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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRL-fB4bKlM by Radio Friends with Paul Pepper 2020 YouTube] | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRL-fB4bKlM by Radio Friends with Paul Pepper 2020 YouTube] | ||
There's a movement happening this year in which monuments to controversial figures are being removed or suppressed at the request of those it offends. Local columnist/activist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF tells us about another one that you may not know about: Sierra Club founder John Muir, who was a "absolute racist." September 4, 2020 | There's a movement happening this year in which monuments to controversial figures are being removed or suppressed at the request of those it offends. Local columnist/activist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF tells us about another one that you may not know about: Sierra Club founder John Muir, who was a "absolute racist." September 4, 2020 | ||
=====Aaron Mair, Sierra Club: Connecting civil rights, place, race, and justice===== | |||
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Aaron Mair is a leader in the environmental justice movement and was elected as the 57th president and first African-American president of the Sierra Club from 2015-2017. Mair was born on November 27, 1960, and grew up in Peekskill, New York. In 1984, Mair earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology from the State University of New York at Binghamton University, which included studying at The American University in Cairo, Egypt. | |||
