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Destiny Watford (wala) kaiba si Nancy Pelosi, 2016

Si Destiny Watford sarong Amerikanong aktibista sa kapalibotan. Nanggana sya nin Goldman Environmental Prize kan 2016.[1][2][3]

Si Watford nagdakula sa Curtis Bay, Maryland, sa sarong lugar na may dakulang polusyon sa aire.[4][5] Kan yaon sya sa hayskul, pinunan niya an kampanya nin adbokasiya laban sa sarong proyektong insinerador na naaprobaran kan syudad asin estado, asin pwedeng pagsulo nin 4,000 na toneladang basura kada aldaw. Labing apat na taon, pinanginotan nya an pagsuportar sa ibang estudyante sa Benjamin Franklin High School basado sa mga katuyohan manungod sa epekto kan salud hale sa mas dakol na polusyon sa aire sa lugar na iyan, kabale an pagigin lakop kan asthma naeksperyensiahan na sa lokal na komunidad.[6][7] Kaiba sa saindang trabaho an pagsiyasat sa daga na ginagamit asin ginagamit an mga regulasyon sa pagsona, siring man an pagbuo sa eskuelahan asin sa mga opisyal kan gobyerno.[8] Kan 2016, kinanselar kan Maryland Department of the Environment an incinerador proyektong.[9][10]

Nag-adal siya sa Towson Unibersidad .[11] Kan 2018, siya nagpresentar sa Facting Race Conference.[12] Sa edad na 16, siya nag-akò kan grupong advocacy na Free Your Voice, na ngonyan parte kan organisasyon nin deretsos humano United Workers.[13][14][15]

Mga gawad asin pagbisto

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Nakaresibi si Watford nin manlaen-laen na premyo asin mga pag-onra, kaiba na diyan an Goldman Environmental Prize kan 2016, siring man an pagmidbid bilang sarong Birdland Community Hero kan 2016, Time sunod sa Generation Leader 2016, asin Essence Work 100 Woman. [16][17][18]

Pampublikong tataramon

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An Watford sarong regular na matibay na espiker sa kapalibotan asin hustisya sa palibot. Kabale sa pagtaram an mga kredito:

  • Parataram kan 2017 TEDxMidAtlantic
  • Parataram sa Facing Race National Conference kan 2018 [19]
  • Keyante sa 2018 University of Maryland Environmental Justice asin Health Disparities Symposium.[20]
  • Si Keyante sa 2019 Bagong Mexico Malinig sa Enerhiya[21]
  • Keyante sa 2019 pagselebrar "The Power of 10" Towson University Conference.[22]

Mga susugan

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  1. ↑ "Destiny Watford". Goldman Environmental Foundation. Retrieved 2021-04-20. 
  2. ↑ Worland, Jason (October 8, 2020). "Fighting for Environmental Justice on the Streets of Baltimore". Time. Retrieved 2021-04-20. 
  3. ↑ Norris, Anna (April 26, 2016). "This Brave Baltimore Student Shut Down the Nation's Largest Trash Incinerator". The Weather Channel. https://weather.com/science/environment/news/destiny-watford-baltimore-goldman-environmental-prize. 
  4. ↑ Dance, Scott. "Curtis Bay youth wins award for campaign against Fairfield incinerator". Archived from the original on 2021-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210510205605/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bal-gr-curtis-bay-youth-wins-environmental-award-for-campaign-against-fairfield-incinerator-20160418-story.html. Retrieved on 2021-05-07. 
  5. ↑ Blackstone, John. "Baltimore student takes on gov't, saves town from more pollution". https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baltimore-student-destiny-watford-takes-on-government-saves-town-from-more-pollution/. 
  6. ↑ Fears, Darryl. "This Baltimore 20-year-old just won a huge international award for taking out a giant trash incinerator". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/18/this-baltimore-20-year-old-just-won-a-huge-international-award-for-taking-out-a-giant-trash-incinerator/. 
  7. ↑ Schwartz, Ariel. "This 20 year-old stopped the largest trash incinerator in the U.S. from being built". https://www.businessinsider.com/destiny-watford-stopped-the-largest-trash-incinerator-in-the-us-from-being-built-2016-4?op=1. 
  8. ↑ Mock, Brentin. "How Destiny Won Over Baltimore". https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-25/destiny-watford-wins-the-prestigious-goldman-environmental-prize-for-stopping-baltimore-incinerator. 
  9. ↑ "Meet the black activist who derailed a big polluting project before graduating college". 
  10. ↑ Dance, Scott. "How a trash incinerator — Baltimore's biggest polluter — became 'green' energy". https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-trash-incineration-20171107-story.html. 
  11. ↑ "TU in the News: Destiny Watford '17 wins international award for activism". 
  12. ↑ "Destiny Watford". 
  13. ↑ Norris, Anna. "This Brave Baltimore Student Shut Down the Nation's Largest Trash Incinerator". https://weather.com/science/environment/news/destiny-watford-baltimore-goldman-environmental-prize. Norris, Anna (April 26, 2016). "This Brave Baltimore Student Shut Down the Nation's Largest Trash Incinerator". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. ↑ Inc, Younts Design. "Youth Environmental Activism / Expert Q&A: Destiny Watford, Charles Graham, & Evan Maminski". 
  15. ↑ Pinder, Gay. "How Destiny Watford went from 'just' a teenager to acclaimed activist". https://thedailyrecord.com/2016/08/18/how-destiny-watford-went-from-just-a-teenager-to-acclaimed-activist/. 
  16. ↑ "Birdland Hero: Destiny Watford | 06/25/2016". 
  17. ↑ "Meet the 20-Year-Old Who Stood Up to a Major Company—and Won". 
  18. ↑ "ESSENCE Black Girl Magic: Meet The 20-Year-Old Environmentalist Fighting For Her Community". 
  19. ↑ "Destiny Watford". "Destiny Watford". Facing Race: A National Conference. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  20. ↑ "2018 Symposium". 
  21. ↑ "Clean Energy Conference w/ Goldman Prize Winner Destiny Watford :: Sustainability Studies Program | The University of New Mexico". 
  22. ↑ "Celebrating 'The Power of 10'". 
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