Tip: Enter your city or zip code in the "where" box to show results in your area. “I feel like, as a young person and as a Black person, if a lot of people see me out there, it encourages them to go out there and fight for their future (too).”. Resisting fossil fuels. Become A Member, Energy Democracy She received a Master’s Degree in Public Policy with an emphasis in Leadership Development from the University of Maryland in 2001.
Eddie has written articles and been interviewed for local and national news broadcasts.
She envisions an interdependent, clean, peaceful and prosperous world made possible through indigenous knowledge and a Just Transition. Today, Doria is the Executive Director of. Senowa’s favorite color is purple, she likes to dance poorly to early-2000’s pop music, and she currently resides in Baltimore, MD. In recent years, Ananda has been guiding the world of philanthropy towards a deeper understanding of movement ecosystems. As an organizer, trainer, direct action strategist, and pathfinder, Ananda has organized social movements around the world since mid 1980s - building activist coalitions, networks and alliances for Indigenous land defense, worker rights, environmental justice, energy democracy, ecoforestry, food sovereignty, climate justice and peace. Cindy is originally from Los Angeles and is of Salvadoran, Colombian and German descent and is Queer. She has worked closely with Black Lives Matter Vermont; the Vermont Workers’ Center (VWC); and her former labor union, United Electrical Workers. Monica is a Chicago native and graduate of Jackson State University where she completed a Bachelor's degree in English with an emphasis in Journalism. She has a M.A. He later received his Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). Along with Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement Generation, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative and others, Ananda co-convened the Climate Justice Alliance back in 2009, supporting CJA though its formative years of growth. A KFTC organizer in eastern Kentucky for five years, Lisa became the Leadership Development Coordinator in 1997. Before joining The Chronicle, he was the Sonoma County government reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, where he was among the journalists awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the 2017 North Bay wildfires. She’s in good company. In the past, she has worked with Sierra Club as a Detroit & Great Lakes Organizer to help curb water pollution and increase access to clean water for all. They were activated after joining a cross-country zero-waste campaign in 2010, which opened their eyes to the devastating impacts of the extractive economy first-hand: from physical refuse strewn across the country’s roadways to the pollution of waterways, mountain top removal coal mining, fracking, and petro-chemical fertilization.
When he’s not nerding out on policy language or looking up section codes, Álvaro enjoys hiking the Redwood forest with his dog Lila Coahuila, bird-watching, wildlife photography, and spending as much time as he can with his 1 year old nephew, Báalam. Born in Germany, Hendrik started his political activism as part of the anti-fascist movement against the resurgence of nationalism and racist violence following the reunification of Germany in 1990. As a formerly gang-involved youth and the son of two hard working immigrant parents, his family and life experiences have been narrated by police profiling and institutional racism. She found her passion for environmental justice experiencing the first-hand effects of environmental racism in Los Angeles and her family’s hometown in Michoacan, Mexico. Change The Story, For general inquiries: in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. Darryl Molina Sarmiento is the Executive Director for Communities for a Better Environment, a 40-year-old environmental justice organization that builds local power through community organizing, research, and legal support in Wilmington, South East Los Angeles, East Oakland, and Richmond, California. These are the frontline communities. Mateo is one of the co-founders of the Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project. Nine books feature or mention Eddie’s work, including Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice, by Julie Sze (2006); We Won’t Move: Community Planning in The Real Estate Capital of the World, by Tom Angotti (2008); and The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs by Roberta Brandes Gratz (2010). He is also a poet, traditional artist, powwow emcee, and comedian. Miya has an extensive background in community organizing, campaign strategy, leadership development and training, organizational development, and fundraising, and a long history of working in the environmental justice movement. At LVEJO, Juliana analyzes, researches, and advocates for environmental justice in local, state, and federal policy. Climate Justice Alliance is amplifying the leadership of the original Our Power Communities while expanding to 70 communities in seven regions that are home to key grassroots groups. Hendrik started to freelance with the Climate Justice Alliance during the It Takes Roots Ruckus Direct