8/19/19 2nd People Rise Up! Program Climate Crisis radio Host: Andrea Maria Nasca

GUEST:

Anne Rolfes, Founder of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, whose mission is to end petrochemical pollution in Louisiana.

INTERVIEW:

Rise St. James!, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, Death Alley/Cancer Alley climate justice activism, environmental racism, proposed Formosa plastics plant

OTHER TOPICS:

Global Climate Strike, Extinction Rebellion

DEDICATION: To Indigenous Earth stewards and water protectors around the world.

MUSIC:

Time Traveler, Lyla June feat. Desirae Harp

All Nations Rise, Lyla June

Lyla June is a nationally and internationally renowned public speaker, poet, hip-hop artist and acoustic singer-songwriter of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages. Her music and message centers around intergenerational and inter-ethnic healing, as well as an articulation of Indigenous Philosophy.

Biographical extract from Dream Warriors Mgmt. website:

https://dreamwarriors.co/artists/lyla-june/

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Louisiana Bucket Brigade - The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental health and justice organization based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 2000, the organization works with communities neighboring state oil refineries and chemical plants to address air quality issues: http://labucketbrigade.org/content/labb-updates https://m.facebook.com/labucketbrigade/

Global Climate Strike - Sept. 20-27

https://globalclimatestrike.net/

Extinction Rebellion US - https://extinctionrebellion.us/
Extinction Rebellion UK/global -https://rebellion.earth/

REFERENCES:

https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-end-neoliberalism-or-neoliberalism-will-end-us/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d4dab459-7ae9-4535-a1df-1e7a59d98281

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/08/13/defending-the-environment-now-more-lethal-than-soldiering-in-some-war-zones-and-indigenous-peoples-are-suffering-most/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-case-for-declaring-a-national-climate-emergency

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/susan-casey-lefkowitz/new-report-climate-and-lands-carries-both-dire-warnings-and-hopeful?utm_source=sms&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=Climate

https://truthout.org/articles/murders-of-environmental-defenders-are-rising-worldwide/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d4dab459-7ae9-4535-a1df-1e7a59d98281