That is clear in the Bay Area, where some of the activists who have protested around racial issues lately are also highly vocal about climate change.
Raised in Southern California, Yuki helped create a 45 unit affordable housing cooperative at the Los Angeles Eco-Village in Koreatown where she lives with her partner and 2 cats. Originally born in Mexico City and raised in Michoacan, Lupe migrated to the United States South-Bay Area at the age of 17. In her 18 years of legal practice, Shana has also made brief forays into academia, and cherishes the prospect of helping the next generation of activists and lawyers develop strategies to bring about social change. She was instrumental in the formation of the Student Environmental Action Coalition in the late 1980’s. Dr. Martinez has also worked with a range of organizations from local grassroots groups to international organizations engaging in the promotion of sound environmental policy and environmental justice. They were a worker-owner of Spectrum Apparel printing,  and co-founder of its Political arm Printers United which dedicated to user silk screen printing for art, revolutionary propaganda and social movement support. Saulo Araujo is the Global Movements Program Director for Why Hunger. Senowa’s favorite color is purple, she likes to dance poorly to early-2000’s pop music, and she currently resides in Baltimore, MD.

Previously, Eddie was the Director of Community Planning for NY Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), where he served as the lobbying/communications/community organizing director for this non-profit civil rights law firm. Angela Mahecha Adrar serves as the Executive Director of the Climate Justice Alliance. She is committed to providing the legal assistance needed to bring about CBE’s vision of empowered communities and an environmentally just society. Funders We are building local alternatives that center traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and create a pathway for a regenerative future.

Prior to assuming the Executive Director position at UPROSE, Ms. Yeampierre was the Director of Legal Education and Training at the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund, Director of Legal Services for the American Indian Law Alliance and Dean of Puerto Rican Student Affairs at Yale University. He was previously the casino industry reporter for the Las Vegas Sun. For more information, see the, New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. A poet, activist, and member of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, MS, Monica’s passion for the arts has led her to organizing workers and communities through cultural organizing and base-building for the past 10+ years. 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.

In her twenties she was the executive director of the largest student environmental network in the US, the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) and worked broadly in international environment and development networks organizing for environmental and economic justice. Our Staff She is a Certified Permaculture Designer, Certified Bay Friendly Gardener and a Certified Nutrition Educator.

In 2008, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Holistic Healing and her M.A in Cultural Studies from Union Institute and University. Jesús works with public policy and advocacy around environmental justice and food sovereignty issues. He also serves on the advisory boards of the. Denise recently served as a delegate to Paris France, COP 21 Climate Change Agreement. For more information, contact Chloe Henson at chloe@climatejusticealliance.org, About

He is a co-founder of the Indigenous comedy group, The 1491s. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, Michelle served as co-director of the School of Unity and Liberation from 2005-2008 before joining Movement Generation. He is also on the National Leadership Team of Move to Amend. We are building local alternatives that center traditional ecological and cultural knowledge and create a pathway for a regenerative future. 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. Organizing with communities building regenerative economies to win real solutions to the climate crisis- a Just Transition away from an extractive energy economy to local, living, interdependent economies rooted in social and ecological justice, Atkins is currently in service of the Climate Justice Alliance membership as the Director of Organizing.
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in Urban Planning from UCLA and grew up in Southern California.

She is also on the leadership team for the national EJ and Science Initiative, and is leading the effort on a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on environmental harms. works to advance initiatives of food sovereignty and agroecology by identifying resources and network opportunities that will strengthen the work of grassroots organizations and social movements. Lately, she has participated in a demonstration spurred by Floyd’s death that brought a huge crowd to the streets around Mission High School. Her award winning vision for an inter-generational, multi-cultural and community-led organization is the driving force behind UPROSE.

Working with Kheprw, she has facilitated community discussions, written grants to support the organization’s work, and now is working with other youth within the Climate Justice Alliance to establish a Youth Collective that brings in the perspective of youth within the broader climate justice movement. Copyright CC Climate Justice Alliance. Keenan Rhodes is a photographer, videographer, and writer from Indianapolis, Indiana. Angela Mahecha Adrar serves as the Executive Director of the Climate Justice Alliance. Jaron has also been active in the movement to end mass incarceration, as well as LGBT social movements in the US. Eddie has written articles and been interviewed for local and national news broadcasts. Before joining SWOP, Juan was the New Mexico Beyond Coal organizer for Sierra Club, an organizer with New Mexico Youth Organized, and a Green for All fellow.

He has a bachelors of science degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco state, Brazil and a M.A. Our Members

Raised in Monterey County and Bakersfield, he has a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from UC Berkeley. Since the 1990s, José has gained recognition as a national and international leader in the EJ movement. In 2011, Darryl transitioned into the role of CBE’s Southern California Program Director and was at the helm of successful community-based campaigns against the fossil fuel industry and toxic polluters. Darryl was instrumental in leading the passage of Clean Up Green Up, a City of Los Angeles ordinance that is one of the first Environmental Justice Green Zone Policies in the nation.