People of faith must advocate for ecological, economic and ecumenical solutions in order to save "people and planet" from death by the declining climate, said speakers at the "Resilience for Congregations" conference.
It was God "that put this fight in me," says Sharon Lavigne, a Black Catholic who has received the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize, recognizing her battle to keep plastics factories out of her Louisiana neighborhood.
After the pandemic prevented last year's conference, Loyola Chicago's School of Environmental Sustainability returned with a virtual meeting this year on the theme of "Accompanying Youth to a Hope-filled Future."
Johnson is known for her relentless battle against the evil that surrounded her neighborhood in the form of toxic dumps, lead paint and other pollution that sickened her neighbors and shortened their lives.
For more than 30 years, Hazel Johnson worked to clean up her corner of Chicago's southeast side. Ten years after her death in January 2011, Johnson's contributions to environmental justice continue to resonate — at a time when the movement has reached new heights around the country and in the White House.
Formosa Plastic Group's plan to build a manufacturing complex in St. James Parish has suffered setbacks after permits were put on hold, pending reevaluation of impacts on wetlands and Black-majority neighborhoods.
Two years ago, Sharon Lavigne founded the faith-based group Rise St. James, putting her at the forefront of a campaign to thwart construction of the Formosa Plastics complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
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