The Just Solutions Podcast

The Just Solutions Podcast explores relevant climate and environmental justice stories from the perspective of BIPOC-Frontline Environmental Justice communities.

The Just Solutions Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Just Solutions, with 30 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Episode #11

  What It's Going To Take to Win: Climate Week with Jacqui Patterson

  Sep 25, 202627 minS3

  In this episode, we speak with Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, while in New York City for Climate Week. Our discussion starts with her reflection on how this event brings people of many different backgrounds and sectors together, in person, which allows for connection and a deeper understanding of the climate realities people are facing in a way that is unique to an event as substantive as Climate Week. We then shifted the conversation to the needs and environmental injustices facing rural communities, something that Jacqui and The Chisholm Legacy Project have been invested in. Ultimately, what it takes to win on climate justice came down to unity. Listen to this episode to hear stories of building bridges to opportunities for multiracial communities in rural America and Jacqui's advice to our listeners. Guest: Jacqui is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. The mission of the Chisholm Legacy Project is rooted in a Just Transition Framework, serving as a vehicle to connect Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with the resources to actualize visions. Prior to the launch of the Chisholm Legacy Project, Patterson served as the Senior Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program for over a decade. During her tenure, she founded and implemented a robust portfolio which included serving the state and local leadership whose constituencies consisted of hundreds of communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice. Jacqui is also a board member for Just Solutions. 2026 CLIMATE WEEK IN NYC: "What It's Going to Take to Win" is a three-episode podcast mini-series highlighting communities building people- and justice-centered solutions even as they continue to face threats to their livelihoods under current political conditions. Climate Week NYC is one of the world's biggest climate events, bringing together business leaders, philanthropy, nonprofit, and grassroots groups. We're using this opportunity to wade through the noise and hear from the people at the forefront of the environmental justice movement on what it will take to win on climate justice. Special thanks to The Solutions Project and Kataly Foundation for sponsoring our inaugural Climate Week Special. They both are critical partners in our powerful solutions-based storytelling, and their support helps us continue elevating trusted community leaders advancing environmental justice to audiences across the country and the world. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE: Episode 8: Climate Implications for Black Communities with Jacqui Patterson - The Just Solutions Podcast The People's Climate March 2014: A Climate Justice Story - Climate Justice Alliance Tools for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leaders - The Chisholm Legacy Project STAY CONNECTED: www.justsolutionscollective.org Instagram: @thejustsolutionspodcast Bluesky: @justsolutionspod.bsky.social Facebook: /JustSolutionsPodcast LinkedIn: /just-solutions-collective If you enjoy listening to The Just Solutions Podcast, please consider leaving us a rating and sharing our show with someone who might be interested! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our site: podcast.justsolutionscollective.org/sponsors EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Aiko Schaefer Recording Engineer & Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista This episode was edited by professionals with Next Day Podcast Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019 Info about licensing and crediting can be found here

