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Working for a Sea Change

March for the Ocean, 2018_saved 1200 — Weis, third from right, with Marine Team members at the 2018 March for the Ocean. All photos courtesy of Judy Weis.

This article was published on the Sierra Club’s national website on May 6, 2019 and can be found here.

Judith “Judy” Weis’ fascination with the ocean began at the age of seven, when on a summer vacation to Shelter Island, NY she made a discovery that set her imagination ablaze—a large hermit crab walking in shallow water, inhabiting a whelk shell that was adorned with such life-forms as barnacles and seaweed. “This incredible collection of living things was walking in the water; I thought it was fantastic,” Weis says.

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An Environmental Justice Beacon Shines in Oakland

Margaret Gordon_sized — Ms. Margaret Gordon — Founding Member & Co-Director, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

My interview of Margaret Gordon was published as a ‘Spotlight’ feature by the Women’s Environmental Network on May 1, 2019 and can be found here.

Ms. Margaret is a lifetime community activist. As a young single mother she worked her way off welfare by attending commercial cooking school, after which she cooked for various institutions including Alta Bates Medical Center and a UC Berkeley fraternity house.

She’s a founding member of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project (WOEIP)—a resident led, community-based environmental justice organization dedicated to achieving healthy homes, jobs, and neighborhoods for all who live, work, learn, and play in West Oakland, California.

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Power to the People — and Make It Clean!

20190408_130110_sized to 1200 — Rally participants in Atlanta on April 8. All photos courtesy of the Sierra Club.

This article was published on the Sierra Club’s national website on May 1, 2019 and can be found here.

“Ain’t no power like the power of the people, ’cause the power of the people don’t stop! Say what?”

On April 8 a group of full-throated activists marched in Atlanta with a call and response that pledged to summon “people power” to achieve clean, affordable energy in Georgia.

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