When I met @TijuanaJackson he told me he was going to be like stripper glitter, rubbing off on everybody. Now the movie about his life going from ex-con to motivational speaker and life coach is coming to a real one near you Friday, July 31! TJ helped me. Let him help you too! Preorder #TijuanaJacksonMovie on iTunes & AppleTV now: https://bit.ly/PreorderTJ
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I have to prep TJ for these interviews because his movie comes out TOMORROW! @tijuanajackson
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100 Days… #voteforyourlife
Posted @withregram • @luvelisaperry Beyond sad! #saytheirnames #blacklivesmatter #blackchildrenmatter Repost from @tamikadmallory
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Over the 25 years of my activism, I’ve buried several young children in our fight to end gun violence. It never gets comfortable or tolerable. We have real deep issues to address…
Who is gonna watch #TijuanaJacksonMovie TODAY? @TijuanaJackson Purpose Over Prison is available now on-demand everywhere you get your movies! Find the ways to watch at tijuanajackson.com
Had the most entertaining and fun convo with @bobsaget Thank you for having me!! Hear it on @spotify @spotifypodcasts
Tonight is the @shoblackmonday season finale!! Can’t wait for you to see!
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Today’s #WCW goes to Sage Lenier (@SageLenier), a 21-year old student professor (yes, professor!) at @UCBerkeleyOfficial.
Her course, Zero Waste: Solutions for a Sustainable Future, part of the @DeCalprogram—in which students create, teach, and facilitate classes with faculty oversight, is a crash course in all the things we can do to save the planet.
Sage, who is a conservation and resource studies major was inspired to create the course after becoming dissatisfied with how #environmental issues are typically taught. Her goal was to build something that could be handed to the average person and easily digested into #tangible, scalable, hopeful #solutions.
So how’s the class going, you ask? Well…when she first offered the course, there were 25 students enrolled. Now, four semesters later, there are more than 160 students in the class and another 45 on the #WaitingList. I’d say it’s going VERY well.
“Most of the solutions to the environmental problems we face are not awaiting invention, but merely implementation.”
#savetheplanet #socialjustice #racialjustice #environmentaljustice #environmentalracism #ucberkeley
Acting up just a little with @RomanyMalco on set of “Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison.” You can now get 50% off when you pre-order on iTunes/AppleTV starting today. Offer ends July 20th. For more info visit: TijuanaJackson👉🏾(dot)👉🏾com.
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If you’d like to help spread the word, join the #TijuanaJacksonMovie street team by texting or calling (954) 228-8380. Thank you! #TijuanaJackson #PrisonLogic
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Tonight!!! @shoblackmonday @showtime
This week my #WCW goes to 21-year old environmental justice advocate Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru (@wawa_gatheru). Wawa is a talented vocalist, an introvert and self-proclaimed nerd, and the first black person ever to receive the Rhodes, Truman, and Udall, three of the most prestigious scholarships available (give her her flowers!)
An #EnvironmentalStudies major at @UConn, Wawa spearheaded a “Ban the Bottle” initiative, which succeeded in persuading several on-campus retailers to stop selling bottled water and led a survey of #FoodInsecurity on campus so impressive that it’s been cited in both federal and #StateLegislation.
Next fall, at @Oxford_uni in England, Wawa will pursue dual master’s degrees in #nature, society, and environmental governance and evidence-based social intervention and policy evaluation, with a particular focus on the barriers that prevent people of color from participating in #ConservationEfforts. And as if that’s not PLENTY, she also aspires to eventually run for Congress, perhaps becoming the first Black #congresswoman from Connecticut’s 2nd Congressional District. Follow Wawa at @wawa_gatheru and @blackgirlenvironmentalist
“The environmental movement is at a crucial crossroads. We have only 12 years to create climate policy that works to both decarbonize our economy and center equity. I want to help make that happen.”
My #WCW today is out here kicking down doors for the next generation of Black women entrepreneurs.
Kristal Hansley (@khansley_), has just become the first Black woman in the country to own a community solar company. And, she launched on #Juneteenth. Talk about a #flex! WeSolar Energy LLC (@wesolar_energy) is committed to bringing community solar to those who would not normally access it, which includes Black communities, #CommunitiesOfColor and working class people.
Prior to launching WeSolar, Kristal worked for @NeighborhoodSun. This experience gave her the opportunity to learn about the infrastructure of community #SolarFarms and the many benefits they offer to people unable to access the traditional solar market. Since her childhood growing up in #Brooklyn, she has been passionate about serving the community and standing up for the rights of others, and she was able to leverage her knowledge in this emerging industry and launch WeSolar.
“From the moment the idea for WeSolar came to me, I was determined to make this a different kind of energy company… We call ourselves the Green, Clean, Feel Good Energy Company because we truly care about the environment and were built from the ground up to serve the interests of consumers.” Follow @khansley_ and @wesolar_energy to learn more about this groundbreaking organization and how to get involved.
Today, my #WCW goes to Nyiesha Mallett (@art_est_vita03), a 19-year Afro Caribbean Artist, #ClimateJustice Youth Leader and Organizer at @UPROSEBrooklyn, and an up and coming sophomore at @TheCooperUnion School of the arts.
Nyiesha was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in a Carribean household. Her mother was born on the island of Grenada, so she understands the massive effect that #ClimateChange has on carribean countries, like Puerto Rico and Grenada. They contribute to climate change the least but experience the brunt of the crisis. Nyiesha joined UPROSE in 2015 at the age of 14, not knowing anything about climate change but rose to leadership. Through UPROSE she has been given the opportunity to speak at events such as the @PeoplesClimateMarch in DC 2017 and COP 25 in Madrid Spain 2019, and she has organized three Climate Justice Youth Summits! Nyiesha has also been featured in @TeenVogue, @BET, @Newsweek for 2019 CJYS, @NowThisNews, and most recently The Solutions Project/@100isNow new weekly web series #ClimateCurious where they feature #solutionaries that are saving the planet.
