Wrap up the third season with hosts Abigail and Maréshah as they discuss one of the foundational solutions to the climate crisis: community organizing. Listen to experienced community organizers Lindsay Harper and Celida Soto talk about how to effectively work with communities towards grassroots solutions.    “Community organizing is knowing when to listen to lived experiences, when to step back, and when to step forward.” Celido Soto works with many organizations such as Margins: Women...

In this special episode, hosts Maréshah and Abigail listen to Queen Quet, the Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah Geechee Nation, explain how they are utilizing indigenous scientific knowledge to protect and adapt their Sea Islands from modern colonization and climate change. The Gullah/Geechee Nation exists from Jacksonville, NC, to Jacksonville, FL. It encompasses the Sea Islands and thirty to thirty-five miles inland to the St. John’s River. On these islands, people from numerous...

In this episode, Abigail and Maréshah have a two-part discussion with folks from Water Wise Gulf South: Dr. Angela Chalk and Jeff Supak. Chalk and Supak work together to adapt and mitigate water issues in Louisiana. They know that solutions to flooding and rising sea levels are most impactful when communities and government work together. “If we really want to live with water, we need to shift our relationship on how we view water in New Orleans and the region… (with flooding and worsening...

Join hosts Maréshah and Abigail in this enriching conversation with Ankur Shah from Climate Engine about technological and economic strategies for climate adaptation, where we cover everything from circular economies to using maps to influence banks to climate financing. "The idea [at Climate Engine] is to 1. Let banks know how their assets are impacted by climate risks …and 2. How their money is impacting the environment and climate change and 3. Tell banks what they can do to mitigate...

In this special episode, co-host Maréshah brings in a special guest co-host, her father, Reverend Michael Malcom, to talk about the effectiveness of community organizing with POWHR’s Russell Chisholm. "I do believe that as long and as exhausting as this struggle has been, the community resistance has gotten stronger, and we will be strong for the next fight." - Russell Chisholm  Russell Chisholm serves as Managing Director of the Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights coalition in the...

In this episode, Abigail and Maréshah “get the dirt” from Cicada Calling Farm’s own Sierra Torres and Becks Hillard about the realities and joys of operating a sustainable farm in southeast Louisiana amidst climate change impacts. As the two young farmers discuss, dedicating labor and agricultural innovation in the Gulf South is an intentional decision to create alternative economies and food systems to nourish our communities. “Instead of thinking about what we are losing, we need to think...

This week, join hosts Maréshah and Abigail in their transformative conversation with Knellee Bisram and Piero Falci from AHAM Education as they teach us about the practicality of mindfulness and our responsibility to care for ourselves and care for the world. “Mindfulness is a way of being in relationship with myself, others, and the world. We know from our own practice that once we allow ourselves to let go of the past and the future, we are not only training ourselves to be present, we are...

In this week's episode, co-hosts Abigail and Maréshah have an honest conversation with Dr. Jairo Garcia about the need and obstacles of climate adaptation at the state and local levels. “The biggest challenge, here in the South, is that politicians and decision-makers are not taking climate change seriously…We need brave people who aren’t afraid to talk about it. If they don’t do it, how can we ask communities to do the same?” - Dr. Jairo Garcia Dr. Garcia is a professor at the Georgia...

New episode alert! Join us for a captivating discussion on "Climate Solutions: Indigenous Disaster Resilience" with Clarice Friloux of the United Houma Nation. “The Native American communities are on the frontlines from storms, and we are usually the last to receive assistance. Why don't we leave? This is in our DNA. This is our lives, in the Bayous. We know how to deal with the storms, we wait for the water to recede then rebuild-we don’t sit back and wait for someone to save us.”...

New Episode Alert!  In this episode, we take a deep dive into what mutual aid truly means in the South with Mississippi Rising Coalition’s very own Lea Campbell and Morris Mock.  “Mutual aid is not a charity. It's a lot of things: we find ourselves meeting the needs of the people, whatever those needs are, and aid them in whatever course of action that they need.” -Lea Campbell  Climate Justice, Y’all. It’s real, it’s here, and it's about time we listen to leaders in the...

Join the CJY hosts, Abigail and Mareshah, as they dive into the powerful concept of "wounded healers" and the essential practice of addressing our own triggers while doing transformative work. How do we nurture ourselves to better care for others? Combating burnout, especially in activism, is a topic close to our hearts. Discover the link between community support and self-care! Meet three inspiring women from the North Carolina Climate Justice Collective as they share their wisdom and...

