{"id":3924,"date":"2021-10-04T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T21:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/peggy-shepard-receives-frances-knight-of-the-national-order-of-merit-september-29-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:10:58","slug":"peggy-shepard-receives-frances-knight-of-the-national-order-of-merit-september-29-2021","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/peggy-shepard-receives-frances-knight-of-the-national-order-of-merit-september-29-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Shepard Receives France\u2019s Knight of the National Order of Merit \u2013 September 29, 2021"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3924","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-announcements","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":1696,"update_type":[363],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"On September 29, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice\u2019s Co-Founder &amp; Executive Director Peggy Shepard was formally\u00a0awarded the French Republic\u2019s Knight of the National Order of Merit by Consul General J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Robert (pictured above, on the left, with Peggy) at the Consulate General of France. The honor recognizes her pioneering work in environmental justice. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.consulfrance.org\/peggy-shepard-awarded-with-the-national-order-of-merit-by-france-on-september\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the Story from the Consulate General of France<\/a><\/strong>, the Coverage in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Peggy-ONM-NY-Beacon.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Beacon<\/a> (PDF) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harlemworldmagazine.com\/harlems-we-act-president-peggy-shepard-awarded-with-the-national-order-of-merit-by-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harlem World<\/a>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CEf0MJoILTw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the Ceremony<\/a><\/strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peggy Shepard Receives France\u2019s Knight of the National Order of Merit \u2013 September 29, 2021 - 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