The white privilege and the green voices amongst the participation suppressing the voices of the Env

The environmental justice movement has highlighted not only the unequal distribution of environmental hazards across lines of race and class, but also the white, middle-class nature of some environmentalisms, and broader patterns of marginalization underlying people's opportunities to participate or not. The grassroots community transforming moments are yet to come... Professional Advocacy Getting in the Way of Real Grassroots Change!

Professional NGO's with granted budgets "white privilege" voices so loud, muffled black voices messages overshadow the communities in building capacity facilitating an uprisings coming from the trenches is stifled.

Those making strategic decisions are sitting in air-conditioned board rooms, hoping their conversations will pave the way for profound systemic change. Those most impacted by socioeconomic ills and environmental degradation are rarely present at those tables.

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