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In honor of Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month<\/a>, we want to uplift incredible Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders who are advancing environmental justice and climate action nationwide. <\/em><\/p>\n

Kathy Jetn\u0304il-Kijiner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathy Jetn\u0304il-Kijiner,<\/a> a poet and climate justice advocate from the Marshall Islands, co-founded Jo-Jikum<\/a>, an environmental non-profit empowering Marshaleese youth to create solutions to climate issues and pollution impacting their islands. She performed her poem, \u201cDear Matafele Peinem,\u201d at the United Nations Climate Summit<\/a> in New York in 2014.<\/p>\n

Miya Yoshitani<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Miya Yoshitani<\/a> is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network<\/a> (APEN), an organization advocating for environmental justice in California Asian immigrant and refugee communities. GRID works closely with APEN to bring job training and solar installations to Asian American communities in California. <\/p>\n

Dr. Charles Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Lee is the Senior Policy Advisory for Environmental Justice for the EPA. A lifelong environmental justice advocate, he was the primary author on \u201cToxic Wastes and Race in the United States<\/a>,\u201d published in 1987 by the United Church of Christ. The report was groundbreaking in raising awareness around environmental justice in the United States – using national data to show that hazardous waste sites were predominantly located in communities of color. <\/p>\n

Varshini Prakash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Varshini Prakash,<\/a> is the executive director of the Sunrise Movement<\/a>, a movement of young people working to stop climate change, that she co-founded in 2017. A young climate activist, she is campaigning for the Green New Deal, a resolution that would move America to 100% clean energy and create a just transition for all communities. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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