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  Episode #38

  What It's Going to Take to Win: Climate Week with Elizabeth Yeampierre

  Sep 17, 202630 minS3

  For our first episode of our Climate Week in NYC special, we talk with Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, about the power of community care and the significance of local environmental justice efforts in the national and global fight for climate justice. Elizabeth shares her thoughts on how disengagement with local community organizers during Climate Week is a missed opportunity to build deep alignment in a moment that requires people on the ground shaping and influencing the path to climate justice. Tune in to our conversation to learn about the accomplishments that UPROSE has championed, made possible by investing in a culture of collaboration. Guest: Elizabeth (she/ella) is an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney of African and Indigenous ancestry. Her organization, UPROSE, is Brooklyn's oldest Puerto Rican community-based organization. She is also the Co-Chair of a national alliance called Climate Justice Alliance and the co-founder of #OurPowerPRnyc. She is a long-time advocate and trailblazer for community organizing around just, sustainable development, environmental justice, and community-led climate adaptation and community resiliency in Sunset Park. 2026 CLIMATE WEEK IN NYC: "What It's Going to Take to Win" is a three-episode podcast mini-series highlighting communities building people- and justice-centered solutions even as they continue to face threats to their livelihoods under current political conditions. Climate Week NYC is one of the world's biggest climate events, bringing together business leaders, philanthropy, nonprofit, and grassroots groups. We're using this opportunity to wade through the noise and hear from the people at the forefront of the environmental justice movement on what it will take to win on climate justice. Special thanks to The Solutions Project for sponsoring our inaugural Climate Week Special. They are a critical partner in our powerful solutions-based storytelling, and their support helps us continue elevating trusted community leaders advancing environmental justice to audiences across the country and the world. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE: UPROSE 60 Years In Motion: A Climate Justice Art Exhibit - Come see six decades of art, organizing, and community power up close from Sept 19–26, 10am–6pm at BRIC (647 Fulton St, Downtown Brooklyn) Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing - Climate Justice Alliance Bangles and Headdresses - a podcast hosted by Elizabeth Yeampierre reclaiming matriarchal ancestral traditions through intimate conversations with artists, activists, authors, and cultural voices. STAY CONNECTED: www.justsolutionscollective.org Instagram: @thejustsolutionspodcast Bluesky: @justsolutionspod.bsky.social Facebook: /JustSolutionsPodcast LinkedIn: /just-solutions-collective If you enjoy listening to The Just Solutions Podcast, please consider leaving us a rating and sharing our show with someone who might be interested! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our site: podcast.justsolutionscollective.org/sponsors EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Aiko Schaefer Recording Engineer & Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista This episode was edited by professionals with Next Day Podcast Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019 Info about licensing and crediting can be found here

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  Episode 37: Democracy is for the Living with George Cheung

  Aug 27, 202647 min

  As election season continues to heat up during the hottest summer ever recorded in the United States, George Cheung, Director of More Equitable Democracy, joins us to explore how the current electoral system works and how to build a truly representative democracy that advances climate justice. We deep-dive into the US electoral system and how it compares to other countries, the limitations of a winner-take-all system in representing Americans' policy priorities, and efforts to build more proportional representation. Guest: George Cheung, is the Director of More Equitable Democracy. He is the Executive Director of More Equitable Democracy, a national racial justice organization that supports communities of color to transform our electoral system. After completing a Masters in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, George founded and led Equal Rights Washington, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization, directed the Win/Win Network, an affiliate of State Voices which supported nonpartisan civic engagement work in Washington, and served as Program Director for the Joyce Foundation Democracy Program. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE: More Equitable Democracy Resources Page The Future of Our Former Democracy Podcast Portland, Oregon's Charter Review Process Documentary - American Troubles: A Tale of Two Democracies Democracy World Tour: Germany ADDITIONAL READING: The Triumph of Tokenism: The Voting Rights Act and the Theory of Black Electoral Success by Lani Guinier The Call to Climate Justice: A Non-Partisan Guide to Connecting the Dots for Candidates and Voters STAY CONNECTED: www.justsolutionscollective.org Instagram @justsolutions_org Bluesky: @justsolutions.bsky.social Facebook: /JustSolutionsOrg LinkedIn: /just-solutions-collective If you enjoy listening to The Just Solutions Podcast, please consider leaving us a rating and sharing our show with someone who might be interested! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our site: podcast.justsolutionscollective.org/sponsors EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Aiko Schaefer Recording Engineer & Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista This episode was edited by professionals with Next Day Podcast Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019 Info about licensing and crediting can be found here

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  Episode 36: EPA's Past, Present, and Future with Peter Murchie

