How To Uplift The Voices Of Young Climate Activists Of Color (Plus 10 Accounts To Follow)
Growing & Encouraging Representation
Ugandan climate Activist Vanessa Nakate attended the planet Economic Forum at the begining of 2020 alongside other youth activists from around the globe. She took part in a press conference with Greta Thunberg along with other activists before a sizable Fridays For Future protest in the region.
While she was present in the press conference, you would not have known she was there according to news coverage. She’d been popped from a photograph shared through the Connected Press, where she posed alongside Thunberg, in addition to Isabelle Axelsson, Luisa Neubauer, and Loukina Tille. The only real factor distinguishing the activists from each other was their race-not their accolades or fierce activism for that climate.
“It wasn’t nearly one photo...