Boston, MA —Adia Bey joined NELC this fall as the new paralegal and administrator.

She received her B.A. from Columbia University, where she studied Anthropology and Environmental Science.

Adia began working for social justice as a youth activist and peer educator endeavoring to prevent gun violence in Chicago.

As a canvasser and field manager for Illinois Public Interest Research Group (Illinois PIRG), she helped fundraise for a campaign to reduce industrial air pollution in 2003.

Since then, Adia has conducted field research on natural resource management in East Africa and environmental justice in the South Bronx.

As the latest member of the NELC team, Adia will assist attorneys in representing citizen groups and developing new cases to hold industrial polluters accountable for the harm done to communities and natural habitats throughout the country.

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