Young, Gifted & Green
@younggiftedgreen.bsky.social
Young, Gifted & Green is a national civil rights and environmental justice organization.
🌍 Environmental Justice Toolkit 2.0 is here. Proud to see Young, Gifted & Green among contributors shaping equitable climate, energy, and air-quality engagement across our region.
🔗 www.mwcog.org/documents/20...
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateEquity #YGG
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#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateEquity #YGG
www.mwcog.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
🌍 Environmental Justice Toolkit 2.0 is here. Proud to see Young, Gifted & Green among contributors shaping equitable climate, energy, and air-quality engagement across our region.
🔗 www.mwcog.org/documents/20...
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateEquity #YGG
🔗 www.mwcog.org/documents/20...
#EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateEquity #YGG
🔥 DC FAM! Join us 3/14/26 for Cooking with Good Energy—learn about gas stove health risks, explore clean electric cooking, enjoy a live demo with Chef GiGi, plus a limited food giveaway & raffle.
Register: bit.ly/yggcooking
#DCEvents #CleanEnergy #YGG
Register: bit.ly/yggcooking
#DCEvents #CleanEnergy #YGG
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
🔥 DC FAM! Join us 3/14/26 for Cooking with Good Energy—learn about gas stove health risks, explore clean electric cooking, enjoy a live demo with Chef GiGi, plus a limited food giveaway & raffle.
Register: bit.ly/yggcooking
#DCEvents #CleanEnergy #YGG
Register: bit.ly/yggcooking
#DCEvents #CleanEnergy #YGG
The real cost of fossil fuel pollution isn’t environmental — it’s human.
Air pollution from coal, oil & gas is driving illness, early deaths, and long-term harm, with frontline communities hit hardest.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...
Air pollution from coal, oil & gas is driving illness, early deaths, and long-term harm, with frontline communities hit hardest.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...
The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts - Inside Climate News
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood with Dr. Vanessa Kerry at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Ever...
insideclimatenews.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The real cost of fossil fuel pollution isn’t environmental — it’s human.
Air pollution from coal, oil & gas is driving illness, early deaths, and long-term harm, with frontline communities hit hardest.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...
Air pollution from coal, oil & gas is driving illness, early deaths, and long-term harm, with frontline communities hit hardest.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...
✨ Noir et Vert | 10 Years of Young, Gifted & Green ✨
An evening of Black excellence + environmental justice in the fight for a #LeadFreeUSA.
Honoring the legacies of Reps. McEachin & Grijalva and today’s EJ leaders.
🎟 RSVP: bit.ly/noiretvert26
An evening of Black excellence + environmental justice in the fight for a #LeadFreeUSA.
Honoring the legacies of Reps. McEachin & Grijalva and today’s EJ leaders.
🎟 RSVP: bit.ly/noiretvert26
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
✨ Noir et Vert | 10 Years of Young, Gifted & Green ✨
An evening of Black excellence + environmental justice in the fight for a #LeadFreeUSA.
Honoring the legacies of Reps. McEachin & Grijalva and today’s EJ leaders.
🎟 RSVP: bit.ly/noiretvert26
An evening of Black excellence + environmental justice in the fight for a #LeadFreeUSA.
Honoring the legacies of Reps. McEachin & Grijalva and today’s EJ leaders.
🎟 RSVP: bit.ly/noiretvert26
Today is #WombWednesday!
Class action indicates Tampax Pearl tampons contain dangerously high levels of lead, which may expose women to numerous mental and physical side effects. www.aboutlawsuits.com/tampax-pearl....
#BlackMaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #LeadFreeUSA
Class action indicates Tampax Pearl tampons contain dangerously high levels of lead, which may expose women to numerous mental and physical side effects. www.aboutlawsuits.com/tampax-pearl....
#BlackMaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #LeadFreeUSA
Tampax Pearl Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Lead in Tampons May Enter Bloodstream
A new class action lawsuit claims that Tampax Pearl tampons are misleadingly marketed as safe, despite allegedly containing toxic metals that may pose serious physical and neurological health risks.
www.aboutlawsuits.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Today is #WombWednesday!
Class action indicates Tampax Pearl tampons contain dangerously high levels of lead, which may expose women to numerous mental and physical side effects. www.aboutlawsuits.com/tampax-pearl....
#BlackMaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #LeadFreeUSA
Class action indicates Tampax Pearl tampons contain dangerously high levels of lead, which may expose women to numerous mental and physical side effects. www.aboutlawsuits.com/tampax-pearl....
#BlackMaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #LeadFreeUSA
Secrecy has consequences. 🚨
Residents in Columbiana, AL learned their former mayor signed an NDA with a data center developer without public input—limiting transparency on community and environmental impacts.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalJustice
Residents in Columbiana, AL learned their former mayor signed an NDA with a data center developer without public input—limiting transparency on community and environmental impacts.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalJustice
An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here. - Inside Climate News
COLUMBIANA, Ala.—At first, no one knew about the non-disclosure agreement. Columbiana’s then-mayor, David Mitchell, had signed the secrecy agreement with DigiPowerX, a data center developer, without ...
insideclimatenews.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Secrecy has consequences. 🚨
Residents in Columbiana, AL learned their former mayor signed an NDA with a data center developer without public input—limiting transparency on community and environmental impacts.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalJustice
Residents in Columbiana, AL learned their former mayor signed an NDA with a data center developer without public input—limiting transparency on community and environmental impacts.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1701202...
#TransparencyMatters #EnvironmentalJustice
Join us w/ @actonclimate + @edfaction for #TheGreenAgenda on the topic “Still Standing on Environmental Justice Business in 2026” featuring #YoungGiftedGreen Founder CEO & President LaTricea D. Adams. Learn more + Register at:
bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA.
#EnvironmentalJustice
bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA.
#EnvironmentalJustice
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Join us w/ @actonclimate + @edfaction for #TheGreenAgenda on the topic “Still Standing on Environmental Justice Business in 2026” featuring #YoungGiftedGreen Founder CEO & President LaTricea D. Adams. Learn more + Register at:
bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA.
#EnvironmentalJustice
bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA.
#EnvironmentalJustice
We are celebrating another AMAZING #MLKDay Weekend for our Lead Free South Memphis Canvass Day 2026!
Thank you to our community partners @HealthyHousing @ProtectAquifer @leadfreeshelby @uofmemphis, Memphis Lead Coalition, & Memphis & Shelby County Lead Safe Collaborative💚
Thank you to our community partners @HealthyHousing @ProtectAquifer @leadfreeshelby @uofmemphis, Memphis Lead Coalition, & Memphis & Shelby County Lead Safe Collaborative💚
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
We are celebrating another AMAZING #MLKDay Weekend for our Lead Free South Memphis Canvass Day 2026!
Thank you to our community partners @HealthyHousing @ProtectAquifer @leadfreeshelby @uofmemphis, Memphis Lead Coalition, & Memphis & Shelby County Lead Safe Collaborative💚
Thank you to our community partners @HealthyHousing @ProtectAquifer @leadfreeshelby @uofmemphis, Memphis Lead Coalition, & Memphis & Shelby County Lead Safe Collaborative💚
🚰 Baltimore residents: protect your water & your home.
Get FREE in-home help completing DPW’s lead service line survey. Knowing what pipes connect to your home helps keep families safe.
📅 Jan 24 | Feb 21 | Mar 14 | Apr 11 | May 3 | Jun 13
🔗 bit.ly/baltimoretesting
#Baltimore #LeadAwareness
Get FREE in-home help completing DPW’s lead service line survey. Knowing what pipes connect to your home helps keep families safe.
📅 Jan 24 | Feb 21 | Mar 14 | Apr 11 | May 3 | Jun 13
🔗 bit.ly/baltimoretesting
#Baltimore #LeadAwareness
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
🚰 Baltimore residents: protect your water & your home.
