Philip M. Klasky taught in American Indian Studies and Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University for nearly two decades on issues of law, environmental justice, human rights, de-colonization, media literacy, cultural preservation and ethnography. He was an environmental justice activist working to protect endangered lands and cultures, wilderness, endangered species and human rights. He was involved with the fifteen-year successful campaign to stop the proposal for a radioactive waste dump at Ward Valley, and co-founded the Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition. Philip advocated for changes in local and national policy regarding nuclear power, nuclear waste management, nuclear