Madison Kate Williams is a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in environmental science and minoring in geography and Russian language and culture. She loves hiking, traveling, and arts and crafts. She hopes to go to law school and become an environmental lawyer after graduation.

More Hogs Than People: Environmental Injustice in North Carolina

Empathy & Equity outlines historical and modern flaws that leave marginalized communities disproportionately vulnerable in the face of climate change. In highlighting healthier solutions, E&E weaves environmental justice into the fabric of the environmental movement to create a more equitable planet. North Carolina’s hog industry is more empire than industry. With more factory-farmed pigs than…

Five Black Environmentalists Who Changed the Course of History

Through their tireless activism, these five Black environmentalists deconstructed the harmful narrative that climate action is exclusive to white folks. Their work spans across generations, great distances, and various environmental issues, but ultimately shares a fundamental commonality: shifting the trajectory of the environmental movement toward emphasizing inclusion, accountability, and justice.  Read about Colonel Charles Young,…