Get FREE in-home help completing DPW’s lead service line survey. Knowing what pipes connect to your home helps keep families safe.
📅 Jan 24 | Feb 21 | Mar 14 | Apr 11 | May 3 | Jun 13
🔗 bit.ly/baltimoretesting
#Baltimore #LeadAwareness
Get FREE in-home help completing DPW’s lead service line survey. Knowing what pipes connect to your home helps keep families safe.
📅 Jan 24 | Feb 21 | Mar 14 | Apr 11 | May 3 | Jun 13
🔗 bit.ly/baltimoretesting
#Baltimore #LeadAwareness
Announcing📢 One of our VERY special guests @LittleMissFlint as we countdown to Noir et Vert: Celebrating 10 Years of Young, Gifted & Green February 7, 2026 6PM ET Ìpàdé in Washington, DC: bit.ly/noiretvert26.
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#NoiretVert #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
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#NoiretVert #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Announcing📢 One of our VERY special guests @LittleMissFlint as we countdown to Noir et Vert: Celebrating 10 Years of Young, Gifted & Green February 7, 2026 6PM ET Ìpàdé in Washington, DC: bit.ly/noiretvert26.
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#NoiretVert #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
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#NoiretVert #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
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Americans all over the country are saying enough is enough and fighting back against data centers that are driving up our energy bills, straining water supplies, and polluting our air.
Data Center Project Cancellations Quadrupled in 2025 as Locals Fight Back
A win for advocacy!
gizmodo.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Americans all over the country are saying enough is enough and fighting back against data centers that are driving up our energy bills, straining water supplies, and polluting our air.
Today is #WombWednesday! According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, extreme weather is linked to #pregnancy complications, increased violence, & inescapable exposure to pollution & heat. #DefendOurClimate #MaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice
Climate change hurts women more
Extreme weather is linked to pregnancy complications, increased violence, and inescapable exposure to pollution and heat.
www.aamc.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Today is #WombWednesday! According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, extreme weather is linked to #pregnancy complications, increased violence, & inescapable exposure to pollution & heat. #DefendOurClimate #MaternalHealth #EnvironmentalJustice
🔥 Cooking With Good Energy is back Jan 24! Learn about healthier cooking, cleaner air + energy savings.
Live demo w/ Chef GiGi, free meal, giveaway + raffle.
📍 Skyland Workforce Dev | 12–3PM
🔗 bit.ly/yggcooking
#YoungGiftedGreen #CleanEnergy
Live demo w/ Chef GiGi, free meal, giveaway + raffle.
📍 Skyland Workforce Dev | 12–3PM
🔗 bit.ly/yggcooking
#YoungGiftedGreen #CleanEnergy
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
🔥 Cooking With Good Energy is back Jan 24! Learn about healthier cooking, cleaner air + energy savings.
Live demo w/ Chef GiGi, free meal, giveaway + raffle.
📍 Skyland Workforce Dev | 12–3PM
🔗 bit.ly/yggcooking
#YoungGiftedGreen #CleanEnergy
Live demo w/ Chef GiGi, free meal, giveaway + raffle.
📍 Skyland Workforce Dev | 12–3PM
🔗 bit.ly/yggcooking
#YoungGiftedGreen #CleanEnergy
New Op-ed 🚨 Check out the latest piece from our Founder CEO & President LaTricea Adams.
Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis dailymemphian.com/article/5882...
Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis dailymemphian.com/article/5882...
Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis
Opinion: 'Let xAI not be a monument to what was taken from Memphis but a testament to what happens when a city demands justice for its people.'
dailymemphian.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
New Op-ed 🚨 Check out the latest piece from our Founder CEO & President LaTricea Adams.
Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis dailymemphian.com/article/5882...
Opinion: XAI must power a just transition for Memphis dailymemphian.com/article/5882...
