11/19/20: Herbicide Justice Discussion, hosted by HFC Berkeley and ASUC Senator Tellem's Environmental Justice Department

HFC Berkeley and ASUC Senator Tellem's Environmental Justice Department present:

Discussing Herbicide Justice:

Panel with Dominica Navarro and Carmen Ramirez

Thursday, November 19 from 5:30PM - 6:30PM PST

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Herbicides, pesticides, and other harmful agro chemicals are often not talked about in mainstream environmental justice efforts. In this panel we will learn from the perspectives of two amazing panelists, Dominica Navarro and Carmen Ramirez, to better understand how this disproportionately affects the Latinx community and the hard work that goes into directly addressing these injustices. It is so important to highlight the stories of Latinx and BIPOC communities most affected by herbicide and pesticide use, so this will be extremely impactful for those who have never heard about these kinds of issues before. It will also be an opportunity for community members to better understand why it is so important to fight for herbicide justice and to gain resources to personally engage with this movement!

Resources from the Discussion

Panelist information

Dominica Navarro 

• Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides

• Racism and Injustice in Pesticide Policy

• People Are Not Pests, and Part 2

Carmen Ramirez

• Carmen’s research with COSECHA

Indigenous Sovereignty 

• Support Rematriation in the Berkeley Area with the Shuumi Land Tax

• Find out what Indigenous land you reside on

• Visit Climate Justice Alliance for more information on Indigenous Sovereignty

Getting Involved w/ Environmental Justice  

• Uprooted and Rising puts pressure on universities to stop sourcing from Big Food and end white supremacy in the food system

• The Student Farm at UC Berkeley  

• Black Earth Farms 

• Farmworker Justice  

Pesticide Research Links 

• Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health, UC Berkeley

• Glyphosate reduction from an organic diet - Study from Friends of the Earth

•  Safe Ag Safe Schools 

• Non Toxic Communities 

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To see a recording of the event, email hello@herbicidefreecampus.org