“The environmental justice side is: How do we help communities move from surviving to thriving? How do we help to build capacity and power inside of those communities so that they are no longer seen as dumping grounds, but as healthy, vital and sustainable communities?”
- Name: Mustafa Santiago Ali
- Education:
- Occupation: Environmental Justice Activist
- Known For: Speaker and liaison for social justice issues
- Awards: Brookings Institution Congressional Fellow
Mustafa Santiago Ali is an environmental justice activist, well known for his work as a speaker and community liaison. Ali spent 24 years as part of the US Environmental Protection Agency, where he would bring attention to environmental issues and work with various government agencies to come up with solutions. Although he began as a student assistant, he eventually became one of the founding members of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice. Ali now works with the Hip Hop Caucus as the Vice President of Climate, Environmental Justice, & Community Revitalization.
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