Wednesday, July 21st
7:00pm
Via Zoom Webinar

Please join us to learn about environmental justice in New Jersey and what you can do.

This session will explore:
The root causes of environmental injustice and systemic racism
How the NJDEP is advancing environmental justice under the new state law
Calls for action from frontline community leaders on building a more equitable New Jersey
How Environmental Commissions can be good allies and advocates, extend beyond the state law’s minimum requirements and advance environmental justice at the municipal level

Speakers:
Olivia Glenn, NJDEP Deputy Commissioner, Environmental Justice & Equity
Maria Lopez-Nuñez, Ironbound Community Corporation Deputy Director, Organizing and Advocacy, and member White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
Jennifer Coffey, ANJEC Executive Director
Marion McClary, PhD, ANJEC Board of Trustees and Professor & Chair Department of Biological Sciences, Administrator, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in STEM Fairleigh Dickinson University