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LaTricea Adams


AFFILIATION: Young, Gifted & Green

TITLE: CEO and President

LOCATION: Tennessee

LANGUAGE: English, Spanish

EXPERTISE AREA: Black/African-American Communities, Climate Change, DEIJ, Environmental Education, Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Environmental Racism, Pollution, Water, Educational Policy

ABOUT THE EXPERT:

LaTricea Adams (she/her) is a proud native of Memphis, Tennessee and is the founder, CEO, and president of Young, Gifted & Green a national environmental justice and civil rights organization with the purpose of bringing like-minded organizations together to collectively take action and advocate against the crisis of lead exposure specifically in African American & Latinx communities throughout the nation. LaTricea, a proud HBCU graduate, is the youngest African American woman appointed to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC). She serves on the American Bar Association’s Environmental Justice Task Force and was a recent honoree of the Environment, Energy, & Resources Section’s Dedication to Diversity and Justice.

CONTACT:

Contact LaTricea Adams at Experts@diversegreen.org.

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