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‘Ignored’: Activist challenges new environmental justice center to represent Black community

Mary Dean, president of Black Women Empowered in Wichita, Inc., and Kansas Justice Advocate, Inc., spoke out at an event at Wichita State for the new Heartland Environmental Justice Center. Dean said, “I couldn’t sit here any longer and listen to this.” “I’m just tired of hearing the same old thing that large groups or […]