Media
For general media inquiries, contact Rev. Vernon K. Walker, [email protected]
Climate CREW in the Media
WBUR interview with Rev. Vernon K. Walker titled "Climate Now: Heat in the South End," April 2023
Rev. Walker is a panelist at Harvard Divinity School discussing the Religious and Spiritual Implications of Climate Change, April 2023:
Link to Youtube video
Manor College located in Pennsylvania writes about Rev. Walker journey from Manor to Boston. Rev. Walker spent his first year of his undergraduate studies taking classes at Manor College, April 2023
Link to Article
"With climate planning, Boston has a chance to redress racial inequity," Boston Globe, March 2023
Link to Article
A podcast through [email protected] talking about the Work of CREW, March 2023
CREW is quoted during the roundtable discussion celebrating Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's new bill passed called the "Post Disaster Mental Health Response Act," February 2023
Rev. Walker's appearing on Podcast hosted by the Amercian Climate Future, February 2023
Rev. Walker Sermon from the Martin Luther King Service on at the United Church of Walpole, sermon starts at 18:29 mark in the video. January 2023
Rev. Vernon K. Walker spotlighted in this article along with several others alumni from Boston University, January 2023
Boston University Article
Tight-Knit Communities Are a Secret Weapon Against Climate Change, Reasons to be Cheerful, January 2023
Reasons to be Cheerful Article
Boston University highlighting an article discussing CREW's work, Boston University, December, 2022
Why Knowing Your Neighbors Could Save You in the Next Climate Disaster, The Guardian, December 2022
Climate Change is Warming Cities. Could the Trend Affect Affect Gun Violence, The Trace, December 2022
Dr. Melanie Haines from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Featured on a MGH Podcast About Her Partnership in The Summer of 2022 with CREW to Conduct Extreme Heat Workshops, December 2022
A Youtube video of the Massachusetts Interfaith Multifaith worship service including a sermon by Rev. Walker, October 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isMqxumTcps
Hoch Cunningham Environmental Lecture hosts Kerry Bowie, Rev. Walker does the introduction, October 2022
https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2022/10/26/hoch-cunningham-environmental-lecture-hosts-kerry-bowie/
Boston Neighborhood Network, Dr. James Intriligator Discusses Published Social Connectedness Research, October, 2022
Link to Boston Neighborhood Network Segment
Northeastern University School of Public Policy, lecture given by Rev. Vernon K. Walker, October 2022
Massachusetts Interfaith Multitfaith Service Centered on Climate Action, Worcester Telegram and Gazette October 2022
Who Has Your Back in a Weather Emergency?, Tufts News, October 2022
https://now.tufts.edu/2022/10/05/who-has-your-back-weather-emergency
Who Has Your Back in a Weather Emergency?, Phys.org, October 2022
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-weather-emergency.html
Metro Mayors Coalition: Keeping Metro Boston Cool- A Regional Heat Preparedness and Adaptation Plan acknowledges CREW in their report, September, 2022
https://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MMC_Keeping-Metro-Boston-Cool_Plan_2022.pdf
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Shares CREW report on Social Connectedness for Climate Resilience, September 2022:
Report Highlights The Importance of Social Connectedness for Climate Resilience. Boston.com, September 2022
Boston Neighborhood Network, Climate Prep Week 2022, September 2022
https://reflect-cablecast-bnn.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/108608?channel=2&seekto=1284
Charles River Watershed Association Receives $894,000 to Combat River Flooding, Boston University Daily Free Press, September 2022
Trees Are Key to Address Boston’s Heat Islands. But It’s More Complicated than Just Planting New Ones. Article in Boston.com, August 2022
Cooling Centers are Turning into Next-Gen "Climate Resilience Hubs," article in AXIOS, August 2022
Boston Neighborhood Network Tv Station, August 2022
https://reflect-cablecast-bnn.cablecast.tv/CablecastPublicSite/show/107793?channel=2&seekto=1070
ABC Boston Affiliate Channel 5 Two-Part Mini-Documentary on Climate Justice in Boston, July 2022
Here is the links for part-one and part-two:
Timestamp that CREW work is discussed in the above links:
Part One: 5:20-8:34
Part Two: 6:22-6:34
