“It’s deeply meaningful to be included in the company of so many leaders and changemakers whom I admire,” Catherine Coleman Flowers said.
on Thursday morning and it includes an Alabama native.
Catherine Coleman Flowers is an environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, author and Co-Vice Chair of the Biden-Harris Administration’s inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Her work includes advocating for environmental justice, equal access to clean water and functional sanitation for U.S. communities.
“It’s deeply meaningful to be included in the company of so many leaders and changemakers whom I admire,” Flowers said. “I see this honor as a celebration of environmental justice, a movement that is rooted in rural communities like Lowndes County, Alabama, which I am blessed to call home. I believe that often the most significant activism starts in your own backyard; and if you stay the course and find incredible partners to walk with you, amazing things can happen.”.
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