2018 Honorary Degree Lecture: Mustafa Santiago Ali

Fighting for Environmental Justice: Law, Policy, and the Voice of Communities to Create Positive Change

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Mustafa Santiago Ali is a nationally recognized environmental justice advocate and 2018 Vermont Law School Honorary Degree Recipient.

As senior vice president for the Hip Hop Caucus, Ali specializes in social and environmental justice issues and is focused on utilizing a holistic approach to revitalize vulnerable communities.

Ali joined the Hip Hop Caucus after working for 24 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where he most recently served as senior advisor for environmental justice and community revitalization. Throughout his career he has worked with more than 500 domestic and international communities to improve people’s lives by addressing environmental, health, and economic justice issues. Ali worked for EPA administrators beginning with William Reilly and ending with Scott Pruitt. He joined the EPA as a student and became a founding member of the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice. He elevated environmental justice issues and worked across federal agencies to strengthen environmental justice policies, programs and initiatives. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, VICE, and Democracy NOW!, and has been featured in The Washington Post and GQ. Since resigning from the EPA in March 2017, he has conducted more than 150 interviews.

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