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Omar Freilla

Omar Freilla has been named one of "The New School of Activists Most Likely to change New York City" by City Limits magazine (2000). A life long resident of the South Bronx, he has gained international recognition as an outspoken environmental justice activist seeking solutions to the disproportionate environmental impacts faced by low-income communities of color. He is the founder and director of Green Worker Cooperatives (GWC), a new organization dedicated to the creation of worker-owned and environmentally friendly businesses in the South Bronx. GWC is working to develop a building materials reuse center and a recycling industrial park in the South Bronx that will create a new generation of "green collar" jobs and reduce the generation and export of waste.

He is also a board member of the United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives, a newly formed national federation uniting worker-owned businesses throughout the United States.

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