Environmental Justice: Past, Present and Future

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Written By Marcel Howard

Episode #77

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In celebration of Black History Month, Upstream’s Policy Analyst & Coordinator, Marcel Howard, talks about the start of the environmental justice movement and its historical connection to environmental racism. Learn how Black and minority communities are still being disproportionately and unjustly impacted by climate change and pollution today – and the roles we can all play to advocate for fair, anti-racist treatment of predominantly underrepresented communities in the United States. Hint: reuse plays a big part. 

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Marcel Howard

Marcel Howard is the Policy Analyst & Coordinator for Upstream. Based in New York City, he is responsible for leading and facilitating engagements with key stakeholders on reuse policies and initiatives across the United States. Additionally, Marcel assumes the role as a thought-leader and technical expert for the policy program. 

Prior to joining Upstream, Marcel worked in various nonprofit and local government settings to influence climate change policy. In addition, Marcel completed a Master’s at The New School in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, with a focus on Environmental Justice in 2018.

Marcel is very passionate about the environmental movement, and believes moving away from a ‘single-use’ culture is necessary in the fight to mitigate the effects of climate change.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-r-howard-b32700a2/
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