Posts by The Chisholm Legacy Project

The Chisholm Legacy Project is attending NYC Climate Week, happening Sept. 20-27, and we hope to see you there! Join us as we bring a Black Liberation and Just Transition…

I didn’t grow up knowing the word “environmental justice.” I grew up knowing that half the kids in my school on the south side of Chicago had asthma. I grew up knowing that my father – a mechanic, who never smoked a cigarette in his life – died of pulmonary fibrosis.

At the June Intersessionals (SB64) of the UNFCCC in Bonn, Germany, Jacqueline Patterson, Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, spoke at a panel on June 8, 2026: “How can…

Bonn, Germany – The June Intersessionals (SB64) at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) lay the groundwork for COP31, but Afro-Descendant participants continue to face exclusion. To…

We confront an appalling reality: Conditions have only deteriorated for Black rural communities since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. In some places, conditions have worsened thanks to climate change.

Tanya Lord PhD, MPH Across the country, Black frontline communities are already leading the work of climate justice. Organizers, advocates, practitioners, and community members are working every day to protect…