Portia Shepherd

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Blackbelt Women Rising

Executive Director

expertise:

Racial + environmental justice, Water + Sanitation Access

state: AL

city: Uniontown

LGBTQ: I PREFER NOT TO SAY

Tribal Affiliation: NO

languages: English

race + ethnicity: Black, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, African or African descendant

Portia Shepherd is a political consultant, keynote speaker, and founder of Blackbelt Women Rising, a gender and environmental justice organization serving Alabama’s Black Belt region. A graduate of Miles College with a Master’s in Nonprofit Leadership from New England College, she has over fifteen years of experience in political, nonprofit, and advocacy work. Her advocacy has been featured on Fox News, The Washington Post, BBC World News, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

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Racial + environmental justice

FERC ignores statutory obligation to public, authorizes 500 miles of unnecessary pipelines – Southern Environmental Law Center – Southern Environmental Law Center

WASHINGTON – In a blatant disregard to its statutory obligation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized two pipeline proposals that would bring more than 500