Social Justice
George Washington University
A short documentary profiling the life and work of Naomi Ayala, a D.C.-based Puerto Rican poet who explores themes of social and environmental justice in her art.
A member of Laal, Rokeya Begum, waters the plants already potted. (Courtesy of Sahreen Quadir)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Despite the many struggles that Bangladeshi women face as immigrants to New York City, a community garden is providing a space for healing.
Poster advertising the 1972 Black Community Survival Conference, with a promotion by the Free Food Program. (Photo: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1972)
Bates College
We should remember the critical work the Black Panther Party did in their communities to help right injustices, and help prevent hunger among children and communities as a whole.
SUNY-ESF
At the Syracuse Cooperative Market, I've found a thread of influence amongst the staff, members, and the rest of the community, uniting us with a sense of social responsibility and compassion for each other.
George Washington University
This video explores the intersections of environmental justice and social justice by looking at how the increase of natural disasters and rising sea levels will affect the homeless population in America.
Petcoke piles are stored at a Koch Bros. storage site on the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, in 2014. (Terry Evans)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Loyola University Chicago
Communities outside of Chicago stifled by BP's largest oil refinery are taking defiant steps to end its expansion of production—and dangerous emissions.