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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Gloria Walton and Wawa Gatheru Believe in Grassroots Change, Not Just Charity
Description: Those standing up to climate and environmental injustice face challenges they weren’t seeing a year ago. But Gloria Walton, head of The Solutions Project, sees a bigger picture:
"The reality is that the same systems that created the climate crisis, whether that's colonialism, white supremacy, racism, and the patriarchy, those are the same ones that have harmed communities of color for generations,” she says. Her organization has channeled tens of millions of philanthropic dollars to grassroots efforts that build community resilience.
Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wawa Gatheru is helping more Black girls, women, and gende...