Commemoration of 30 years since the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit
October 26, 2021
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Join us for a Commemoration of 30 years since the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held in Washington, D.C. October 24-27, 1991, highlighting and honoring the work of the women leaders who ignited the Environmental Justice Movement and were among the attendees at the First People of Color Leadership Summit. We will also honor influential women of the Summit who have passed, including Dana Alston (Co-Convener, First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit), Jeanne Gauna, (Co-founder of the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) and the Southwest Environmental Justice Network (SNEEJ), Hazel Johnson (People for Community Recovery), Wilma Mankiller (Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation), Connie Tucker (Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice (SOC) and Jean Sindab (National Council of the Churches of Christ).
Date posted
Oct 20, 2021
Date updated
Oct 20, 2021