Environmental Justice Benefits of a Green Amendment
- Constitutional Green Amendments: Making Environmental Justice a Reality, (published in American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment Journal)
- Green Amendments: Giving Constitutional Power to Environmental Justice, Fact Sheet
- Green Amendment Roots of Strength for Environmental Justice, a handout
- Environmental Law Institute (ELI) Dialogue: Green Amendments; Vehicles for Environmental Justice, Panel Discussion Fall 2021
- Using Green Amendments to Strengthen Environmental Justice
- An Open Letter: Racial Justice Demands Constitutional “Green Amendments” calling for environmental and racial justice, which offers a tangible pathway to change. Check out the moving video piece in which 24 diverse leaders and activists joined van Rossum in delivering the letter.
- 17 Principles of Environmental Justice
Green Amendment Day: A Panel of Leading Environmental Justice Voices
A panel of leading environmental justice voices from across the nation joined together on the inaugural Green Amendment Day 2021, to push forth an agenda for ending environmental racism and restoring environmental justice through constitutional empowerment. Our panelists represent different areas where environmental justice intersects: a grassroots leader, a community organizer & advocate, a legislator, a national Green Amendment expert, a Tribal Liaison, and a scientific expert. Hear first hand how they are pursuing true environmental justice with the power of a Green Amendment. Constitutional recognition and protection can elevate the inalienable rights of all people to a clean & healthy environment, and transform our system of laws and government to ensure environmental justice is mandatory, equitable and enforceable.
The Environmental Rights Amendment: By and For New Yorkers
The passage of the Environmental Rights Amendment (New York’s “Green Amendment”) is great news for all New Yorkers, especially environmental justice communities and the wider climate justice movement. This presentation discusses the ERA and how we can collectively advance and strengthen its protections, focusing on the role of community and advocacy in this work.
The NJ Green Amendment: A New Tool for Environmental Protection & Justice
Kim Gaddy, Director of South Ward Environmental Alliance and Maya van Rossum, Founder of Green Amendments For The Generations present and discuss the proposed NJ Green Amendment and the transformational difference environmental constitutionalism can create for balancing justice and equity for environmental justice communities.
A New York Green Amendment: Balancing Power & Equity for EJ Communities
A panel discussion moderated by Mike Harrington, Assistant Director, Tishman Environment and Design Center. Panelists Include:
- Maya K. van Rossum, Founder, Green Amendments for the Generations
- Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
- Kate Kurera, Deputy Director, Environmental Advocates NY
- Christine Appah, Senior Staff Attorney, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Environmental Justice Program
Racial Justice Demands Constitutional “Green Amendments”
National organization Green Amendments For the Generations, led by Founder Maya van Rossum, has been working since its inception to transform our legal paradigm to one that ends and prevents environmental racism by equally protecting the rights of all people to clean water and air, a stable climate and healthy environments in our state constitutions. Prompted by recent conversations and powerful activism nationwide, van Rossum penned an open letter calling for environmental and racial justice, and offering a tangible pathway to change. 24 diverse leaders and activists joined van Rossum in delivering the letter in a moving video, titled Racial Justice Requires Constitutional “Green Amendments”. The video debut of van Rossum’s powerful message includes civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, White House Champion of Change recipient who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and protested alongside the late Congressman John Lewis; and New Mexico state Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez.
Watch the video to learn more about the intersection of environmental rights and environmental racism, and how passing a constitutional environmental rights amendment (a Green Amendment) in every state across the nation can serve as an invaluable tool for communities facing disproportionate environmental burdens.
And read GAFTG Founder, Maya van Rossum’s open letter calling for environmental and racial justice, which offers a tangible pathway to change.
Speakers in order of appearance: Dr. Liz Holifield, Adam Washington, Anthony Stevenson, Donna Fann Boyle, Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Katelin Dao, Rev. Dr. Manuel A. Howard, Nina Coffey, Kim Gaddy, Mariana Camejo, Tykee James, Terry Sloan, Jacque Howard, Maya K. van Rossum, Darien Guy, Elijah Freeman, Tarsha Scovens, Anneke van Rossum, Wim van Rossum, Nara Norgil, Gokhan Seeker, Barry E. Hill, Raja Schaar, Dean Shirley Jefferson and Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez.
