Search

Home > WNPR > LISTEN: Katharine Morris On Using L.O.V.E. To Tackle Environmental Racism
Podcast: WNPR
Episode:

LISTEN: Katharine Morris On Using L.O.V.E. To Tackle Environmental Racism
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:08:43
Publish Date: 2021-05-06 16:45:05
Description: Cities around New England have declared racism a public health crisis. Scholar-activist Katharine "Kat" Morris is especially interested in the intersection between racism, health and environmental justice – something she talked about in her 2019 TEDxUConn talk . Morris noted that a fifth of Connecticut’s pollution is concentrated in five cities where the majority of the state's people of color reside: Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury. When Morris lived in Bridgeport, she said the signs of pollution were visible. “I noticed you can see the smog in the air any time I was driving anywhere,” she told NEXT in an interview. “I saw the incinerator; it wasn’t far from my home.” Morris advocates organizing around climate change and environmental justice with the acronym L.O.V.E. L - Listen to learn O - Organize with an open mind V - Value different perspectives E - Engage everyone in every possible way She graduates with a master’s in public policy from the University of
Total Play: 0