Stay informed by following organizations working to advance environmental and reproductive justice, including these and many more ⬇️

@blackwomensrj.bsky.social
@younggiftedgreen.bsky.social
@weact4ej.bsky.social
@biologicaldiversity.org

Illinois Weighs Early Warning System For Pesticide Spraying Near Parks, Schools - Inside Climate News What makes Illinois’ bill distinct is the parks provision within the spray area, as studies point to particle drift and widespread injury across non-target public and private lands.

🚨 What if pesticides were sprayed near your child’s school—and no one told you?

Illinois is pushing for advance notice laws. Only a few states have protections.

Kids are more vulnerable. Drift travels.

🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...

#EnvironmentalJustice #PublicHealth

Our Flint Youth EJ Council Members from Flint Cultural Center Academy had a REMARKABLE day in Detroit at @michiganegle.bsky.social Michigan Healthy Climate Conference today!

We believe in the next generation of Climate & Environmental Justice Leaders💚

#YoungGiftedGreen #MIHealthyClimate

🌱 THIS SATURDAY 🌱

Join Young, Gifted & Green, Youth Minds United & Sierra Club (Chickasaw Group) at T.O. Fuller State Park for a community clean-up!

🗓️ April 25 | 12–4 PM
📍 Memphis

⚠️ Registration required
🔗 bit.ly/YGGparkday

#Memphis #Volunteer #CleanUpDay

Join Young, Gifted & Green and Memphis Community Against Pollution for an engaging and interactive public comment training for EPA’s Ethylene Oxide (ETO) comment collection 4/20/26 @ 3PM CT/4PM ET.

Register 🔗bit.ly/fighting4air26.

✊🏾 South Memphis deserves safe homes & clean water.

Join us April 18 (11AM–2PM) at Memphis Rox to canvass homes impacted by lead & connect residents to FREE testing.

Your presence matters.

🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem

#Memphis #EnvironmentalJustice

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Black Maternal Health Week is here & we're asking an important question: What is the environment doing to Black mothers & why aren't we treating it like the emergency it is?
Read and share
🔗bit.ly/bmehblog26

#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BlackMaternalHealth #EnvironmenralJustice #YoungGiftedGreen

Mane, mane, MANE! We did our BIG ONE this year for Black Maternal & Environmental Health Day🙌🏿🙏🏿✊🏿💪🏿

Thank you to everyone that made this year a success. See y'all April 1, 2027... Until next time 🤰🏿

#WombWednesday #BMEHDay #MaternalHealth #BlackMaternalHealth

Environmental Restoration Creates Economic Boom for Great Lakes Communities — Healthy Lakes By cleaning up their most degraded areas, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Buffalo have created thriving lakeshore business districts, helped people reconnect with nature, and laid the groundwork for populatio...

Water restoration efforts are contributing to improving economies across the Great Lakes region. Learn more about with expert John Austin, @mkeriverkeeper.bsky.social @bnwaterkeeper.bsky.social & Friends of the Detroit River
#GreatLakes #CleanWater

www.healthylakes.org/latest-news/...

EPA Flags Microplastics as ‘Priority’ Water Contaminants, but the Move Doesn’t Guarantee Regulation - Inside Climate News Inclusion on the agency’s draft Contaminant Candidate List doesn’t require the EPA to monitor or set limits on microplastics in drinking water.

🚨 Microplastics are now on the radar—but we’re still not protected.

EPA added them to its drinking water watch list, but listing ≠ regulation. No limits, no guarantees, no real protection yet.

✊🏾 Clean water shouldn’t be optional.

🔗 insideclimatenews.org/news/0304202...

Join the Mid-South Environmental Justice Center for our exclusive screening of Riverkeeper, making its first public debut in Memphis!

FREE heavy appetizers and beverages will be served.

FREE RSVP at bit.ly/riverkeepermemphis

✊🏾 South Memphis deserves safe homes & clean water.

Join us April 18 (11AM–2PM) at Memphis Rox to canvass homes impacted by lead & connect residents to FREE testing.

Be part of the movement for environmental justice.

🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem

#Memphis #EnvironmentalJustice

From microplastics in placentas to endocrine-disrupting phthalates in beauty products marketed to Black women, plastic is a maternal health issue. We’re pushing for a toxic-free world: bit.ly/bmehday.

