Kari Fulton

Kari Fulton

Student organizer, EJCC

Kari Fulton is the National Campus Campaign Coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. Fulton works to support and mobilize diverse youth and organizations by building awareness of the connection between environmental and social justice issues.

Noted as a young leader to watch by Elle and Glamour magazine, Fulton was a member of the planning committee for both Power Shift 2007 and Power Shift 2009 the largest youth summits and lobby days on climate in US history.  Through her work in the youth climate movement, Fulton was awarded the Brower Youth Award (Earth Island Institute) and the Damu Smith Power of One Young Professional Award (Deep South Center For Environmental Justice at Dillard University).

Currently, Fulton acts as a spokesperson for the Energy Action Coalition is a senior fellow with Young People For the American Way (YP4) and a member of the YP4 Leadership Academy. She is also a graduate of the John H. Johnson School of Communications at Howard University. In her spare time Fulton is a blogger on checktheweather.net and a member of the board of directors for the Lets Raise A Million Project and Dreaming Out Loud, an after-school program in DC.

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A conversation with the environmental justice activist Kari Fulton.
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There is a long road ahead despite Obama’s victory.
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“There is a series of events that have motivated our generation to be one of the greatest generations since the Great Depression generation.”
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The activist is encourages by green jobs but wants them to be long term in communities of color.
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The environment is the main agenda item in any movement for justice.
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The connection between home ownership and environmental justice is crucial.
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The activist talks about environmental justice and where Whole Foods and Patagonia fit in.
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The organizer tells us how “people of color have been green since jump street.”
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Gentrification can make all of the movement’s best efforts for naught.
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The activist says the movement is a long-term process to work toward racial equality and environmental sustainability.
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The activist talks about the fine art of reaching consensus.
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The activist uses case studies so students can apply environmental issues to their everyday lives.
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The activist talks about training and mentoring the next generation of environmental justice leaders.
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The activist cites her family but also the lasting impression made on her by Hurricane Katrina.