Interview conducted by Clara Fang, March 10, 2019 Thomas Easley is the Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Prior to that, he worked for thirteen years as the Director of Community for Diversity in the College of Natural Resources at North Carolina State University. He holds…
Nellis Kennedy-Howard is the Sierra Club’s Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice where she leads the effort to transform Sierra Club into an organization that welcomes and values people from all walks of life. Nellis is an attorney with certificates in Federal Indian Law and Natural Resources Law, and previously served as Senior Campaign Representative…
Marcelo Bonta is Founder and Executive Director of J.E.D.I Heart, which provides consulting to organizations on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Originally trained as a conservation biologist, Marcelo decided to dedicate his career to JEDI after finding himself the sole programmatic person of color at a national wildlife organization, experiencing firsthand the diversity challenge in…
Jacqueline Patterson is the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Since 2007 Patterson has served as coordinator & co-founder of Women of Color United. Jacqui Patterson has worked as a researcher, program manager, coordinator, advocate and activist working on women‘s rights, violence against women, HIV&AIDS, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate…
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the climate crisis. My name is Clara Fang and I live in Detroit, Michigan, a city that has suffered half a century of disinvestment and environmental injustice. Our neighborhoods have been exploited by capitalism and ripped apart by racism for generations. We suffer some of the highest…
People of color are more concerned about climate change than the general population yet they continue to be underrepresented in environmental organizations. This report summarizes the barriers for civic engagement on climate change for people of color, their perceptions of climate change, and strategies that environmental organizations can take to improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Residence on Earth 