Heaven Sensky
Heaven Lee Sensky (she/her) is the Organizing Director with the Center for Coalfield Justice. She primarily serves Washington and Greene Counties on issues of Oil and Gas development and provides support for our organizing team. Heaven has been with CCJ for 4 years, working on a variety of campaigns serving impacted community members including advocacy around the prevalence of rare childhood cancers, the impacts of waste generated and disposed of by the oil and gas industry, and advocating for harm reduction in relation to the opioid epidemic. CCJ is organizing frontline residents through grassroots efforts to advocate for healthy communities with thriving economies.
Heaven was born and raised on a small farm in Washington County where her family has resided for 5 generations. She is a first-generation college student and a graduate of American University (Washington, D.C.) with a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Law Studies, Economics, and Government. Before joining team CCJ, Heaven interned in the United States Senate and for the office of Barack and Michelle Obama. She lives with her husband Casey and her dog Olive on her family farm.
Contact Heaven at heaven@centerforcoalfieldjustice.org.
Blog Posts by Heaven Sensky
On March 31, 2020 Health First PA hosted a webinar that featured information about the impacts of methane pollution from natural gas production. Listeners learned from experts from the University of Pittsburgh about the risks of air pollution from living near oil and gas development. In addition, participants heard directly from residents of Marianna, Pennsylvania, […]
In August, CCJ posted a blog to encourage and inform Cecil township residents to ask pointed questions to their Board of Supervisors regarding a well pad that was permitted beside a housing development known as Windsor Woods. In preparation for the meeting, CCJ served our members in Cecil township during this pressing time by knocking […]
If you live in Cecil Township, there is a public workshop to get public input on their Oil and Gas ordinance on Monday, February 24th at 7 PM. CCJ will be holding a pre-workshop meeting for anyone interested in giving comments where we will be providing pizza and childcare – please RSVP so we can […]
As many of you have been following, the Department of Health of the great State of Pennsylvania held a public meeting at Canon-McMillan High School last night, October 7th, to discuss the methodology used to draw up their report, which concluded that there is no cancer cluster within the district. As many of our followers […]
In planning our first Solar Festival, The Center for Coalfield Justice has gone through a scholarship process with the intention of investing in young people’s interest in renewable energy here in Greene County. Applicants were asked to submit a 250 word essay on an issue of their choice around the topic of renewable energy. Myles […]
The Center for Coalfield Justice partnered with Fractracker and The Southwestern Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project to hold a public meeting in Canonsburg on the evening of Thursday, September 12th at The Canonsburg Middle School. The event, “What to Know When Fracking Is Your Neighbor” aimed to inform residents of the work our organizations are doing […]