• Switzer Fellows in the News

    Air quality monitoring and storytelling with youth in Los Angeles

    Fellow Zully Juarez on A Day in the Life program team published in journal.

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  • Switzer Fellow Thought Leadership

    Our oceans brim with climate solutions

    Ayana Elizabeth Johnson wrote in The Washington Post about the Blue New Deal she advised presidential campaign of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on.

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  • Switzer Fellows in the News

    Feminist Green New Deal proposed

    At the UN climate negotiations in Madrid, Fellow Frances Roberts-Gregory and other activists spoke to collective feminist demands for Green New Deal policies, programs.

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We are selecting the new 2020 Switzer Fellows and will announce them in a few months. Learn more

Leadership Story

Cassandra Brooks: Part of largest ever all-women expedition to Antarctica

Fellow Cassandra Brooks returned in December 2019 from a three-week Antarctic expedition organized by Homeward Bound Project, a worldwide initiative that began in 2016 to “heighten the influence and impact of women in making decisions that shape our planet,” according to the organization.

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Upcoming Events

Deanna Zandt's depiction of community care
Thursday, January 23 2020
Race and Equity Reading Group: Allyship, community care, and wellness
Location: WebEx Meeting Center (online)

Racial allyship is a risky proposition.

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Jan28 January 28, 2020 - 12:30pm
WebEx Meeting Center (online)
Engaging with policy via Twitter
Twitter has emerged as one of the best places to connect with and potentially influence policymakers on social media. What does it take to establish a credible presence on Twitter? And how can you... Read More >
Mar14 - 16 March 14, 2020 (All day) - March 16, 2020 (All day)
Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC
Switzer Fellows spring retreat and policy communications training
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Mar15 March 15, 2020 - 6:30pm
Agora, 1527 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
Alumni dinner - Washington, D.C.
DC-based Switzer Fellows will join Switzer Foundation staff and the 2019 Fellows for dinner in conjunction with our annual Spring Retreat and Policy Communications training! Date: Sunday, March 15,... Read More >
May9 May 9, 2020 (All day)
Center for Biological Diversity, 1212 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA
Switzer Fellowship interviews - California
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Fellows in the News

Jan 15, 2020

Pizarro contributes to New Haven mayor's goals for environment and climate change

Bruni Pizarro served on New Haven Mayor Elicker's transition team and worked on the Environment and Climate change section of his transition report .Read more >
Jan 15, 2020

Pizarro interim executive director of one of New Haven’s leading Latino organizations

An expert in resettlement and forced migration of Puerto Rican women and families is taking over temporary leadership of one of New Haven’s leading Latino organizations as it seeks its second new...Read more >
Jan 15, 2020

Juarez on team that incorporated air monitoring and storytelling with youth in EJ orgs around L.A.

Zully Juarez and team have published an article in IJERPH about the program they implemented that incorporated air monitoring and storytelling with youth in environmental justice organizations around the Los Angeles area.Read more >
Jan 15, 2020

Scheuer quoted in article on new Kauai development

The state Land Use Commission on Tuesday approved the final environmental impact statement for a petition to rezone 97 acres in Kapaa for urban use, making way for a proposed residential development...Read more >

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