
Joy Banner
The Descendants Project
Co-Director and Co-Founder
expertise:
state: LA
city: Vacherie
Tribal Affiliation: NO
languages: English
race + ethnicity: Black, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, African or African descendant
We are at the intersection of environmental justice, historic preservation, and sustainable community development. We also participate in UN instruments, especially the Global Plastics Treaty. Our mission is to eradicate the legacies of slavery, particularly within the Black descendant communities along the Mississippi River. We educate the wider public about the "plantation to plant" through line as evidenced by "Louisiana's Cancer Alley and Chemical Corridor" Black communities are more burdened by pollution and the resulting impacts. Both plantation and plants were attracted by the Mississippi River and its use as an industrial corridor.