Climate Justice for Cities

As a public school teacher in New York City watching socially marginalized Black and Latinx students struggle with inequalities in education and health issues from an emerging lead poisoning crisis, A.J. Hudson ’19 MESc was moved to take action. He helped found a public high school and led neighborhood workshops on climate justice and political action efforts.

He also helped organize coalitions to pass New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act and helped plan the 2019  Youth Climate Summit, the nation’s largest gathering of young people of color passionate about climate change.