  Jul 23, 202646 min

  Last year, in a massive culling of federal workers by the Trump administration, EPA reduced its workforce by 28% with mass layoffs, early retirements, and staff departures. Budget cuts reduced the EPA's pass-through funding and capacity to support states and tribes in enforcing environmental protections and public health under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and other critical statutes. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has made it clear that he favors polluting interests by allowing companies to receive rule waivers or altogether bypass permitting processes. EPA, as it is today, has strayed from its original, collaborative mission to enforce environmental and public health, contrary to what most Americans want. According to a recent poll from the Environmental Protection Network (EPN), by a 7-to-1 margin, Americans across the political spectrum actually want a stronger, expanded EPA, and even the most conservative voters want more accountability from polluters. The data gathered by EPN is an effort by the volunteer-run, nonprofit made up of former EPA employees to understand the impacts of the EPA rollbacks. At EPN, former EPA employees like Peter Murchie continue to hold the line, supporting communities on everything from subject-matter expert testimony in Congress for regulatory rules to technical assistance for CBOs. Even as the EPA has devolved, Peter and his colleagues remain hopeful and are reimagining a future for the agency that goes beyond the status quo. Guest: Peter Murchie is the Senior Director of Policy at EPN, leading national policy, civil service resilience and reimagining EPA programs. With 30 years of public sector leadership, Peter focuses on collaborative governance for environmental health. He spend most of his career at U.S. EPA, where he worked on air, climate, clean energy, and watershed recovery programs. Peter holds degrees in public health and environmental science and resides in Washington State. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE: Environmental Protection Network EPN Request for Technical Assistance Form Poll Results: Americans Want Stronger Protections from Chemicals and Pollution because They Can't Afford to Get Sick (EPN) ADDITIONAL READING: EPA plan would let work start on data centers, power plants before air permits (E&E News) STAY CONNECTED: www.justsolutionscollective.org Instagram @justsolutions_org Bluesky: @justsolutions.bsky.social Facebook: /JustSolutionsOrg LinkedIn: /just-solutions-collective If you enjoy listening to The Just Solutions Podcast, please consider leaving us a rating and sharing our show with someone who might be interested! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our site: podcast.justsolutionscollective.org/sponsors EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Aiko Schaefer Recording Engineer & Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista This episode was edited by professionals with Next Day Podcast Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019 Info about licensing and crediting can be found here

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  Episode 35: Building a National EJ Movement from the Midwest with CEED

  Jul 1, 202638 minS3

  Fifteen years ago, the Center for Earth, Energy & Democracy (CEED) was founded in Minneapolis by a group of researchers, educators, and community activists to support communities, especially the most vulnerable, in ensuring their needs and realities are reflected in energy and environmental solutions. Over the years, CEED has helped build grassroots networks and coalitions that drive strategic policies. In 2018, CEED brought together a national coalition of organizations aligned on environmental justice values, known as the Platform for a Just Climate. During Trump's second term, the Platform continues to defend EJ progress while pushing for bigger systemic shifts in our culture and democracy as a pathway to winning a just climate future for all. In this episode, our host Aiko Schaefer sits down with Byron Ramos Gudiel, Executive Director at CEED, and Dalal Aboulhosn, Managing Director at CEED, to discuss what makes the Midwest so ripe for movement-building and what it will take for all of us invested in a safe, healthy, and equitable future to win. Guests: Byron Ramos Gudiel is a Central American immigrant and got his organizing start fighting California's Prop 187 as a student in the early 90's. Since then, he has been involved in organizing for racial, immigrant, educational and environmental justice. Notably, Byron has made contributions to the social justice movement through leadership roles in the US Social Forum, Coalition for Educational Justice, Climate Justice Alliance. the California EJ Alliance, and Communities for a Better Environment. Before joining CEED, Byron served as the Chief Field Officer for the Sierra Club. Dalal Anne Aboulhosn is Managing Director of CEED, where she advances environmental justice, energy equity, and community-led solutions. She has worked with Presidential Administrations, Members of Congress, and frontline communities nationwide on energy, conservation, and justice issues. Her advocacy began with grassroots organizing against mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia. Dalal holds a Master of Public Administration from George Mason University and lives in Washington, DC. RESOURCES TO LEARN MORE: Platform for a Just Climate Center for Energy, Environment & Democracy Resources EDF, allies file notice of intent to sue EPA in matter related to the Endangerment Finding (EDF) STAY CONNECTED: www.justsolutionscollective.org Instagram @justsolutions_org Bluesky: @justsolutions.bsky.social Facebook: /JustSolutionsOrg LinkedIn: /just-solutions-collective If you enjoy listening to The Just Solutions Podcast, please consider leaving us a rating and sharing our show with someone who might be interested! Learn more about sponsorship opportunities on our site: podcast.justsolutionscollective.org/sponsors EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Aiko Schaefer Recording Engineer & Graphic Designer: Angel Bautista This episode was edited by professionals with Next Day Podcast Music: Paolo Pavan - Street Walk Album: The Swing of Things - Mar 14, 2019 Info about licensing and crediting can be found here

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