Climate Justice Women Workers Dana Paredes, Amanda Wake

 
Climate change is not just an environmental problem, but also a social problem that disproportionately impacts low-income women, women of color and immigrants. Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice is working at the intersections of women’s health and economic and environmental justice. Hear how their work to advance both climate justice and reproductive justice with nail salon workers and high school students in Oakland is leading the way. Ginn Paredes is the Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (ACRJ) organizing director. Wake is a fourth-generation Japanese American and third-generation community organizer working with ACRJ.