Member-only storyFACES of Environmental JusticeAhimsa Porter Sumchai MD - PoliticoMD!·Follow6 min read·Feb 20, 2021--Share“The modern Environmental Justice Movement would not be what it is today if it were not for the African Americans who helped shape it. African Americans have been fighting for decades, from sparking the modern Environmental Justice Movement, to conducting key research on environmental pollution, to founding countless grassroots organizations, their legacy is undeniable” Eddie Junsay -350.org — The Environmental Justice Movement is Rooted in Black History.Never Surrender — The fight for environmental justice in Bayview — Hunters Point, San Francisco is a documentary film that is the result of over two years of research and field work conducted by M. Reza Shirazi, urbanist and researcher in sustainable urban development at the Oxford Brookes University. Shirazi was awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship at UC Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development. He is principal investigator for the EU-funded research project “(Un)Just Neighborhoods: Socio-Spatial Justice in Urban Neighbourhoods.”