WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Earth Day 2025, the HBCU Green Fund’s Sustainable Africa Future Network convened a powerful virtual gathering of youth leaders from 16 African countries and across the African Diaspora. United under the banner “Road to Belém: One Struggle, One Future (#Road2Belem),” the youth launched a bold Call to Action and announced the launch […]
Environment
Afri Decarbonization Corporation Announces Collaboration with HBCU Green Fund
To advance the conservation goals of Earth Day 2024, Afri Decarbonization Corporation (ADC) is excited to announce a new collaboration with the HBCU Green Fund (Historically Black Colleges & Universities) to deploy innovative nature-based climate solutions in West Africa. The partners share a commitment to decarbonization strategies that empower communities with local production, processing and […]
Renowned Climate Activist and HBCU Green Fund Founder, Felicia Davis, Unveils Empowering Global Youth Initiatives at COP28
Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC – Distinguished climate activist and founder of the HBCU Green Fund, Felicia Davis, took center stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, making groundbreaking announcements that underscore the organization’s commitment to global climate action and youth empowerment. In a momentous press conference, Davis announced the official […]
Environmental Justice Leader Mustafa Ali to Review Justice40 Initiative with White House Advisor Gina McCarthy at Second Annual BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue
Washington, D.C. – By Edrea Davis – Environmental justice leader, Mustafa Santiago Ali, will discuss the progress made on the implementation of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice40 initiative with White House Advisor Gina McCarthy during the Second Annual BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue. Hosted by the HBCU Green Fund and other environmental groups, the two-day virtual event […]
American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE Partners with Patti LaBelle in a New Video to Raise Awareness of Lung Cancer in Women
The American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative, nationally presented by CVS Health, recently debuted a short video featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle, who shares how lung cancer – the number one cancer killer of women in the United States – has affected her personally and taken the lives of many people close to her. […]
The Inaugural Healthy Earth Music & Arts Fest Debuts Earth Day Weekend In Los Angeles’ Historic Leimert Park
Los Angeles, CA – Earth Day Weekend will hold special significance this year when the Inaugural Healthy Earth Music & Arts Fest makes its premiere in Los Angeles’ historic Leimert Park, Saturday, April 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. In addition to this multi-cultural, sustainable lifestyle event encouraging health and environmental awareness, the festival […]
Climate Change and Black America
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. – Why are millions of Black American youth and elders suffering disproportionately from asthma and other respiratory illnesses much more than the national norm? Why is the overall public health status of Black Americans at a higher risk than other Americans? What do public environmental and climate change policies at both […]
Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data
Washington, D.C. — Green 2.0 announced that one year from their initial call for transparent diversity data – and months after the Presidents of the Bullitt, Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Wilburforce Foundations jointly echoed the need for data sharing by environmental funders – a majority of the 40 biggest funders of environmental […]
Poll Shows African Americans Strongly Back Climate Action
Washington, DC – Two-thirds of African Americans believe global warming is a serious problem, they want action more than the population at large and they overwhelmingly support the Clean Power Plan to address the growing climate crisis, a major new poll released today shows. Fully 83 percent of African Americans back setting the first-ever limits […]