U.S (HIP HOP CAUCUS) : Take a second to check out REV YEARWOOD'S INTERVIEW HERE and, if you can, help us.

 

 

 

Friend, just this week, Rev Yearwood joined 1Hood media to break down the catastrophe in East Palestine, and what Hip Hop Caucus is doing to advance the environmental movement in an intersectional manner. First off, what’s happened : Last month, a train carrying hazardous materials caught fire & eventually derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio. Norfolk Southern, the company responsible for the railway, has been averaging two derailments every single day over the past year. Already, reports of diseases with animals in the areas exposed to the chemicals are coming from local communities. Even worse, we won’t know the long term generational effects of this derailment for potentially years. Black, brown, rural, and indigenous communities aren’t strangers to this type of problem. For decades, companies have gotten away with poisoning people like us because our voices were loud enough to be heard over the profits of major corporations. And even when we eventually do get heard, our leaders are far too slow to deliver the restorative justice people deserve. That’s a huge reason why the Hip Hop Caucus has dedicated so much of our attention to environmental and climate work – because it is deeply interlinked with the generational, social, and racial injustice of our history. Help support that work at every level with a contribution here >> Donate Even when the regulations finally change and corporations are held “accountable,” communities are still left to deal with the fallout. Black and brown communities face significantly higher rates of asthma & other respiratory diseases, which are known to be made worse by environmental factors. Chemical plants and other hazardous material production facilities are much more likely to be located near our communities. But we have to be real here : The environmental and climate movements have not done their best at elevating the voices of those closest to the pain when it comes to our advocacy and our priorities. That is the problem we seek to fix, by uplifting the stories of people on the front lines, and refusing to allow political leaders, Democrat or Republican, to ignore what’s happening on their watch. Take a second to check out Rev Yearwood’s interview here, and then if you’re able, make a contribution to support our intersectional environmental advocacy below. For future generations,    Hip Hop Caucus

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