Name: Oluwajuwon Filani
Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, Water Pollution and Climate Change
Date of Fieldwork: February 1, 2022
Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Linda Escalante
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :
On Tuesday, the 1th of February our group was honored to meet with Linda Escalante. Linda Escalante is an export at Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). We asked many questions like different types of water pollution, how climate change affecting the water cycle, and what are some solutions to water pollution which then helps climate change. She was very nice and informed us with her wisdom about how water pollution affects industries and the people. She talks about how people who work in industries are also affected by the changing of policies to help benefit water pollution and climate change. If they take away these industries, thousands of people are not going to have jobs.
Linda Escalante goes to elected officials to persuade them into making good decisions for the environment and public health. Escalante is a renowned environmental expert in the U.S-based Spanish language—empowering and mobilizing Latinos to engage in advocacy and activism around environmental and health issues. Escalante, who is also passionate about civil, immigrant, and women’s rights, has served as a board member of a worker wellness and healthcare access organization. This issue is really important to her and us and we were so happy to interview her on zoom.