Action and Resiliency Camp in the summer of 2018. And the communities most harmed by racism are the ones that will be hurt “first and worse” by climate change, she said. Michelle is now setting roots in Berkeley where she gardens with the extended Movement Generation family and her two lively daughters. A third-generation resident of Richmond, CA, Doria grew up spending weekends at her grandparents’ church ranch, in Fairfield, California, tending chickens, turkeys, rabbits and hogs on its small farm with her grandmother. To obtain speakers contact information, email media@climatejusticealliance.org with [SPEAKER REQUEST] in the subject line. The campaign will support local organizing through peer-exchange, trainings, direct action and coalition work to advance policies to end extreme energy and promote climate- protecting jobs. She organized community groups in South Los Angeles and family farmers from across California to forge model programs and policy campaigns to shift power in the food system. Doria holds a BA in Media and Film Production from Hampshire College as well as a BA in Environmental Studies from San Francisco State University. She has committed her life to advancing the role of the grassroots sector and provides agile leadership and structure to address and adapt to the changing and complex priorities of local communities while influencing national and international political agendas on climate justice, Just Transition, food sovereignty and other sectoral shifts toward a Regenerative Economy. Prior to that, she led the Venezuela Information Office in Washington, D.C. and later served as an advisor to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for almost a decade. Originally born in Mexico City and raised in Michoacan, Lupe migrated to the United States South-Bay Area at the age of 17. Atkins experience organizing is built upon her leadership within the labor movement, building worker power with unions including The United Auto Workers, American Federation of Teachers, and Communication Workers of America through direct action, cultural events, and more. Build The New She is Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organization. He currently serves on the boards of Grassroots International and CISPES, and is the Art Editor for the latest edition of Trans Bodies Trans Selves: A Resource Guide for the Transgender Community. In this capacity, she also organizes Soil Generation, a diverse body of urban agriculture advocates and environmental and food justice activists who work within a racial and economic justice framework to help inform policy and provide community education and support to gardeners in the city. Since then, she has focused her academic and movement-building work on climate justice and food sovereignty. to steward Hummingbird Farm and create a space for community to reconnect with land, grow healthy food, practice herbal healing traditions, provide job training, and create community governance structures.
After completing her Master’s Degree in Environmental Management, Ms. Mossett began her work with IEN as the Tribal Campus Climate Challenge Coordinator, engaging with more than 30 tribal colleges to instate community based environmental programs, discuss issues of socio-ecologic injustice, and connect indigenous youth with green jobs. He is a member of the National Coordination Team of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico. Build The Bigger We
He's taught hundreds of workshops at college campuses and activist conferences throughout the U.S. His grassroots support work has helped many communities achieve victories against power plants, landfills, incinerators, medical waste facilities and other polluting industries. Our Team Building on these histories, members of the Climate Justice Alliance, many of whom are rooted in the environmental justice movement, have adapted the definition of Just Transition to represent a host of strategies to transition whole communities to build thriving economies that provide dignified, productive and ecologically sustainable livelihoods; democratic governance and ecological resilience. She holds a BA from Fordham University and a law degree from Northeastern University. They are a racially and ethnically diverse mix of rural and urban communities, and are home to key grassroots groups poised to take on the extreme energy economy driving climate change. Prior to his current position, Jose was an East Oakland Organizer for CBE. at Grassroots International since 2010. Her work has been featured in various media, including Black Entertainment Television, Teen Vogue, Essence Magazine, and Chinese Global Television Network. He has spent the last decade integrating concepts of popular education into his movement work. Monica has worked for several labor organizations including United Auto Workers, American Federation of Teachers, and Communication Workers of America. Gopal has been active in many people powered direct action movements, including the Global Justice/Anti-Globalization Movement, Direct Action to Stop the War, Mobilization for Climate Justice, Take Back the Land, and Occupy. He’s an active member of their US supporters’ group and can be found in stadiums cheering on Chelsea.