Environmental & Social Justice

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Michelle Lewis

2010 Fellow
Michelle Estelle Lewis is founder and Executive Director of Peace Garden Project, a nonprofit focused on Environmental Justice, Food Justice and the intersectionality of the justice issues present in our society. She is also a former...
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Sara Mersha

2010 Fellow
Sara Mersha has been Director of Grantmaking and Advocacy at Grassroots International since 2010. She works to build and maintain long-term relationships with partner organizations and social movements led by peasants, indigenous peoples...
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Kyra Busch

2010 Fellow
Kyra has been a Program Officer at the Christensen Fund since 2012 supporting Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities around the world. She has managed programs in Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty, Resilient Biocultural Landscapes...
Fellow Story

Journey Up Coal River

2000 Fellow Jen Osha, Founder and President of Aurora Lights, an NGO based in Morgantown, West Virginia, has announced the production of a CD, called "Still Moving Mountains: The Journey Home" to raise awareness of mountaintop removal coal mining, as well as a companion website with educational a d outreach tools for activists, concerned citizens, and teachers.
May 13, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Environmental Exposures and Children's Health

Guadalupe Chapa will work as a post-doc researcher serving on the field and research team of The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS), a community-university partnership that investigates...
March 29, 2010
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Karina Garbesi

1992 Fellow
Karina Garbesi is an Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the California State University at Hayward. Her educational achievements include a BA in physics from UC Berkeley (with high honors), and a Masters and PhD...
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Frank Lowenstein

1991 Fellow
Founding Partner at Alluvial Network, providing climate adaptation services to frontline communities. Also serve as Strategic Partnership Specialist for 4ocean-- improving the ocean one million pieces of trash at a time. My work history...
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Carlos Plazola

1994 Fellow
Carlos Plazola, 1994 Switzer Fellow, began as an environmental justice organizer in 1994. Since then, he has studied and participated in models of enabling social innovation, power redistribution, and grassroots activation through his roles...
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Cynthia Lopez

1993 Fellow
While completing a Master's at UCLA, Cynthia served as principal investigator researching the effects of organophosphate exposure on the reproductive outcomes of farm workers. After completing a second Master's in International Relations...
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Beverly Craig

1994 Fellow
Beverly Craig, LEED AP BD+C, is a Senior Program Manager at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. She works on programs including the Passive House Design Challenge for affordable housing, assists MassCEC's workforce team, and is now...