Diamond Spratling, founder and executive director of Girl Plus Environment, told BronxNet that she started the organization nearly seven years ago to make climate and environmental justice accessible to Black and Brown women. "We have over 700 members now in 35 different states," she said, describing a network that trains members to speak with representatives, submit public comment and attend hearings.
Spratling emphasized a culturally driven approach that connects environmental problems to everyday health and economic issues. She said community activities include advocacy training and events such as a recent "Brunch to the Polls" that combined cultural outreach with voter mobilization for public utility oversight. "We do a lot of advocacy... we help people talk to their representatives," she said.
On health, Spratling described links between indoor air pollution, consumer-product toxins and higher rates of fibroids and maternal health complications among Black women. "The different toxins that are even in our ingredients, in our beauty products... those things increase your risk of having fibroids," she said. She urged policymakers and health-care providers to consider environmental contributors to maternal health disparities.
Spratling also discussed youth outreach and a children's book series she authored, which she said aims to involve younger generations in climate action. She provided two web resources mentioned on the program: her nonprofit’s site (as cited on air) and a personal site for her book; the program displayed diamondspratling.com as an author site and listed a nonprofit site in the segment.
Spratling framed the group's work as both grassroots outreach and civic participation, encouraging viewers to submit public comments and attend hearings. The interview did not describe any formal legislation or government actions resulting from the group's work.