Speakers Archive - Climate Justice Alliance
Juan Parras

Juan Parras

Juan has been organizing community voices for years beginning as a social worker with the Harris County Welfare Office and later with the City of Houston Section 8 Housing Department where he organized the workers at both offices. Recognizing his unorthodox organizing...
Jacqueline Patterson

Jacqueline Patterson

Jacqueline Patterson is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. The mission of the Chisholm Legacy Project is rooted in a Just Transition Framework, serving as a vehicle to...
Sharon Lewis

Sharon Lewis

Sharon E. Lewis is the Executive Director of the CT Coalition for Environmental Justice which promotes environmental justice through community advocacy and engagement. She was exposed to advocacy at an early age. Sharon worked for corporate America in the reinsurance...
Maria Lopez-Nuñez

Maria Lopez-Nuñez

Ironbound Community Corporation Deputy Director for Organizing and Advocacy, and Climate Justice Alliance Board member Maria has over 10 years of experience as a facilitator, specializing in conflict resolution, racial and gender justice, and community building. She...
Cassia Herron

Cassia Herron

Immediate Past Chair of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Cassia is a proud Kentuckian with over 20 years of experience working at the intersections of community and economic development, food systems and the built environment and systems change. Her service and...
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