In this episode, we do something different and have Executive Directors Alex Easdale, Reverend Michael Malcom, and Michael Hansen from SCEN, GASP, and People's Justice Council interview our hosts Maréshah Malcom and Abigail Franks. We discuss the highlights of the second season, lessons learned in the movement, and look forward to the third season. While most of us know the realities of the issues we face in our region, the third season will spotlight solutions and the folks doing the work....

Jasmine Butler (they/them) was born and raised in Memphis by way of deep Mississippi roots. They’re a Black queer writer, educator, and afrofuturist-abolitionist deeply committed to collective liberation through mutual care and education. Jasmine arrived to the climate movement after years of witnessing government neglect of communities impacted by disasters and toxicity, and they’re excited about organizing and learning alongside other young people for a liberated future. They hope to grow...

Libre X. Sankara is a Afro-Boricua poet(a), cultural worker, organizer, drummer, and popular educator. They currently live on Miccosukee, Seminole & Tequesta land (Miami, FL) and organize with Troika Kollective. They also started a program called Democracy For Youth (DeFY). Their work has led them to understand that poetry and organizing is theory in action, which leads to the systematic change we need. They work with youth to normalize radical imagination, help build alternatives outside...

Justin J. Pearson is the fourth son of five boys born to teenage parents in Memphis, Tennessee. Justin J. graduated from Mitchell High School as Valedictorian and Bowdoin College in 2017 majoring in both Government & Legal Studies and Education Studies. Justin J. is also a leader of Memphis Community Against Pollution and co-founder of Memphis Community Against the Pipeline (MCAP) which is a Black-led environmental justice organization that successfully defeated a multi-billion dollar...

Maya B. Henderson is a member of the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma, and is also of Choctaw, German, and Welsh descent. Maya is a Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Geography at the University of Georgia. Her work is at the intersection of climate justice, settler-colonial cities, and Indigenous resistance and futures. She aims to understand how climate change and climate action are enrolled in reinforcing and/or contesting settler-colonial cities. She maintains that her work must also uplift...

Dr. Tammy Greer – Tammy Greer, Ph. D, (United Houma Nation) is a faculty member in the School of Psychology and Firector of the Southern Miss Center for American Indian research and Studies. She is a faculty advisor to the Golden Eagle Intertribal Society – a Native focused student group who works with the Center to host a yearly powwow, school days and garden events. She is a member of the WECAN group, Okla Hina Ikhish Holo, who are building gardens and food forests along historical...

N. Teresa is Regional Organizer for the Gulf South for a Green New Deal for Taproot Earth. They are a non-binary, afro-descendant person and single parent. They come to this work with experience as a popular educator and organizer in Puerto Rico, also as a birth and abortion doula, and activist for the freedom of their country. As part of their beliefs for the decolonization of her country, they studied agroecology, childbirth and became a community doula. Food sovereignty, climate justice,...

As Healthy Gulf’s Louisiana organizer, Michael works with frontline communities in the state’s traditional industrial corridor, which stretches along the Mississippi from East Baton Rouge down to Plaquemines Parish where the river opens up at the Gulf of Mexico. Her work is focused on fighting petrochemical buildout, advancing the Gulf South for a Green New Deal platform & vision for climate justice, and uplifting community struggles for clean air, water and land. She comes to Healthy...

Prior to serving as Georgia Interfaith Power & Light's Executive Director, Codi worked as GIPL’s Director of Programs and Policy for three years. As Executive Director, Codi continues to lead all policy, program, and outreach efforts, spending much of his spring at the Capitol during the legislative session. He also directs one of GIPL’s flagship programs, Solar Wise, bringing sustainable and energy alternatives to communities of faith. He manages the development and implementation of all...

Rev. Dallas Conyers works as a Body Restoration Specialist: teaching yoga, foods for healing, and spiritual reestablishment to help people become ABLE to live out their creation purpose. She is a certified Sustainable Agriculturalist, Beekeeper, and Greenhouse Husbandman. She uses her micro-farm to practice and educate others on: eco-system restoration, soil regeneration, no-till square foot farming, and pollinator cultivation; for our world and for our survival. Dallas delightedly sits under...

Chris Woolery joined the Mountain Association’s Energy Team in 2011. As the Residential Energy Coordinator, Chris manages the residential energy program, How$martKY, which partners with rural electric cooperatives to design, finance, and install home energy efficiency upgrades paid for directly out of energy savings. Previously, Chris was an ENERGY STAR® builder and energy services contractor for nearly two decades. In his career, Chris has helped deliver residential energy efficiency...