Climate change, EIDCA, and EJ in Rochester (11.6.20)

Climate change is a concern for everyone, but different communities see and experience it differently. For BIPOC (Black Indigenous and People of Color), however, particularly those in poverty, climate change is a present day challenge. People are ​already​ suffering and dying because of climate change. Right here in Rochester, and right now. And, particularly in high poverty areas, climate change is just another facet of longstanding environmental assaults and neglect.