Creation Justice Webinar: The Earth is the Lord's with guest Rev Dr Benjamin Chavis

The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr. was a central leader in the launch of the environmental justice movement in the 1980s and 90s. He coined the phrase "environmental racism" and played instrumental roles in Warren County civil disobedience campaign, the landmark Toxic Wastes and Race report, and the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. In this special address marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Chavis will focus on the role of faith communities in resisting those powers that would seek to rule and desecrate what is not theirs. The Rev. Traci Blackmon, who serves as the Associate General Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ, will introduce Chavis.

Creation Justice Webinars are produced by the United Church of Christ, Interfaith Power and Light, and the People's Justice Council. They are co-hosted by the Rev Dr Brooks Berndt, Environmental Justice Minister for the United Church of Christ and the Rev Michael Malcom Founder and Executive Director of the People's Justice Council and Alabama Interfaith Power and Light.

The webinar is co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt, author of "Cathedral on Fire: A Church Handbook for the Climate Crisis" and the Rev. Michael Malcom of Alabama Interfaith Power and Light and the The People's Justice Council.