About this episode
Kumi Naidoo discusses his activism and the intersection of human rights and environmental justice.
On Wednesday, March 26th, the Lannan Center welcomed human rights and environmental justice activist Kumi Naidoo for a conversation with Climate Rights International Founder Brad Adams as part of the center's annual symposium, this year entitled "Writing Climate". Kumi Naidoo is a prominent South African human rights and environmental justice activist. At the age of fifteen, he organized school boycotts against the apartheid educational system in South Africa. His courageous actions made him ...
People in this episode
Guest: Kumi Naidoo
Topics covered
- climate change
- human rights
- environmental justice
Keywords
- Lannan Center
- Writing Climate
- symposium
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Writing Climate 2025, Writing Climate
Places: South Africa
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