#BMEHDay
Source: The Endocrine Society - Plastics, EDCs, and Health

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is meant to protect us from chemical risks. Rollbacks to these standards disproportionately harm Black mothers. Join us TOMORROW @6PM ET with @edfaction.bsky.social + @actonclimateus.bsky.social for #TheGreenAgenda: bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
#BMEHDay

PFAS are linked to preeclampsia and lower birth weights. Black communities often face higher exposure due to industrial proximity. It’s time to clean up our communities and our futures. #BMEHDay

Source: National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences

#BMEHDay was founded in 2024 by Young, Gifted & Green & highlights the critical intersection of environmental justice & Black Maternal Health. The day takes place the first Thursday in April with Black Maternal Health Week at the end of the month: bit.ly/bmehday.

Every fight for justice is connected by the air we breathe and the water we drink, as #TheGreenAgenda host Kayla Shannon and Mar Zepeda Salazar remind us. Watch the full episode from @younggiftedgreen.bsky.social for more.

Thank you to the amazing students from @riceuniversity.bsky.social who spent their Alternative Spring Break with us for our Lead Free South Memphis Canvassing Day along with our partners @healthyhousing.bsky.social!

Maryland is investing $200K+ in community-led environmental work—cleaning neighborhoods, restoring spaces, and building local stewardship. This is what real impact looks like. How do we scale it?

news.maryland.gov/dnr/2026/03/...

#EnvironmentalJustice #Sustainability

⚠️ Mississippi regulators approved 41 natural-gas turbines to power the xAI data center connected to Memphis.

The decision is raising concerns about air quality and community health as energy demands from AI infrastructure grow.

Read more:
wreg.com/news/local/x...

#EnvironmentalJustice

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems A major sewer pipe collapse has dumped hundreds of millions of gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, highlighting a nationwide problem involving failing infrastructure.

🚨 Aging infrastructure is an environmental justice issue. Sewage spills like the recent Potomac River incident show how failing sewer systems and underinvestment are putting communities at risk. Clean water shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code.

www.news4jax.com/news/nationa...

#EnvironmentalJustice

No contact with Flint River recommended after weekend sewage release Flint's Water Pollution Control Facility discharged an undisclosed amount of untreated wastewater into the Flint River during a rainfall event on Saturday.

FLINT FAMILY🚨 From ABC12 News 👇🏿
⚠️NO CONTACT ORDER⚠️
Avoid the Flint River this week after the Flint wastewater treatment plant released untreated sewage over the weekend. [As of 3/9/26]
bit.ly/4umaOuO

Congratulations to our Founder CEO & President LaTricea Adams along with Co-Founder Krys White for making history at the NAACP Image Awards featuring Climate + Environmental Justice on the Red Carpet✊🏿💪🏿 What a GREAT way to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth💚

Cancer linked chemical detected in private wells near Byhalia, EPA says Federal and state environmental officials are investigating groundwater contamination in a rural area west of Byhalia after a cancer-linked industrial chemical was discovered in several private drinki...

🚨 Cancer-linked chemical found in private wells near Byhalia, MS. Families rely on this water daily. Who’s accountable? Clean water isn’t optional.

Read:
www.fox13memphis.com/news/cancer-...

#EnvironmentalJustice #WaterSafety #Byhalia #PublicHealth

DC FAM! 🍳⚡

Join us 3/14/26 for Cooking with Good Energy — learn how gas stoves impact health & climate, explore clean electric options & catch a live demo with Chef GiGi.

Food giveaway + raffle (must register & attend).

RSVP: bit.ly/yggcooking

#DCEvents #CleanEnergy

Thank you to @momscleanairforce.org for this once in a lifetime opportunity to bring our Founder CEO & President LaTricea D. Adams to meet with the legendary @gloriasteinem.bsky.social, an icon and pioneer of the Women's Liberation Movement🥹

Toxic Beauty: Black Women Most at Risk From Harmful Chemicals in Unregulated Hair Products - Inside Climate News Hair extensions used primarily by Black women contain a “shocking” range of dangerous chemicals, including breast carcinogens, new research shows.

New research shows hair extensions commonly used by Black women may contain harmful chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and reproductive harm. In an unregulated beauty industry, safety and transparency are overdue.

Read more: insideclimatenews.org/news/1102202...

#EnvironmentalJustice

Young, Gifted, & Green 🌍 is teaming up with @paintanddebate 🎨 and a professional beekeeper 🐝 to spark meaningful conversation on environmental justice THIS SATURDAY.

📆: February 21, 2026
🕦: 6:30-8:00pm
📍: Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Cir NW, Washington, DC 20036

South Memphis deserves safe homes & clean water. 🚰✊🏾

Join Young, Gifted & Green on Feb 21 (11AM–2PM) at Memphis Rox to canvass homes impacted by lead exposure and connect residents to FREE lead paint + water testing.

🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem
#EnvironmentalJustice #Memphis