special dialogue with Juan Macias, tribal chairman and hereditary chief of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, Mary Aguilera with the Ohio Poor People’s Campaign, and Sylvia McKenzie with the Louisiana League of Conscious Voters. These front-line leaders dive deep and wide into the heart of the problem with petrochemical production in the US, as well as the powerful solution of solidarity. Co-hosted with Break Free From Plastic’s Melissa Aguayo.

Learn more and support:

The Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
The Ohio Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
Louisiana League of Conscious Voters: Contact sylviamckenzie79@gmail.com if you want to support this group!
More Petrochem Buildout Actions & Resources from Break Free From Plastic

Brooking Gatewood

Brooking hosts Upstream’s The Indisposable Podcast and guides our team on virtual collaboration and culture-building. She has worked with Break Free From Plastic US since 2016 as a facilitator and strategist, and has spent much of the last decade supporting collaborative leadership for many ambitious change efforts - from saving monarch butterflies to curbing diabetes. In her spare time, Brooking can be found writing and performing poetry, or hosting community-connection events in her local LA neighborhood.

Changing the narrative: Environmental justice and plastic production

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