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2 Flint residents, 21 others picked for state environmental justice advisory council


Two Flint residents are among 21 people who were just selected to serve on Michigan’s first advisory council for environmental justice. (MGN){ }
Two Flint residents are among 21 people who were just selected to serve on Michigan’s first advisory council for environmental justice. (MGN)
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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.

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