Barbara Weckesser and Barbara Nelson are local residents of Pascagoula, Miss. Barbara Weckesser is originally from coal country in Kentucky and retired with her husband in Pascagoula in 2010. Barbara Nelson grew up here in Moss Point and Pascagoula. Both of their...
Episodes
S1E8: Carlton Turner on Land, Food Sovereignty & Ancestral Roots
In this episode, Abigail and Mareshah sit down to talk about the importance of land, food sovereignty, ancestral roots, and more with Carlton Turner.
S1E7: Nina Morgan on Climate & Environmental Justice in Alabama
Abigail and Marésha sit down and talk with Nina Morgan, climate and environmental justice organizer for GASP. Nina's an incredible organizer — but we may be a little biased since she's also a part of the team that's making this podcast happen! Nina is graduate of UAB...
S1E6: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Africatown with Major Joe Womack
In this episode, Abigail goes one-on-one with Major Joe Womack, an inspiring leader promoting positive and sustainable change in Mobile, Alabama’s historic Africatown community.
S1E5: Democracy & Climate Change with Nsombi Lambright-Haynes, Bee Moorehead, and Andrea Miller
In this episode, Abigail and Marésha chat with Nsombi Lambright-Haynes (One Voice), Bee Moorehead (Texas Impact), and Andrea Miller (People Demanding Action). We're talking about the importance of protecting our democratic institutions in the context of bold,...
S1E4: Talking Labor with Jeannie Economos
On this episode of Climate Justice, Y'all, we are joined by Jeannie Economos of the Farmworker Association of Florida. Jeannie's title is Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project Coordinator. She's been with the Farmworker Association for more than 20 years....
S1E3: Energy Justice Frontlines with Tribal Chairman Juan Mancias
In this special episode of Climate Justice, Y'all, we are joined by Juan B. Mancias. Juan is the Tribal Chairman of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. Born in Dimmitt, TX, and raised in Plainview, Juan is the eldest born to a lineage of hereditary chiefs of the...
S1E2: Talking Energy Justice with Chandra Farley and Daniel Tait
In this episode of Climate Justice, Y’all, we speak with Chandra Farley, Just Energy Director with Partnership for Southern Equity, and Daniel Tait, Chief Operating Officer of Energy Alabama. Energy burden is extremely high in the South, and the disparate impact of...
S1E1: Introducing the Climate Justice, Y’all Podcast
This is Climate Justice, Y'all, a podcast dedicated to lifting up and centering the climate and environmental justice movement in the South. Despite the South being the most biodiverse, diverse, and one of the largest economic engines in the world, we are underfunded...