As a part of the 2025 Hampton Roads Social Justice Conference, there will be a pre-conference Environmental Justice and Community Storytelling Tour of the Virginia Peninsula. The tour will begin with a 90-minute working lunch where participants will develop an understanding of environmental justice and the important role of community voices in advocating for environmental equity. This will be followed by a guided tour to three sites of pronounced environmental injustice in Newport News and Hampton. At each site, the group will be joined by local environmental justice advocates who will share the history and details of the environmental justice issues at that place. The tour will conclude with a debriefing session focused on the roles that Virginia communities can play in fostering environmental change.
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