Education
Ayanna Williams
Ayanna Williams Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Encouraging environmental resilience through community partnership and engagement. Region Decatur, GA Affiliations & Roles Director of Community and Environmental Resilience, National Recreation and Park Association Ayanna Williams comes to NRPA as a tested leader in place-based environmentally focused nonprofits. Most recently she was the Healthy Cities…
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Jessica Thrasher Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Educating and equipping communities to better manage water systems. Region Fort Collins, CO Affiliations & Roles Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Engagement Programs Manager, Colorado Water Center at Colorado State University Jessica Thrasher is the Education and Outreach Manager for the Colorado Stormwater Center at Colorado State…
Read MoreHannah Sakura Ono
Hannah Sakura Ono Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Highlighting youth voices on climate policy in Boston. Region Boston, MA Affiliations & Roles Co-Head of Andover Climate Lobby, Field Representative of Our Climate Co-Head of National CCL Youth Action Team Hannah is a senior at Phillips Academy in Boston. She began her climate activism…
Read MoreCheryl Rogers
Cheryl Rogers Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Healing communities with resilence, education, and preparation. Region Altamonte Springs, FL Affiliations & Roles Community Captain, Centra Florida Disaster Resilience Initiative Cheryl Denise Rogers is a lover of The Most High God, Creator of the Universe, and a strong believer in He who hung on the…
Read MoreFrances Roberts-Gregory
Frances Roberts-Gregory Participant: 2021 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Combating environmental racism through energy research and education. Region New Orleans, LA Affiliations & Roles Postdoc & Scholar-Activist & Steering Committee Member, Northeastern University & Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal Frances Roberts-Gregory is an ecowomanist ethnographer, feminist political ecologist, and Future Faculty Fellow in…
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