Event type: Peer Conversation
While the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent in the world around us, its impacts are not felt equally. Low-income communities of color are more likely to be exposed to climate threats such as extreme heat and air and water pollution, while being less likely to have climate-mitigating resources in their communities, such as tree canopy and access to green space.
City Parks Alliance, in partnership with Prevention Institute, is hosting a peer conversation about advancing environmental justice in park and green space policy, planning, and systems change work.
We’ll get the conversation started by hearing from two members of Prevention Institute’s People, Parks, and Power (P3) cohort. These community-based leaders will discuss the advocacy and community-building work they’re doing to advance green space equity related to heat, air pollution, and flooding. Please come prepared to think about and discuss how environmental injustice might be showing up in your community, and how you could work with various partners to address these issues. Current successes or challenges in doing this work are welcome!