Dr. Crystal Cavalier

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AFFILIATION: 7 Directions of Service

TITLE: CEO/Co Founder

LOCATION: North Carolina

LANGUAGE: English

EXPERTISE AREA: Black/African-American Communities, Climate Change, DEIJ, Environmental Education, Environmental Justice, Environmental Racism, Food Justice, Indigenous/Native Communities, Just Transition, Land Justice, Natural Disasters And Response, Tribal Relations Or Indigenous Sovereignty, Water

ABOUT THE EXPERT:

Dr. Crystal Cavalier-Keck is a citizen of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation and she has dedicated the past 5+ years to defending her homelands against the Mountain Valley Pipeline/Southgate Extension. She is leading a campaign to bring Rights of Nature laws to NC in order to protect the waterways and communities in the path of the pipeline. Crystal is the co-founder of 7 Directions of Service with her husband. Crystal completed her Doctorate at the University of Dayton, focusing on the social justice crisis of Missing Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) tied to gas/oil pipelines. This led her to launch the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Coalition of NC. Crystal was the recipient of the 2022 FracTracker Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship. Crystal co-authored NC House Bill 795, the Rights of Nature/Rights of the Haw River, prioritizing environmentally impacted communities around the watershed. Crystal serves on the boards of Movement Rights and the Haw River Assembly.

CONTACT:

Contact Dr. Crystal Cavalier HERE.