GBH article: "Local Groups Gives Out A/Cs, Develop Training to Keep People Safe in Brutal Heat", July 2022
WERS 88.9 FM, June 2022
Radio Interview on WERS 88.9 FM with Rev. Vernon K. Walker discussing Heat Inequality and Resilience in Boston
Link to Audio Recording
Boston Praise Radio, June 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF-JlbF17_o
CREW in WBUR, May 2022:
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/23/extreme-heat-climate-change-cambridge-boston
CREW in Boston University School of Theology news, May 2022
https://www.bu.edu/sth/rev-vernon-k-walker-jr-sth-16-featured-in-wbur-local-coverage/
CREW in the Boston Globe, May 2022:
Rev. Vernon K. Walker appointed by the Cambridge, Massachusetts Mayor to a committee to help select the next City Manager as he represented CREW, May 2022
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/5/9/cambridge-city-manager-search-narrows/
Graduate Students at Tufts University Report in Partnership with CREW called: "Building Climate Resiliency in Mattapan," May 2022:
https://tufts.app.box.com/v/uep-fp2022-mattapan-climate
The Tufts Daily, Tufts University faculty and students collaborate with CREW to study Community Climate Resilience, March 2022
Rising Seas: Planning for the Future event hosted by the John F. Kennedy Library Forums podcast, March 2022
Podcast:
Youtube Video of the event Rising Seas Event:
CREW in the Boston Globe, January 2022:
2021
Yes Magazine, September 2021
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/09/30/libraries-climate-justice
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, September 2021
Title: Climate Preparedness Week 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf9wopvxwLw&feature=youtu.be
CREW in the Boston Globe, August 2021:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/08/29/metro/climate-resilience-group-shows-residents-how-cope-with-extreme-heat/
Boston Globe, June 2021:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/08/metro/cooling-centers-were-open-few-came-are-they-best-way-deal-with-scorchers/
2020
The Bay State Banner: Building Climate Resilience, December 2020
https://www.baystatebanner.com/2020/12/03/building-climate-resiliency/
Dorchester Reporter: City Neighborhoods Are Showing The Way On Climate Change Response, November 2020
https://www.dotnews.com/2020/climate-crises-must-be-dealt-now-city-neighborhoods-are-showing-way
Climate Resilience Hubs Report, September 2020
https://www.clf.org/publication/climate-resilience-hubs/
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, August 2020
Title: Climate Preparedness Week 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq4QYZ-3geE
Climate CREW on New Hampshire Public Radio, July 2020:
Title: How Does Climate Justice and Racial Justice Intersect
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, March 2020
Title: March 3rd Forum, Flooding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZJg30eTClM
The Bedford Citizen, January 2020
Rev. Vernon K. Walker remarks at the MLK Jr. Community Day
Bedford Minuteman Newspaper, January 2020
Rev. Vernon K. Walker speaking at MLK Breakfast
Here is the video of Rev. Walker speech from the MLK breakfast in Bedford, January 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTEzzZ391bI&t=2215s
2019
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, December 2019
Title: Summary of Findings from Heat Mapping Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwp8UlYgPHY&feature=youtu.be
Mapping Boston Hot Spots, Block By Block, WBUR November 2019
https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/11/25/heat-mapping-boston-museum-of-science
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, September 2019
Title: Events to Spotlight Climate Preparedness Week 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJOpIcMXIs
The Berkshire Eagle, September 2019
Boston Neighborhood Network TV Station, June 2019
Title: New Effort to Boast Climate Preparedness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsgg4SPm95g&t=3s
2018
Associate Press, September 2018
https://apnews.com/article/8944e1f7944b462a963d7df85bbd2aa9
Boston Globe, June 2018
Rev. Walker's former involvement in the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign:
Bay State Banner, May 2018
https://www.baystatebanner.com/2018/05/16/poor-peoples-campaign-puts-focus-on-social-issues/
CREW Community Meeting in CambridgePort Neighborhood, March 2018
https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/cambridge-chronicle-tab/2018/03/19/construction-on-flooding-fix-for/64774724007/