Sharon Lavigne, 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize, United States
In September 2019, Sharon Lavigne, a special education teacher turned environmental justice advocate, successfully stopped the construction of a US$1.25 billion plastics manufacturing plant alongside the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Lavigne mobilized grassroots opposition to the project, educated community members, and organized peaceful protests to defend her predominantly African American community. The plant would have generated one million pounds of liquid hazardous waste annually, in a region already contending with known carcinogens and toxic air pollution.
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Thank you Sharon 🙏🏽
Awesome Sharon!!! Continue to shine your light!!!
@smithsamuel9178
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Tiffany 👋 Nice meeting you and where are you from?
@tiffanygarner9816
2 жыл бұрын
@@smithsamuel9178 Hello Samuel - nice to meet you. I'm from North Carolina
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 A W E S O M E!!!!!!!!!
Sharon, you are an inspiration. Let us stop extractive capitalism.
@smithsamuel9178
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Judith 👋 Nice meeting you and where are you from?
Congrats Sharon!! So well deserved. You are an inspiration to all!
So so well done!! Congratulations!!...xoxox
This lady stopped thousands of jobs from coming to Louisiana... 👏👏👏