This article introduces two panel discussions that were held at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability’s 2020 Michigan Environmental Justice Summit: Commemorating the Thirtieth Anniversary of Michigan’s Conference on Race and the Environment and Looking Toward the Future. The authors provide an historical overview of how the 1990 Michigan Conference helped to shape the development and progression of the environmental justice movement.
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