11 Facts About Beverly Wright

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Beverly Wright is an American environmental justice scholar and the founder of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University.

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Beverly Wright was born in Louisiana, close to a highly polluted area that was known as 'Cancer Alley, '.

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Beverly Wright's has said that these childhood experiences were essential in shaping her research career.

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Beverly Wright's moved to State University of New York at Buffalo as a graduate student.

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In 1992 Beverly Wright became the founder and executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University.

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Beverly Wright's worked on the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Minority Worker Training and Brownfields Minority Training Program, which helped people from underserved communities find careers in environmental and health sciences.

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Beverly Wright's has worked to support displaced residents in returning to their homes, working with policy makers to address issues surrounding environmental restoration.

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Beverly Wright showed that lead exposure was particularly bad in areas where there were significant numbers of Black families.

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Beverly Wright's worked with American steelworkers to design a programme known as A Safe Way Back Home, which looks to clean abandoned homes and neighbourhoods of pollutants.

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Beverly Wright has worked with Mitch Landrieu on his Sustainable Energy and Environmental Taskforce.

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Beverly Wright is a member of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, which reformed in June 2020.

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