People of Color Spark the Environmental Justice Movement

When the mainstream environmental movement ignored people of color, those communities came together at the landmark 1991 National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. Hear the story of how leaders like Mililani Trask, a leader in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement, Thomas Goldtooth of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Pam Tau Lee, co-founder of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Chinese Progressive Alliance and Just Transition Alliance, and Jeton Anjain, senator for Marshall Islands, launched the modern environmental justice movement.