Paula on Point

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.

Continue reading “Working for a Sea Change”

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.

Continue reading “An Environmental Justice Beacon Shines in Oakland”