About This Episode
In our final episode of our Climate Week in NYC series, Aiko interviews two extraordinary guests, Dr. Sacoby Wilson and Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, who have made a significant impact on the environmental justice movement over decades of advocacy, education, and leadership. We talk about the promise of Climate Week and getting back to our roots, progress built on authenticity, and being inspired by the people all across the country winning on climate justice in their communities. Listen to this conversation and hear about how joy, connection, and engagement are vital in this moment. Guests: Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali helped build the field of environmental justice from the inside. Over 24 years at the EPA he co-founded its Office of Environmental Justice and led a 17-agency federal working group. He left to become a top leader at the Hip Hop Caucus and now co-hosts the climate podcast “Think 100% - The Coolest Show on Climate Change.” Along with being a recipient of the Frank Hatch Environmental Health Leadership Award, he has delivered more than 1,000 talks, worked with over 500 communities worldwide, lectured at Harvard, Yale, Spelman, and Howard, and appears regularly on MSNBC, CNN, VICE, and Democracy Now. Dr. Sacoby Wilson has spent more than 25 years studying how pollution, industry, and climate change harm Black, brown, and low-income communities, and helping those communities fight back with data. A professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, he founded CEEJH, a national center that puts research and monitoring tools directly in residents' hands. He sits on the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board, serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Justice, and in 2025 won the Heinz Award for the Environment.
Episode categories
Climate Justice
Organizing & Movement Building