🚰✊🏾 South Memphis deserves safe homes + clean water. Join YGG + EJ leaders to canvass homes impacted by lead exposure + connect families to FREE lead paint & water testing.
📅 Jan 17 | 11AM–2PM
📍 Memphis Rox
🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem
#LeadFreeSouthMemphis #EJ
📅 Jan 17 | 11AM–2PM
📍 Memphis Rox
🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem
#LeadFreeSouthMemphis #EJ
January 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
🚰✊🏾 South Memphis deserves safe homes + clean water. Join YGG + EJ leaders to canvass homes impacted by lead exposure + connect families to FREE lead paint & water testing.
📅 Jan 17 | 11AM–2PM
📍 Memphis Rox
🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem
#LeadFreeSouthMemphis #EJ
📅 Jan 17 | 11AM–2PM
📍 Memphis Rox
🔗 bit.ly/canvassmem
#LeadFreeSouthMemphis #EJ
🚨 FDA misses another deadline to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. Black women remain the most exposed and the most at risk. This delay is unacceptable. 🥺
🔗 www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
#BeautyJustice #HealthEquity #ProtectBlackWomen
🔗 www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
#BeautyJustice #HealthEquity #ProtectBlackWomen
FDA misses deadline on proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products | CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration has missed its latest deadline to propose banning formaldehyde and certain formaldehyde-releasing chemicals from hair-straightening products, often used by Black wo...
www.cnn.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:17 PM
🚨 FDA misses another deadline to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. Black women remain the most exposed and the most at risk. This delay is unacceptable. 🥺
🔗 www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
#BeautyJustice #HealthEquity #ProtectBlackWomen
🔗 www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
#BeautyJustice #HealthEquity #ProtectBlackWomen
🌱✊🏾 Environmental justice is still standing in 2026.
Join The Green Agenda LIVE to talk climate, equity, and community power.
📅 Jan 22, 2026
⏰ 6PM ET / 5PM CT
📍 Facebook & YouTube
Register: bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
Join The Green Agenda LIVE to talk climate, equity, and community power.
📅 Jan 22, 2026
⏰ 6PM ET / 5PM CT
📍 Facebook & YouTube
Register: bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🌱✊🏾 Environmental justice is still standing in 2026.
Join The Green Agenda LIVE to talk climate, equity, and community power.
📅 Jan 22, 2026
⏰ 6PM ET / 5PM CT
📍 Facebook & YouTube
Register: bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
Join The Green Agenda LIVE to talk climate, equity, and community power.
📅 Jan 22, 2026
⏰ 6PM ET / 5PM CT
📍 Facebook & YouTube
Register: bit.ly/THEGREENAGENDA
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD BY 1/7/26: Join us with @actonclimateus.bsky.social to submit a comment to EPA demanding them NOT to delay closing coal ash ponds which increases public health risks. Take less than 60 seconds & submit your comment TODAY: bit.ly/nocoalash26.
January 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD BY 1/7/26: Join us with @actonclimateus.bsky.social to submit a comment to EPA demanding them NOT to delay closing coal ash ponds which increases public health risks. Take less than 60 seconds & submit your comment TODAY: bit.ly/nocoalash26.
Habari gani? #Imani! #Faith! In April 2024, #YoungGiftedGreen founded "Black Maternal & Environmental Health Day" observed on the first Thursday of April. To-date we have proclamations impacting over 4 million Black women
#Kwanzaa #BlackMaternalHealth
#Kwanzaa #BlackMaternalHealth
January 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Habari gani? #Imani! #Faith! In April 2024, #YoungGiftedGreen founded "Black Maternal & Environmental Health Day" observed on the first Thursday of April. To-date we have proclamations impacting over 4 million Black women
#Kwanzaa #BlackMaternalHealth
#Kwanzaa #BlackMaternalHealth
Habari gani? #Kuumba! #Creativity! Thank you to our partner @blackseedsurbanfarms for being amazing stewards hosting "Growing a Lead Free Community", a fun event on lead awareness w/ music & puppets! Learn more at blackseedsurbanfarm.com.
