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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Lisa Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> made history in </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">2009</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> when she became the </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">first African American</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> to serve as the federal </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">EPA Administrator</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">. </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Jackson’s</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> interest in environmental matters can be traced back the </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">U.S. Love Canal Disaster</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> in the mid-1970. While at the </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">EPA</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">, </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> made it a priority to focus on vulnerable groups, including children, the elderly, and low-income communities, that are particularly susceptible to environmental and health threats.</span><br>
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<strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><strong> </strong>led the </span><span style="color:#0000FF"><strong>EPA</strong> </span><span style="color:#000000">to expand its commitment to engaging with and listening to all stakeholders in the decision-making process. She has become the first</span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"> EPA<span style="color:#000000"> </span>administrator </span></strong><span style="color:#000000">to focus on reforming the</span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"> Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">, which regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals.<br>
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After leaving the</span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"> EPA</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">, in </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">May 2013</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">, </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> joined </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Apple</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> as their </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">environmental director</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">. At </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Apple, Lisa Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> has move </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">social justice</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> to the top of the list for protecting the environment. </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Apple</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> has a sustainability goal by</span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"> 2030 </span></strong><span style="color:#000000">of becoming </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">carbon-neutral</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> and achieving a </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">net-zero impact</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> in all operations. With </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Jackson</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> at the lead, </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Apple</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> has also embraced an outward-facing leadership role on its</span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"> social impacts</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">, with a </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">$100 million</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"> investment to create a </span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF">Racial and Equity Justice Initiative</span></strong><span style="color:#000000">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><strong>Shelton Johnson (1958 - Present)</strong></span>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Shelton Johnson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">, a native of </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Detroit, Michigan</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">. He served in the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Peace Corps</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> in </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Liberia, West Afric</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">a. In </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">1987 Johnson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong> </strong>began his career as a park ranger for the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">National Park Service</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">. He has worked in </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Yellowstone, Washington, D.C.</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">, </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Great Basin</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">, and for the last twenty years in </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Yosemite National Park</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">.</span></span></span><br>
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<strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Johnson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> is an advocate for bringing minorities to the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">National Parks</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> and connecting them to the natural world. He claims that "one of the great losses to </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">African culture</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> from slavery was the loss of kinship with the earth". He dedicated his work to this issue when he found the history of </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Buffalo Soldiers</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">, the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">African-American regiments</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> of the historically segregated </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">U.S. Army</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">. </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Johnson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> is now known for his research and publications on the assignments of the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">24<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> and the </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">9<sup>th</sup> Infantry Regiment</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> to protect the new </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">National Parks </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">in</span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span></span></span>California's Sierra Nevada</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">.<br>
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In </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">2010 Ranger Johnson</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> invited and hosted </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Oprah Winfrey</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> on her first visit to </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Yosemite National Park</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">. This trip comprised two episodes of the final season of her talk show which was also broadcast in over 150 countries. The latter effort was made in order to encourage </span></span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">African Americans</span></span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,baskerville,georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> to claim their inheritance as owners of our national parks</span></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size:20px"><strong>Will Allen (1945 - Present)</strong></span>
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<span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Allen </strong></span></span><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">promotes the belief that all people, regardless of their economic circumstances, should have access to fresh, safe, affordable and nutritious foods. Using methods he has developed over a lifetime, </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">Allen</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> specializes in bringing </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">healthy food</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> to </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">under-served communities</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> using a unique growing system he developed himself. He trains community members to become </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">community farmers</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">, assuring them a secure source of good food without regard to political or economic forces.</span></span><br>
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<strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">Growing Power’s</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> expansion can be attributed, in part, to the </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">MacArthur Genius Award </span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">that </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">Allen </span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">received in </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">2008</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">, and the </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">half-million-dollar prize</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> that came with it. </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">Allen</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> became a star, and his organization grew radically, from a staff of a dozen or so to 200 people. A widespread recruitment and mobilization of </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">urban agriculture</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> and </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">environmental justice</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px"> workers ensued. A decade later, many of those workers now lead their own </span></span><strong><span style="color:#0000FF"><span style="font-size:16px">urban farming enterprises</span></span></strong><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:16px">.</span></span></span></p>
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