Through our multi-city HUB program, Black Girl Environmentalist cultivates location specific opportunities for our community to unite around environmental justice and co-create the regenerative future that we require Our HUBs are located in: NYC, LA, DC, Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, Knoxville, Philadelphia, the Bay Area (SF/Oakland), Columbus, and Atlanta. We are currently reviewing applications to add an addition 2-3 HUB cities to our portfolio. Want to learn more about our program? Watch our HUB Program recap video, filmed during BGE's first annual HUB Program Leadership Program. https://lnkd.in/eVcvYs3y
Black Girl Environmentalist
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A national community dedicated to empowering Black girls, women and gender expansive people across the climate sector.
关于我们
Black Girl Environmentalist is a national community dedicated to empowering Black girls, women and non-binary people in the climate movement. We create pathways for emerging climate leaders of color to thrive across environmental disciplines through the areas of: community building, green workforce development, and narrative change. BGE was founded by climate activist and Rhodes Scholar Wawa Gatheru. Having been in the environmental and climate space for almost ten years, Wawa could not help but notice that while Black girls and women exist at the forefront of environmental injustice, they were amongst the least supported or celebrated in the mainstream environmental movement. She founded BGE to help cultivate opportunities for BGE's to be supported and empowered. BGE is collectively committed to centering Black women and non-binary folks in the environmental movement while shifting inequitable power structures that create barriers to access environmental disciplines. Our ultimate goal is to help create a climate movement made in the image of all of us.
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https://www.blackgirlenvironmentalist.org
Black Girl Environmentalist的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 环境服务
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- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Washington DC
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- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2020
- 领域
- environmental justice 、advocacy、community engagement、research、education、nonprofit、activism、social justice和environmental health
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US，Washington DC
Black Girl Environmentalist员工
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This past year Black Girl Environmentalist has grown our programming and impact to new heights, building a strong community of Black women and gender expansive environmentalists as we empower emerging climate leaders to realize their full leadership potential! Your investment in our mission has continued to uplift our work and amplify our efforts. ???? With our dedicated team, partners, Hubs leads, donors, and your support our impact this past year has continued to grow: ?? Launched our inaugural Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship with 14 fellows where we awarded $70,000 in living stipend! ????????We have expanded to 14 HUB cities, hosting over 100+ local events and collaborated with 70+ regional partners ??Hosted our College Mentorship program where we paired 12 college students providing over 240+ hours of direct mentor support from senior level environmental professionals We are excited to continue to expand our community and impact, but we need your support. Next week is Giving Tuesday, an opportunity for you to support some of your favorite organizations like BGE. We want to continue to invest in emerging climate leaders and build vibrant communities of care and empowerment, and you can help through generous donations.???? ??Donate via our link in bio during this holiday season, no gift is too big or too small: https://lnkd.in/esiQWtPj
Support BGE this Giving Tuesday
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Black Girl Environmentalist转发了
Like other Sustain Our Future initiatives, our Reparative Land Collective began as a desire to disrupt business-as-usual sustainable development. We held a vision that under-resourced land stewards, like Black, Indigenous, Brown, other land stewards of color, and others, could become central actors in delivering nature-based solutions for carbon removal. Through countless conversations and research spearheaded by my brilliant colleague Aissa Dearing, we brought this vision to life. We are so proud to announce the first round of grants through our Reparative Land Collective. These grants will support efforts in agroecology and ecosystem restoration while evoking the framework of land reMatriation. This first wave of grantmaking represents our initial step in reframing carbon dioxide removal practices to center frontline community-driven land healing, restoration, and repair. ???? ?? ?? ?? Get to know our grantee partners and learn more about our Reparative Land Collective in the announcement below!
We have another exciting announcement to share before the year ends! Today, Sustain Our Future Foundation launches the Reparative Land Collective Grant Program to advance transformative land stewardship. ???? ?? We are proud to announce our inaugural cohort of grantee partners for the Reparative Land Collective, a grant program created to support under-resourced land stewards, such as Black, Indigenous, Brown, other land stewards of color, and others, dedicated to ecosystem restoration and land justice. This first cohort includes 12 visionary organizations from across the U.S., each awarded for their leadership in land healing and agroecological goals. Alongside capital grants, these organizations will receive critical technical assistance such as legal advising, land assessments, permitting, and infrastructure planning to amplify their impact. The Reparative Land Collective embodies SOFF’s commitment to restoring humanity’s relationship with natural ecosystems through land ReMatriation, centering communities most affected by systemic injustices. As BlackTooEarth, one of our grantees, shares: “It’s time to reclaim land near communities most impacted by food deserts and Atlanta’s efforts to displace Black and Native folks. Through the Reparative Land Collective, we are working on a Southeast Atlanta land acquisition effort to challenge the city's decision to build Cop City, creating a community-centered space that promotes food sovereignty and ecological restoration.” We’re proud to stand in solidarity with these incredible partners, and we thank our community advisory board, composed of BIPOC-led organizations, for co-creating a vision for transformative land stewardship. Check out the full list of our inspiring grantee partners and the impactful work they’re leading: ?? Help For Landowners Organization (SC) ?? National Black Food and Justice Alliance (GA) ?? Savanna Institute (WI) ?? Center for Heirs' Property Preservation (SC) ?? San Diego New Roots (CA) ?? Great Plains Action Society (IA) ?? BlackTooEarth (GA) ?? Sanctuary Farms (MI) ?? The Earthseed Land Collective (NC) ?? Ukwakhwa Foods (Oneida Reservation) ?? Hmong American Farmers Association (MN) ?? Elderberry Wisdom Farm (OR) Let’s celebrate this community of land healers and their journey to rebuild ecosystems and nurture resilient, thriving communities! ?? To learn more, please visit: https://lnkd.in/d9jSDyuk #LandStewardship #EnvironmentalJustice #FoodSovereignty #Agroecology
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Black Girl Environmentalist转发了
Operations Analyst | James Landing Veterinary Hospital | The Byungura Foundation Co-founder | Part-Time Home Cook & Plant Enthusiast ??
