How One Milwaukee Org Is Boosting Diversity in Environmental Work

Despite the fact that environmental racism means that people of color are disproportionately impacted by environmental issues—from air pollution to living near highways and interstates—environmental organizations remain overwhelmingly white, comprising 88 percent of staff and 95 percent of boards of environmental organizations. In Milwaukee, Cream City Conservation is changing that by running workshops and trainings with environmental groups and organizations who want to boost equity within their organizations and, by extension, the work that they do in order to reach as many people as possible in their work....