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January 1, 2024
WHAT IS OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE UNCOVER HONEST HISTORY?
Local history advocates say preservation, education and healing should include community redevelopment and respecting the agency of descendants of enslaved people.
Learning for Justice - A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
August 3, 2023
The Descendants Project is Fighting for Environmental Justice & Black History August 3, 2023 at 8 AM
Dominique DiPrima "First Things First" -
The Descendants Project is leading the charge to recapture assets seized through racist and illegal means in Louisiana and enhance what we know as environmental justice through their work. Jo Banner is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Descendants Project, where she challenges systems, primarily legal systems that have exploited the descendants, such as herself, of those enslaved to plantations. She has spoken before the United Nations and participated in the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
https://www.thedescendantsproject.org/
June 14, 2023
The Descendants Project: A Conversation With the Founders
GreenBiz -
The Descendants Project is an emerging organization committed to the intergenerational healing and flourishing of the Black descendant community in the Louisiana river parishes. The lands of the river parishes hold the intersecting histories of enslavement, settler colonialism, and environmental degradation.
Speakers: Jo Banner, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project and Dr. Joy Banner Ph.D, Co-Founder & Co-Director, The Descendants Project
This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s Circularity 23 - the leading convening of professionals building the circular economy. Learn more about the event here: https://bit.ly/3P9xuMv
February 27, 2023
Faces of Change | Jo and Joy Banner | The Descendants Project
In Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," industry doesn't only bring new jobs, but also dangerous work conditions and concerning health problems for people living nearby.
In this installment of Faces of Change we meet a pair of local women, Jo and Joy Banner, who say it doesn't have to be that way.
The Weather Channel (video)
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