Ep 119 Dr. Wright on Cancer Alley, Community Power, and Environmental Justice

Dr. Beverly L. Wright is an award-winning environmental justice scholar, advocate, author, civic leader, professor of Sociology, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), the first-ever environmental justice center in the United States. Born and raised in New Orleans, Dr. Wright has experienced and witnessed the polluting effects of Cancer Alley–an 85-mile stretch of land between Baton Rouge and New Orleans that is home to over 150 petrochemical plants and refineries– her entire life.This conversation focuses on solidarity, mutual aid, and the practice of joy. We discuss the widening racial and economic divide, the need for healing, and Dr. Wright’s powerful legacy in environmental justice and how the petrochemical industry is degrading the spirit of LouisianaFind more about Dr. Wright on the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice website: https://dscej.org/beverly-wright/