The 10th annual Environmental Justice Symposium brought together nearly 300 academics, activists, regulators and artists to discuss the past, present and future of environmental justice, and the Biden-Harris administration’s policies, including the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which directed tens of billions of new dollars for environmental justice projects.
Author Archives: Kayla Benjamin
Kayla Benjamin writes about environmental justice and climate change in the DMV. Previously, she has worked at Washingtonian Magazine covering a little bit of everything—the arts, travel, real estate and politics—going on in the District. Kayla graduated from American University in December 2021, having studied journalism and political science. Outside of work, she can be found thrift shopping, eating spicy food and reading fiction.
