Periagoge
Scenario

How expertise gets weaponized against community environmental concerns

I testified against the chemical plant expansion but the company lawyer questioned my education and suggested I didn't understand the science.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technical credentials become tools to dismiss the lived experience and legitimate concerns of affected residents.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Environmental justice — who bears the burden?”

Peri

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