The Fight for Environmental Justice with Chandra Taylor-Sawyer
Program
#RaceClass
Episode
60
Episode Length
52:35
Media Type
Podcast
Release Date
4-12-2026
Publisher
WNHN
Language
en-US
Abstract
Chandra Taylor-Sawyer joined the #RaceClass Podcast to discuss the fight for environmental justice. Chandra is a Senior Attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and leads its Environmental Justice Initiative. For nearly two decades, she has worked to confront the disproportionate burden of pollution borne by communities of color and low-wealth neighborhoods across the South. We explored how SELC builds power to support local communities and dug into a recent SELC report that "connects slavery-era land exploitation to today's environmental racism, revealing how Black communities continue to bear the cost of pollution."
Learn more about Chandra's work at www.selc.org/staff/chandra-taylor/.
Recommended Citation
Jonathan Feingold & Chandra Taylor-Sawyer,
The Fight for Environmental Justice with Chandra Taylor-Sawyer
(2026).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/raceclass/30