#Kwanzaa #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
#Kwanzaa #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Habari gani? #Kuumba! #Creativity! Thank you to our partner @blackseedsurbanfarms for being amazing stewards hosting "Growing a Lead Free Community", a fun event on lead awareness w/ music & puppets! Learn more at blackseedsurbanfarm.com.
#Kwanzaa #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
#Kwanzaa #YoungGiftedGreen #LeadFreeUSA
Habari gani? Nia! Purpose!
In 2015 we joined @thursdaynetwork and other @nulyp chapters to organize a water donation drive for the #FlintWaterCrisis. Since 2015, we have hosted our annual Flint Weekend of Service for 9 years.
In 2015 we joined @thursdaynetwork and other @nulyp chapters to organize a water donation drive for the #FlintWaterCrisis. Since 2015, we have hosted our annual Flint Weekend of Service for 9 years.
December 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Habari gani? Nia! Purpose!
In 2015 we joined @thursdaynetwork and other @nulyp chapters to organize a water donation drive for the #FlintWaterCrisis. Since 2015, we have hosted our annual Flint Weekend of Service for 9 years.
In 2015 we joined @thursdaynetwork and other @nulyp chapters to organize a water donation drive for the #FlintWaterCrisis. Since 2015, we have hosted our annual Flint Weekend of Service for 9 years.
Habari gani? #Ujamaa! Cooperative Economics! As a Black Woman Founded org, #YoungGiftedGreen demonstrates the #Kwanzaa principle of #Ujamaa everyday! Support one of our favorite businesses @bloomhousemedia w/ Krissy's Coloring Corner🖍
#EnvironmentalJustice #YoungGiftedGreen
#EnvironmentalJustice #YoungGiftedGreen
December 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Habari gani? #Ujamaa! Cooperative Economics! As a Black Woman Founded org, #YoungGiftedGreen demonstrates the #Kwanzaa principle of #Ujamaa everyday! Support one of our favorite businesses @bloomhousemedia w/ Krissy's Coloring Corner🖍
#EnvironmentalJustice #YoungGiftedGreen
#EnvironmentalJustice #YoungGiftedGreen
Habari gani? Kujichagulia! Self-Determination!
Since June 2024, orgs like #YoungGiftedGreen, Memphis Community Against Pollution & @NAACP have resisted polluting data centers in Black neighborhoods, because oligarchs & capitalists don't speak for us ✊🏿💪🏿
#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia #SelfDetermination
Since June 2024, orgs like #YoungGiftedGreen, Memphis Community Against Pollution & @NAACP have resisted polluting data centers in Black neighborhoods, because oligarchs & capitalists don't speak for us ✊🏿💪🏿
#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia #SelfDetermination
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Habari gani? Kujichagulia! Self-Determination!
Since June 2024, orgs like #YoungGiftedGreen, Memphis Community Against Pollution & @NAACP have resisted polluting data centers in Black neighborhoods, because oligarchs & capitalists don't speak for us ✊🏿💪🏿
#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia #SelfDetermination
Since June 2024, orgs like #YoungGiftedGreen, Memphis Community Against Pollution & @NAACP have resisted polluting data centers in Black neighborhoods, because oligarchs & capitalists don't speak for us ✊🏿💪🏿
#Kwanzaa #Kujichagulia #SelfDetermination
Habari gani? UMOJA! Unity! #YoungGiftedGreen is excited to celebrate the 1st day of #Kwanzaa! This year our youth leaders created a new signature event called "We Outside" connecting youth & families to nature💚 Support our youth at younggiftedgreen.org/donate.
December 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Habari gani? UMOJA! Unity! #YoungGiftedGreen is excited to celebrate the 1st day of #Kwanzaa! This year our youth leaders created a new signature event called "We Outside" connecting youth & families to nature💚 Support our youth at younggiftedgreen.org/donate.