Nyiesha is passionate about fighting for Climate and Environmental Justice and includes her artistic talent in her activism. “It’s important for young people of color to stand up and fight for climate justice.”
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means. We’re crushing on another phenomenal Black woman in the #environmental space. Today’s #WCW is dedicated to Kimberly Lewis (@klvlewis). Kimberly is a writer, a runner, and a leader in the #sustainability movement.
Committed to healthy communities and #equitable access to green buildings regardless of income level, Kimberly has been recognized with numerous awards. In April 2011, Kimberly received prestigious recognition as the White House Champion of Change for #CleanEnergy. She was the founder of the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo and launched the USGBC Women in Green leadership platform events.
Kimberly serves on the board of directors of Groundswell (@grndswell), a #NonProfitOrganization whose #CommunitySolar programs enable neighbors to work together to share power, offering substantial #EnergySavings to low income households.
Kimberly is also Senior Vice President for market transformation and development in North America at the U.S. Green Building Council (@usgbc). Kimberly is laser focused on #diversity, #inclusion, equity, and advancing transparency and excellence within the green building market. Follow her journey here → @klvlewis
“I will continue to fight for a world where people do not have to move out of their communities to thrive, but rather, the community itself is uplifted.” – Kimberley Lewis
TODAY! Watch #TijuanaJacksonMovie in select virtual theaters. Get your VIP, early access tickets to watch at home at tijuanajackson.com. @tijuanajackson
This week my #WCW is highlighting the phenomenal Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover (@EcoGreenQueen), a social-ecological systems #scientist, “bringing environmental justice to #STEM through #GreenSpaces + Black faces + the places in-between.”
Dr. Hoover explores the intersections of urban hydrology, green infrastructure, and ecosystem services in the context of #EnvironmentalJustice and urban planning. As a postdoc at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, she investigates ways of using green infrastructure to build #equity in marginalized #UrbanCommunities.
She also has The #EcoGreenQueen Blog where she explores important connections between people, places, and the environment, through her experiences as an interdisciplinary researcher and #queer Black woman. To learn about her journey, or book a one-on-one or small group consult on integrating environmental justice frameworks or fields outside your expertise, follow #ecogreenqueen #HappyReading.
“Environmental racism permeates not just the air we breathe or the trees we (don’t) see, but our freedom to enjoy them.”
Today’s #WCW goes to the brilliant Dr. Chelsea Mikael Frazier (@amazon_scholar) a Black feminist ecocritic—writing, researching, and teaching at the intersection of Black feminist theory and #environmental thought.
After encountering many people who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) see the connection between feminism and ecology, and seeing issues like sexism and racism being brushed under the rug in favor of paying attention to the environmental crisis, Dr. Frazier created Ask An Amazon (@askanamazon), a platform that brings light to the connections between these largely ignored issues.
Dr. Frazier is a Faculty Fellow in the @CornellUniversity Department of English and in the Fall of 2021 she’ll begin her tenure-track appointment as an Assistant Professor of African American Literature. She is also currently at work on her first book manuscript—an ecocritical study of contemporary #Blackwomen artists, writers, and activists. Dr. Frazier, like many of us, has found that in order to understand how to change our environments, we must first do A LOT of (un)learning in order to change ourselves. #EcoFeminist #BlackEcologist #AskAnAmazon
“Properly addressing #ClimateChange cannot be done without tackling all these other issues, too.”
My #WCW for this week is Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti (@lizwathuti) a Kenyan environmentalist, climate activist and founder of the Green Generation Initiative (@GGI_kenya), an organization that aims to nurture young environmental enthusiasts through practical environmental education, food forests establishment and tree growing. They have planted over 30,000 trees since 2016!
She is also a recipient of the @Wangari_Maathai Scholarship award for her outstanding passion and commitment to environmental conservation which dates back to her childhood (she planted her first tree when she was seven), and a 2019 Regional Finalist for Africa for the UN Young Champions of the Earth Prize 2019.
Add to that she’s an award-winning environmental blogger, and recently graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies and Community Development. All of this AND more all at the age of 23-years old! Elizabeth is a change-maker and we know this is only the beginning. To keep up with her journey follow @lizwathuti @GGI_kenya @reservaylt @greenbeltmovement
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“No one is healthy when planet earth is sick! That’s why we all have to act now.”
LetsCreateTheFuture #DaimaGreenSpaces #NatureFirst
Today my #WCW is shining a light on Parker Mcmullen Bushman (@KweenWerk), a social justice activist, #environmentalist, speaker, artist. She is the founder of Inclusive Journeys and creator of #EarthKween, which challenges traditional representations of what it means to be #outdoorsy! She has a passion for #equity and inclusion in the outdoors, conservation education, and climate change action.
Her interest in justice, accessibility, and equity issues developed from her personal experiences facing the unequal #representation of people of color in environmental organizations and #GreenSpaces. She tackles these complex issues by addressing them through head on activism and education.
Throughout her over 23+ years of work in conservation based organizations she’s had the opportunity to help communities learn about the actions they can take to make a difference in their future. Parker also believes that without action on #ClimateChange, any other conservation action that we do will be severely compromised.
“Our willingness to come together as a national and global community and take strong action in the face of the challenge of climate change will determine what kind of world our children will inherit from us.” To keep up with her journey, follow @KweenWerk @inclusiveguide
