# Sharon Lavigne

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EJ Leaders Support Bill to Cut Plastic Pollution

On June 4, Beyond Plastics organized a news conference to support the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and to respond to lobbying from the chemical and plastics industry, which is attempting to mislead environmental justice communities in order to protect their own profits. Chem…

EJ Leaders Support Bill to Cut Plastic Pollution

On June 4, Beyond Plastics organized a news conference to support the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act and to respond to lobbying from the chemical and plastics industry, which is attempting to mislead environmental justice communities in order to protect their own profits. Chem…

Ep. 9 - Reframing Resistance (Live from NYC Climate Week)

Bringing frontline stories into focus. For this special season finale, recorded live during NYC Climate Week, host Shilpi Chhotray convenes a powerful storytelling event with three frontline media makers: Chantel Comardelle, Alexandra Norris, and B. Preston Lyles. This is more than a conversation a…

Reframing Resistance (Live from NYC Climate Week) | A People's Climate

For this special season finale, recorded live during NYC Climate Week, host Shilpi Chhotray convenes a powerful storytelling event with three frontline media makers: Chantel Comardelle, Alexandra Norris, and B. Preston Lyles. This is more than a conversation about films or campaigns — it’s an intim…

Cancer Alley: Petrochemicals and the Battle to Survive

Cancer Alley is an 85-mile stretch of land from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. With the largest density of petrochemical operations in the world, the area is ground zero for environmental injustice and human rights violations. Sharon Lavigne is a pioneering organizer who resides along Cancer Alley in …

Community Over Cancer Alley w/ Sharon and Shamyra Lavigne

In this episode of The Coolest Show, Rev Yearwood holds an intimate conversation with Time100 influential person Sharon Lavigne and her daughter, climate justice advocate Shamyra Lavigne Davey. The series aims to illuminate the environmental and social justice challenges facing Louisiana’s …

Petrochemical Series: Louisiana w/ Sharon Lavigne

In Louisiana, petrochemical factories are built upon the bones of African Americans as communities have been transformed into industrial structures. Sharon Lavigne is the founder of RISE St. James, a faith-based grassroots organization formed to advocate for racial and environmental justice. Lavign…

Sharon Lavigne and Shamyra Lavigne-Davey

Sharon Lavigne and her daughter Shamyra Lavigne-Davey join to discuss their environmental advocacy work and their continued fight to shut down toxic chemical plants in their hometown St. James, Louisiana.

The Plastic Detox & Petrochemicals in the Community with Shamell Lavigne

What happens when plastic pollution goes beyond products— and into our bodies? In The Plastic Detox, we uncover the devastating human impact of petrochemical exposure, from contaminated air to toxins found in our bloodstreams. This conversation shines a light on communities living on the frontline…

Maya Lilly: Lifting the Veil - Storytelling as a Catalyst for Change

Maya Lilly builds documentaries around one question: what makes a story move somebody to act? She trained at Juilliard, ran an environmental club there called the Juilliard Greens, then took an environmental studies degree and moved to Hollywood on purpose. The plan was to learn what the industry d…