( DSCN2785 ) Unify : 2nd Annual Environmental Equity Summit ~Pt.8
Channel: Banana Kimchi
Date: 2017-08-13

( MAY27 / 2017 ) Oakland, California

" Unify : 2nd Annual Environmental Equity Summit w/ Immortal Technique & X-Clan " ** FREE ALL AGES EVENT ** 

" Performances by:
*IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE (Immortal Technique)
*X-CLAN (X Clan)
*Earth Amplified (AshEL SeaSunZ, Seneca, & AmtheArt 
*Gina Madrid (RAW-G)
*Golden Age (Do D.A.T. & MALICIOUSLEE)
*Khafre Jay 
*Hip Hop for Change
*DJ.LEX
*DJ AGANA

Panel Discussion at 3:30pm with Dr. Henry Clark of West County Toxics, Annie Leonard of Greenpeace USA, Jakada Imani and Davey D Cook of Hardknock Radio, Hop Hopkins of the Sierra Club, and Brian Butler of Green Action

Hip Hop For Change, Greenpeace and the Sierra Club are throwing The 2nd Annual Oakland Environmental Equity Summit at the Greenpeace Actions Warehouse with headliner Immortal Technique. 
The event will be free to the public and will raise money for local POC-led environmental justice groups and environmental education in Bay Area schools. This arts and environmental advocacy event will provide a platform to discuss the environmental needs of POC, and grassroots POC environmentalist groups. The project goal is to provide large environmentalist NGOs with the opportunity to understand how they may better serve and collaborate with POC communities affected by environmental hazards. It will unite like-minded environmental organizations to connect, exchange ideas, and foster lasting relationships. Attendees of all ages will enjoy a diverse line-up of exhibitors, vendors including food trucks, DJs, artists creating new visuals around the themes of Unity and Environmental Justice, and speakers.

The environmental movement has a long history of elitism and racism. Many POC participants in the green movement testify that large environmental groups rarely address the needs of or collaborate with communities of color. The Green 2.0 campaign released a study in 2015 showing that POC make less than 17% of the 300 environmental organizations surveyed. 95% of these groups’ governing boards were White. Experts in the field, such as Governor Jerry Brown’s senior advisor, Clifford Rechtschaffen, agree that diversity remains one of the central challenges of the environmental movement, yet also one of the central opportunities (New America Media). In order to ensure that we don't repeat the mistakes of the past, we must Unify the communities on the frontlines of environmental justice and all of the organizations tackling these issues globally and locally. " ~ Hosted by Hip Hop for Change and Greenpeace USA