Guest Commentator

Jacqui Patterson

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member Jacqui Patterson, is a lifelong community practitioner and social justice activist specializing in the areas of public health, women’s rights, economic justice and racial justice, is the Co-Founder and Coordinator of Women of Color United and the Director of the NAACP Climate Justice Initiative. She also serves on the Boards of Directors for the Institute of the Black World and Health GAP and on the Steering Committee of the National Association of Black Social Workers, ATHENA, and the Congressional Black Caucus Fellows Alumni Network. Click here to contact Ms. Patterson. Share or Print this Page of BC |

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Cover Story

Climate Change Is a Civil Rights Issue – Living at the Intersection

By Jacqui Patterson Guest Commentator

Note: BlackCommentator.com welcomes Jacqui Patterson as a columnist and member of the Editorial Board. African Americans are disproportionately affected by global warming and pollution. As we honor the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and pay homage to the gifts of air, water, land, flora, fauna and the rich diversity of the animal kingdom, we must…

Note: BlackCommentator.com welcomes Jacqui Patterson as a columnist and member of the Editorial Board. African Americans are disproportionately affected by global warming and pollution. As we…

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Guest Commentary

What the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen Mean for US?

By Jacqui Patterson Guest Commentator

How many of us in black communities in the US watching CNN and other media house coverage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 15(COP15) in Copenhagen in December would glean any sense that our communities are going to be the hardest hit in the US, by the impacts of…

How many of us in black communities in the US watching CNN and other media house coverage of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)…

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