LANSING, Mich., -- Two Flint residents are among 21 people who were just selected to serve on Michigan’s first advisory council for environmental justice.
The council will be under the direction of Governor Whitmer.
Lynn Williams and Mona Monroe-Younis are the representatives from Flint.
Williams is the community engagement officer for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint and a board member on the Richard Allen Battle Foundation.
Monroe-Younis is the executive director of Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint and a neighborhood planner for the Flint Planning and Development Department.
The other representatives are as followed:
Paul Mohai, Ph.D., Ann Arbor
Tony Reames, Ph.D., Farmington Hills
Carla Walker-Miller, Detroit
Fadi Mourad, Farmington Hills
Monica Lewis-Patrick, Detroit
Bryan Lewis, Detroit
Salah Ali, Dearborn
Theresa Landrum, Detroit
Justin Onwenu, Detroit
Nick Leonard, Detroit
Sylvia Orduño, Detroit
Frank Houston, Royal Oak
Donavan McKinney, Detroit
Joel Howrani Heeres, Detroit
Alison Sutter, Grand Rapids
Nicole Britten, Saint Joseph
Bryan Newland, Brimley
John Petoskey, Northport
Keith Cooley, Detroit
The Interagency Environmental Justice Response Team is led by Regina Strong, the state’s Environmental Justice Public Advocate.
The MAC EJ will provide public and impacted community input for the directors appointed to the Response Team.
The Response Team is also planning regional roundtables around the state to ensure that as many people as possible are at the table on environmental issues.