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Tanya Fields is a young, budding activist and
social entrepreneur based in the South Bronx. Tanya became involved
in social and environmental activism out of necessity. She grew
up in Harlem in the 80’s and 90’s and was bussed to
school in more affluent neighborhoods and as she went on to get
her education and became more cognizant of the injustices happening
around her both locally and nationally she felt compelled to become
involved but wasn’t entirely sure how. It was upon her pursuing
her degree in Political Science while raising a child and living
in an undeserved community where she realized her very livelihood
dependent upon her becoming more civically engaged. She initially
became involved with Mothers on the Move’s environmental justice
committee where she was quickly identified as a potential EJ activist
and organizer and within in a year she had several, press quotes,
radio interviews and press conferences locally and nationally under
her belt. After a year she became the Outreach Coordinator at Sustainable
South Bronx where she continued to be identified and validated as
an effective local resource and continues to grow as an advocate
for South Bronx residents and for undeserved peoples in nationally.
Simultaneously, she has incorporated and is building a media company
that seeks to unite women of the Diaspora through media, entertainment
and community projects. She recently unveiled her socially conscious
t-shirt line BLK, maintains a blog called Brown Girl Swagger and
started a free yoga class targeting women of color in the South
Bronx entitled Holistic Hood. Tanya’s ultimate goal is to
help facilitate ushering in a new democratic system that gives the
power back to the communities, promote sustainability in environmental
justice communities by investing in green collar jobs and economy
and to head up her own non-for profit that would address these issues
in a creative, funky and artistic way!
You
can find out more about Tanya at:
http://blkgrl.com/blog
http://blkgrl.com
http://tanyafields.com
(under construction)
http://ssbx.com
http://greeningtheghetto.blogspot.com
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