Green The Church
National Virtual Summit 2021
Church & Community in the Fight!
October 11, 2021

This session, facilitated by Rev. Emily Carroll of Green The Church, focused on successful community-based struggles for environmental justice in Tennessee and Texas.
 
Featuring:
Rev. Danielle Ayers—Pastor of Justice, Friendship-West Baptist Church | Dallas, TX
Justin J. Pearson—Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)
 
Watch the video to learn how the Social Justice Ministry of Friendship-West got involved with community leaders to stand for justice, and how a coalition in Memphis defeated a giant oil pipeline that had plans to run through a historic neighborhood, risking the drinking water of the community and forcibly taking private land.