The Fight For Environmental Justice

Bess Beller-Levesque, community organizer with Toxics Action Center, and JOIN alum from 2012-2013, this March organized the 27th annual Local Environmental Action Conference, a day-long day of training on environmental organizing, which brought together 325 people from all across New England. The conference at Northeastern University featured a keynote address from Robin Chase, the co-founder of ZipCar, and workshops on topics ranging from environmental justice to local food and the new sharing economy. Here she presents an award to two Public Health experts recognized for their work during the conference’s award ceremony.