The Wege Foundation presents its 25th Annual Speaker on May 26, 2022. This year’s lecturer will be Dr. Beverly Wright, award-winning environmental justice scholar, advocate, author, civic leader and professor. She is the founder and executive director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice in New Orleans. 

As a child growing up in southern Louisiana, Dr. Wright’s understanding of environmentally compromised communities was close to home. She lived along the highly polluted 85-mile stretch of land between Baton Rouge and New Orleans known as ”cancer alley.” These childhood experiences shaped her eventual career choices in research and activism.

Please register by May 25, 2022 at: wegespeaker2022.eventbrite.com

Founding Partner: 

• Wege Foundation

Partners:

• City of Grand Rapids
• Michigan Black Expo
• U.S. Green Building Council of West Michigan
• Urban Core Collective