2025 MLK SUNDAY SUPPER
UNDERSTANDING AND CREATING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
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THE PROGRAM
WELCOME!
Welcome to our 11th annual MLK Sunday Supper. I’m thrilled you could join us tonight for a meaningful conversation about environmental justice. Together, through important conversations like this, I believe we can move Atlanta closer to Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community.
Thank you for joining us at the table.
CHERYL PREHEIM
Morning Anchor, 11Alive (Emcee)
THE CAST OF YOUNG JOHN LEWIS
Doors Open Program Begins 5:00 PM
Performance by Theatrical Outfit
A World Premiere Hip Hop
Musical Coming Summer 2025 Only At Theatrical Outfit 7:30 PM
Networking/Happy Hour 8:00 PM Event Concludes
Jay Cranman - CEO, Hands On Atlanta
Cheryl Preheim – Morning Anchor, 11 Alive Tameka Harper, Chief DEI Officer, The Coca-Cola Company
Nathanial Smith - Founder/CEO, Partnership for Southern Equity
Chandra Farley - Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta
Minday Goldstein - Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Emory University.
Table Conversations 6:45 PM
3 big questions
Panel Discussion - Dinner is served 6:20 PM 6:00 PM 7:40 PM
Approximately 15 minutes per question
Performance by Theatrical Outfit
Challenge Speaker
Rodney Bullard - CEO, The Same House Rap Up
In partnership with:
RODNEY BULLARD
CEO, The Same House
MINDY GOLDSTEIN
Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, Emory University
Founder/CEO, Partnership for Southern Equity
CHANDRA FARLEY
Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Atlanta
RON ALSTON
Senior Vice President, NotFor-Profit & Government Banking Leader, Truist Bank
JAY BAILEY
President & CEO, Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs
ROB BRAWNER
Executive Director, Atlanta Beltline Partnership
SANTIAGO MARQUEZ
CEO, The Latin American Association
TODD CROOM
Chief Financial Officer, Jackson Spalding
FRANK BROWN
CEO, Communities in Schools of Atlanta
National Director, AIDS Foundation
ALEX EBANKS
Vice President of Communications Fiserv
ADRIAN EPPS
Dean, Bagwell College of Education, Kennesaw State University
IMARA CANADAY
JENN GRAHAM
Founder and CEO, Inclusivv
DAVID JERNIGAN
MICHAEL HALICKI
President & CEO, Park Pride CEO, Gateway Center RAPHAEL HOLLOWAY
President & CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
EILEEN LEE
Managing Director, Endeavor Atlanta
President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta KWAME JOHNSON
KELLY HARPER LEE
Community Affairs Lead, McDonald's Corporation
DR. ELOISA KLEMENTICH
President & CEO, Invest Atlanta
SABA LONG
Executive Director, Atlanta Civic Circle
MUNIR ISMAIL MEGHJANI
Co-Founder, Comedy and Conversations
CATI STONE
CEO, Chris 180
YASIR MIRZA
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
ROSALYN MERRICK
CEO, Atlanta Habitat for Humanity
JILL SAVITT
CEO, National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer, Atlanta Music Project AISHA MOODY
CONDACE PRESSLEY
Director, Community & Public Affairs, WSB-TV
MONIQUE SHIELDS
CEO, Breakthrough Atlanta
KELLI STEWART
Co-founder/CEO, L.E.A.D. Center for Youth
FABIOLA CHARLES STOKES
RYAN WILSON
CEO/Founder, The Gathering Spot Partner, Lieneur, Inc. OTIS
THREATT
Head of Global Sites Strategy, North America, Google AMBER HALL
MATT PIEPER
CEO, Open Hand Atlanta
JON WEST
Vice President of Partner Relations, Atlanta Community Food Bank
GM Airport Operations, Delta Air Lines AMAL YUSUF
Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Cox Enterprises
Scan the QR code to access a guide on ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE or 60+ other critical conversations from the Inclusivv platform.
HOW IT WORKS
This is a conversation about environmental justice and how we can ensure everyone enjoys the right to a healthy environment, both now and in the future.
