We are honored to have John Walkey, the Director of Climate Justice and Waterfront Initiatives at Greenroots in Chelsea, join us on April 13 at 7 PM for a discussion about local environmental justice efforts. He’ll share his work with Greenroots and a coalition of organizations to establish a microgrid for the city–and residents–of Chelsea.
John is an East Boston resident who has been a committed advocate for environmental justice and immigrant rights in his neighborhood for the past twenty years. Starting in 2017, John has led GreenRoots’ work in East Boston and along the waterfront of the Chelsea Creek.
Please watch this video of John at our conference in June of 2025 for a primer on environmental justice.
This event is free.
About John Walkey
JJohn Walkey is an East Boston resident who has been a committed advocate for environmental justice and immigrant rights in his neighborhood for the past twenty years. Starting in 2017, John has led GreenRoots’ work in East Boston and along the waterfront of the Chelsea Creek. John worked for a decade in hazard risk assessment and mitigation, and natural resource management in Central America and the Caribbean for NGOs, the US government, and the United Nations. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Archaeological Sciences from Boston University and a Master of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.