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Marilyn (Mar) Zepeda Salazar is an environmental justice leader working to ensure that communities are leading the way in protecting their land, water, and environment. In this post, she explores the complex relationship she has to networking and the many intersectional identities we face as we approach a core environmental career building skill.
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Mentorship Transforms Potential Into Leadership: Dionna’s Environmental Justice Story
Dionna L. Brown is a public health scholar, sociologist, and environmental justice advocate from Flint, Michigan. In this blog, Dionna discusses the impact mentorship had on her environmental justice movement journey, and how those experiences have driven her passion to ensure she supports and advocates for others in the sector.
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My Mentorship Village: How My Mentors Shaped My Environmental Career
Sana Iqbal is an Environmental, Health, and Safety Specialist with a focus on air compliance in a manufacturing setting. In her blog, Sana discusses the mentors who helped her at different points in her journey and how each of those relationships helped guide her to where she is today as a professional in the environmental sector.
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Sharks Don’t Sink: My Journey as a Rogue Shark Scientist and Author
Jasmin Graham is a shark scientist and environmental educator who specializes in elasmobranch (shark and ray) ecology and evolution. In her blog, Jasmin discusses her journey and what ultimately led her down the path of becoming an author and co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS).
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Building a Justice-Centered Garden
Ogechi Hubert, Green 2.0’s Summer Fellow, is an environmental justice advocate and interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, driven by a passion for creating community-centered, creative solutions to today’s most pressing environmental challenges. In her blog, Ogechi explores the importance of justice-centered gardens and shares tips on how to create one.
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Behind the Scenes with Filmmakers: Raising Aniya, A Q&A with John Fiege
John Fiege is a director, cinematographer, and photographer whose films have played at SXSW, Cannes, Museum of Modern Art, Hot Docs. In this interview, he discusses his latest film Raising Aniya, which tells the story of Aniya Wingate, a 16-year-old dancer, who sets out on a creative journey to choreograph and produce a performance to heal her spirit after Hurricane Harvey.
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