Together we’ll explore three big questions that take us on a journey of shared learning.
REMINDERS
BECURIOUS+WILLINGTOLEARN
Conversation is as much about listening as it is about talking. Listen and be open to hearing all points of view.
BEMINDFULANDSHOWRESPECT
Conversations encourage vulnerability. Be mindful of people’s privacy and acknowledge their bravery. What is said here stays here, what is learned here leaves here.
LIVEDEXPERIENCE
Be respectful of those with lived experience. Avoid tokenizing them or putting an undue burden on them by asking them to educate or explain. Let them take the lead with how much they want to share.
QUESTIONS?
For more info on the Hands On Atlanta MLK Sunday Supper visit: www.handsonatlanta.org/mlk
Need more help? Email Tim Adkins at: tadkins@handsonatlanta.org.
No one is expected to be an expert, but everyone is invited to participate by sharing their experience and ideas. Your table facilitator will lead each round of questions and ensure everyone has an opportunity to share.
SUSPENDJUDGEMENTS+ASSUMPTIONS
Setting judgments aside opens you up to learning from others and helps them feel respected and appreciated. Rather than making assumptions, listen and ask questions to better understand who another person is and where they are coming from.
BEAUTHENTIC+WELCOMING
Speak authentically from your personal experience. Personal stories open our hearts. Look for common ground and appreciate the differences in the beliefs and opinions of others.
STAY CONNECTED
INTROS
QUESTION 1
Share your name, where you live, and an aspect of nature (or natural resource) you wish everyone had the opportunity to enjoy.
Monster storms. Polluted air. Poisoned water. Rising tides. Rising temperatures. Out-of-control wildfires. Scientists are telling us there are plenty of reasons to be alarmed.
What scares you the most when you think about the environmental crises we’re facing? What are your fears for your loved ones, your family and your community?
QUESTION 2
Environmental racism is real. There are hundreds of “sacrifice zones” across the United States — places where communities, mainly of color, live surrounded by landfills, sewage systems and other polluting facilities. This affects access to clean air, water and land, and causes devastating health issues. For instance: Native Americans of the Navajo Nation have continuously suffered from water contamination caused by uranium mining in the 1950s. Along the Mississippi, in a predominantly Black, low-income community, there is an area called “Cancer Alley” where the risk of cancer is 50 times the national average due to petrochemical plants nearby.
A 2019 study found that on average, Hispanic and Black people in the U.S. breathe in much more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making.
Why do you think “sacrifice zones” tend to be located in communities of color? What are some barriers we face in trying to repair these life-or-death inequities?
QUESTION 3
Clear skies, clean water, fresh air. These are all resources everyone should be able to enjoy, no matter who you are or where you live.
What big changes do we need to make as a society to ensure everyone enjoys access to a healthy environment? And what’s one action you can take to advocate for environmental justice in your community and beyond?
SPECIAL THANK YOU
The 2025 Hands On Atlanta Staff and Board of Directors
Tim Adkins
Claire Arnold
Bobby Ballinger
Jemarlo Brown
Nicki Brown
Jay Cranman LaToya Cutliff
Stephanie Bedard Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
Beth Cabrera Cabrera Insights
Todd Croom Jackson Spalding
Chad Duncan Accenture
Allyson Eman Venture Atlanta
Adrian Epps Kennesaw State University
Tara Ghei Clearbrief
Amber Hall Cox Communications
Sara Dowdle
Kristen Hawkins
Emma Koenig
Lauren Lopez
Kalin Morphet
Eric Osei
Chanika R. Perry
Kahiah Polidore
Alexis Prothro
Ariannie Reyes
Trey Stanley
Kristen Thomas
Bill Webber
Eileen Lee Endeavor Atlanta
Andrew Liebler Alston & Bird
Chris McDade Chick-Fil-A
Wendy Miller McKinsey
Terreta Rodgers Amazon
Kelli Bacote Ross City of Atlanta
Renee Stevens Honey Baked Ham
Adrienne White SouthState Bank
Amal Yusuf Delta Air Lines
