Huda Alkaff is the Founder and Director of the Islamic Environmental Group of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Green Muslims), formed in 2005. She is an environmentalist with higher education degrees in...
Champions of Change: Climate Faith Leaders
The White House recognizes 12 faith and lay leaders as Champions of Change for their efforts in protecting our environment and communities from the effects of climate change.
Steven Beumer is an active member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winter Park, Florida. He has led St. John to make changes through new energy efficient roofing and LED lighting. He...
Sister Joan Brown is a Franciscan Sister from the Rochester, Minnesota Franciscan Community and is the Executive Director of New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light (NMIPL). NMIPL works to educate...
Cassandra Carmichael is the Executive Director for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment where she serves an alliance of four major faith groups: Jewish, Catholic, Evangelical and...
Patrick Carolan has been the Executive Director of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN) for five years. He has made climate change a core issue at FAN, and has built relationships with other faith...
As the former Dean of Clark Atlanta University and the former director of the Health Promotion Resource Center of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Reverend Gerald Durley seeks to combine the...
Nana Firman has been involved in developing urban community garden in Southern California and encouraging the American Muslim community to practice eco-lifestyle, which then led her to become a...
Rachel L. Lamb, is Chair of the Steering Committee for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (Y.E.C.A.), and has served with the organization since its inception. Over the past three years, Y.E.C....
Reverend Kim Morrow is a religious environmental leader who is passionate about helping people respond to the environmental urgencies of our time in ways that are community-based, theologically...
Rabbi Marc Soloway serves as the spiritual leader of Congregation Bonai Shalom in Boulder, Colorado and is president of Haver, Boulder’s Rabbinic Fellowship. He chairs the Rabbinic Advisory Board...
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, is a Church of God in Christ Elder and community activist. The Hip Hop Caucus is a national non-profit and has been building...
Sunita Viswanath has worked in women's and human rights organizations for almost three decades. She is co-founder and active board member of the 14-year old front-line women’s human rights...