Youth Leaders on Climate Justice: Centering Community in Climate Action

Young people recognize that environmental justice requires connecting environmental impact with a wide-range of social issues and addressing the disproportionate impact of climate change on marginalized communities. Young people are drawing attention to these issues and demanding an intersectional approach to the environment that is grounded in community-oriented solutions.

Join GTY and the National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy for an important youth-led discussion about environmental justice and how philanthropy can partner with young people to achieve meaningful change. In this session, young people, practitioners and grantmakers will discuss what climate justice means to young people, how they are fighting to ensure more attention and resources are allocated to a broad range of climate-related issues, and the disproportionate impact environmental issues have on marginalized communities. There will be plenty of time for Q&A and discussion.

Speakers:
- Myiah Smith, Policy Consultant, National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy.
- Aru Shiney-Ajay, Executive Director, Sunrise Movement.
- Najah Casimir, Program Officer, Mobility, Barr Foundation.