Parisa Norouzi
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Parisa Norouzi is a community organizer and environmental justice activist, as well as the co-founder and Executive Director of Empower DC. She has led numerous successful grassroots campaigns in Washington, D.C., defending the rights of marginalized communities to affordable housing, child care, safe and healthy neighborhoods, and equal access to city amenities.[1] [2][3][4]
Norouzi's work has focused on addressing inequities brought on by rapid gentrification in the D.C., particularly in Ivy City - one of D.C.s longest standing Black neighborhoods.[5][6]
Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum featured Norouzi's work in an exhibition at the in 2023 called “To Live and Breathe: Women and Environmental Justice in Washington, D.C.”[7] The story featured in the exhibition showcased her work with Empower DC, including Sebrena Rhodes, to help Ivy City neighbors convert a historic school building (Alexander Crummell School) into a community center after several decades of sparring with city officials.[8]
Norouzi is also the host of a podcast called Take Action that features local Washington, D.C. neighborhood groups who are working on critical issues facing D.C.’s low-income communities of color. The show is broadcast weekly on WPFW 89.3.[9]
References
- ↑ "Partnership in Action: Preventing Evictions in Ivy City". Greater Washington Community Foundation. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ Roberts, Andrea Suozzo, Alec Glassford, Ash Ngu, Brandon (2013-05-09). "District Of Columbia Grassroots Empowerment Project Incorporated - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Heroes of the Crisis: A Housing Advocate Who's Helping Vulnerable Washingtonians Fight for Themselves - Washingtonian". 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2018 Julie L. Rogers Sabbatical Grant Recipients". Meyer Foundation. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "The next cool D.C. neighborhood you have never heard of". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "Partnership in Action: Preventing Evictions in Ivy City". Greater Washington Community Foundation. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ Benjamin, Kayla (2023-05-31). "Three Highlights from ACM's New 'To Live and Breathe' Exhibit". The Washington Informer. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ↑ "'You Have To Be That Voice': Ivy City Teen Celebrates Funding For Long-Awaited Crummell School Development". DCist. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
- ↑ "Taking Action". Empower DC. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
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