Kristen Soares
An Inequitable Pandemic: How Environmental Racism Has Worsened COVID-19 in Communities of Color
The COVID-19 pandemic is an injustice that is intersectional at its core. The inequities associated with this crisis are innately tied to specific preexisting disparities in public health, workers’ rights, housing stability, and more, but one critical and commonly overlooked...
Webinar Recap: Rooting Environmental Justice Efforts in Community
Grassroots community organizing is and always has been at the heart of the environmental justice movement. In recent years, this organizing has led to state-level legislative successes across the nation, including expanding community engagement, developing equitable climate funding requirements, and...
SCPN Spotlight: Pooja Tilvawala on Centering and Empowering Youth in Climate Activism
All across the country, members of our State Climate Policy Network (SCPN) are fighting to make an impact on climate change in their communities. We have individuals in our Network from all 50 states, each experiencing climate change differently in...
Webinar Recap: Federal Climate Action’s Impact on States
After four years of environmental rollbacks and inaction on climate change, the tides have turned on Capitol Hill. Since Biden took office in January, we’ve seen a slew of climate initiatives and introduced policies, including an early Executive Order on...
Kristen Soares on Joy, Empathy, and Identity in Climate Work
Kristen recently joined the Climate XChange team as our newest SCPN Associate, get to know her and some of her goals in joining CXC! Tell us a bit about yourself. Hello! My name is Kristen Soares (she/they), and I am a soon-to-be...
