Indiana NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Chair, Denise Abdul-Rahman Speaks At Indiana Mama Summit April 8, 2015 At The Indiana State House

At the Indiana Mama Summit 2015, climate leader Denise Abdul-Rahman called for the state of Indiana’s Department of Environmental Management to halt the burning of coal and the dumping of coal ash, practices which disproportionately impact people of color and low-income communities. Denise Abdul-Rahman was instrumental to passing the NAACP Clean Power Plan Resolution, which calls for coal ash to be defined as “special waste” and calls for special disposal to avoid the harmful health impacts of coal waste. Photo credit: Indian Green Outreach