Last week's conference honoring the 40 year career of University of Michigan Professor Bunyan Bryant was both inspiring and instructive.

In one session after another, former students of many different ages and ethnicities described how Bunyan’s Environmental Justice leadership empowered them to struggle for a better environment for all our children.

At the celebratory Friday night dinner, students, colleagues and members of the community rose one after another to toast his contribution to the continuing evolution of ourselves and of the Environmental Justice movement.