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Exclusive Member Hours are Back at the Zoo!
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Lunar New Year at SF Zoo

This year, San Francisco Zoo & Gardens partnered with Chung Ngai Dance Troupe and Flying Angels Chinese Dance Company for an exciting Lunar New Year event. Check out some of the fun!
Join us in Celebrating Black History Month!
Known as the mother of the environmental justice movement, Hazel Johnson fought to improve living conditions in Chicago public housing from the 1970s until her death in 2011.
She began investigating high cancer rates in her neighborhood of Altgeld Gardens and discovered the problem was environmental. Altgeld Gardens was built on a landfill, and the air, water, and land around it was polluted. Johnson went on to found the People for Community Recovery and was committed to environmental change.
A hallmark of her activism involved working with activists to collaborate with the Environmental Protection Agency and urge President Clinton to sign the Environmental Justice Executive Order

Robert Bullard is known as the father of environmental justice, a movement to promote a more equitable manner for how different communities experience environmental benefits and burdens.
Bullard's efforts began with Bean v. Southwestern Waste Management Inc. (1979), a case in which an African American community in Houston rallied against the establishment of a landfill in their neighborhood. In his research, Bullard found toxic waste sites were often placed within Black communities in Houston.
He’s since gone on to become an honored activist, author and mentor in environmental justice. In 2020, he received the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest environmental honor granted by the United Nations.
He is currently a distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University.

Mark Your Calendars: Member Lecture Series!
Animal Spotlight: Larry the Gray Fox

As the month of celebrating Lunar New Year continues, we are highlighting an animal resident who was born in the Year of the Dragon.

Larry is named after the late Commissioner Larry Griffin, who was a local civil rights activist and public servant.  He served volunteer terms on the Elections Commission, the Fire Commission, the Human Rights Commission and most recently the Recreation and Parks Commission.

Larry the Gray Fox is not always easily seen due to his nocturnal or crepuscular nature, but keep a keen eye and you might see Larry climbing trees in his lush habitat at the Zoo. Gray foxes are the only canid whose natural range spans both North and South America. Visit Larry in person at the Zoo!

Learn More About our Animal Residents (https://www.sfzoo.org/animals-and-exhibits/)

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