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Dr. Robert Bullard is often referred to as the “father of the environmental justice movement”. He believes that if you live on this earth and breathe this air, you are an environmentalist. When asked what keeps him going, Bullard answers, “People who fight... do not let the garbage trucks and the landfills and the petrochemical plants roll over them.”

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Dr. Robert Bullard

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Majora Carter is an internationally known urban planner who views urban renewal through an environmental lens. She has created numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and jobs programs to address the connection between ecological, economic and social degradation.

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George Washington Carver was one of America’s greatest scientists, responsible for developing resource conservation techniques that preserve soil and make farms more productive. A true systems thinker, he understood that everything is connected, and ignoring that fact can have disastrous effects.

George Washington Carver

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Shelton Johnson is a ranger in Yosemite National Park who brings alive the story of the Buffalo Soldiers– the legendary African–American army regiment, who protected Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks in the early 1900s.

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Audrey and Frank Peterman

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Audrey and Frank Peterman are pioneers in the conservation movement. They are leading experts on America’s publicly-owned lands system and are tenacious advocates for getting all Americans - regardless of race, age or ethnicity - to take advantage of and appreciate our natural heritage.Visit: www.legacyontheland.com

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Marjorie Richard is the first African-American to win the Goldman Environmental Prize for leading the front line of a long, hard-won battle to hold Shell Oil accountable for its environmental degradation to South Louisiana community.

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Warren Washington is an internationally recognized scientist in climate research. Washington’s computer models for studying the impacts of climate change were used extensively in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment for which he and other scientists shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Bryant Terry is a chef, author and food justice activist committed to raising awareness about the negative impact the industrial food system has on health and the environment.

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