?? Excited to Share! ?? A few months ago, my incredible friends Lorena J. and Maya Espinosa reached out to me about an exciting opportunity: starting a Charlotte hub for Black Girl Environmentalist (BGE). As someone who finds peace and healing in nature, believes in the transformative power of community, and has a deep love for leadership, I was thrilled to join them in making this vision a reality. I’m beyond proud to share that our hub was approved, and we recently held our first team introduction meeting a few weeks ago, along with our first official interest meeting last week. Lorena & Maya are amazing co-leads and I’ve already learned so much from them. Black Girl Environmentalist is a national organization that not only uplifts Black women and femmes in environmentalism but also creates spaces where our voices, experiences, and contributions to this field are celebrated and empowered. Joining this team feels like the perfect blend of my passions: fostering connections, advocating for our environment, and creating a space for healing and growth through nature. I can’t wait to work with this incredible team and see what we can accomplish together. Here’s to building something beautiful for Charlotte and beyond! ?? #BlackGirlEnvironmentalist #CommunityBuilding #Leadership #HealingThroughNature #EnvironmentalJustice
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The Chicago HUB enjoyed an opportunity to connect and get creative last week at the Muse Coffee Studio , a local Black-owned business! There they also hosted their FIRST-EVER clothing swap, and discussed the importance of mutual aid and capacity-building in sustaining our movements—and taking care of our mental health! The event ended with a yoga session and an opportunity to decompress. ????♀? ???? Thank you to Janani for the great pictures ?? and Cara Anderson for hosting this event
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Congratulations to our HMJ alum Raianna Grant on landing her first full time role!! ????
Environmental Systems and Sustainability Science Concentration in Policy Management| Project Management| Hazel M. Johnson Fellow
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Assistant Environmental Educator at Gather New Haven!
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Black Girl Environmentalist partnered with the Sign My Name to Freedom documentary team earlier this Fall for an exciting documentary screening of the project. Sign My Name to Freedom is a feature documentary about national park ranger Betty Reid Soskin, her hidden life as a singer/songwriter and a civil rights pioneer in California. Black Girl Environmentalist is committed to facilitating opportunities for our community to be exposed to the long history of Black environmental leadership. Thank you to Patagonia for the partnership!
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Join BGE Chicago at Muse Coffee Studio to support a local Black-owned business and connect with each other! We’re excited to host our FIRST-EVER clothing swap, where we’ll discuss the importance of mutual aid and capacity-building in sustaining our movements—and taking care of our mental health. We’ll wrap up with a free yoga session to decompress together. See you there, rsvp here: https://lnkd.in/eTuVaDjD
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We are kicking off the application cycle for the second cohort of the Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship next month! We are excited to receive applications from talented early-career Black women and gender expansive folks excited to advance their career in the environmental sector. We need the help of our LinkedIn community to reach these amazing prospective fellows. Please send recommendations through comments, LinkedIn message or email [email protected] with listserves, newsletters, and job boards we should reach out to, to amplify the fellowship application. This can be anything from college environmental studies department listserves, eco-conscious campus clubs, climate organization’s newsletters, or a helpful job board you love. Please share with us, so we can reach qualified applicants!
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Tomorrow is the last day for partner organizations to apply to participate in the 2025 Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship program! If you are a company committed to diversifying the environmental/climate sector, this is the perfect opportunity for you! This upcoming summer, Black Girl Environmentalist will host the second cohort of the Hazel M. Johnson Fellowship - a 10-week climate internship pipeline program for early career Black women and gender expansive college students and recent grads. Past partner organizations have been amazing companies like Stanley 1913 , Coach , The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University WWF to name a few! Apply to host a fellow here: https://lnkd.in/eSszt5-q
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