Climate Advocacy Fellowships

Climate Advocacy Fellows are students or recent graduates with experience in campus organizing and advocacy training the younger generation of climate leaders. Fellows work with CCL’s Student Engagement Manager and Regional Coordinators to recruit and mentor campus leaders, conduct outreach to higher education, and invite students to participate in advancing CCL’s regional and national priorities. Fellows commit for one year and receive a stipend of $3,400 and support to attend CCL’s national conferences. Fellows typically devote 8-10 hours a week to CCL work. Applicants should have experience as a CCL campus leader, intern, or actively participated with a local chapter. Comparable experience at another environmental organization is also welcome. Please see our intern page to apply.

 

2023 - 2024 Climate Advocacy Fellows

 
 

Sara Eyassu

Sara is our Mountain West Fellow and is currently a sophomore at the University of Southern California majoring in environmental studies as a pre-law student. Last summer, she completed a teaching fellowship with Generation Teach where she taught environmental justice to rising sixth graders. This drive encouraged climate advocacy within higher education through membership on the Student Sustainability Committee of the Presidential Working Group on Sustainability in Education, Research, and Operations. She hopes to continue learning through collaborative efforts and equitable sustainability work.

Contact: sara.eyassu@citizensclimatelobby.org

 
 
 
 
 

Mabel Travis

Mabel is a junior majoring in Environmental Science and Conservation and minoring in Communications at Concordia University Texas. She is also a "Selah Scholars" Environmental Science fellowship recipient at Concordia University doing research and advocacy work pertaining to environmental stewardship, education, and climate change. Mabel is the campus leader and founder of the Concordia University Texas CCL Student Chapter and is the Third Coast Regional Fellow for CCL Higher Education. She enjoys the arts, history, botany, climate policy, psychology, interpersonal communications, social and environmental justice, and political science. After graduation, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in environmental policy.

Contact: mabel.travis@citizensclimatelobby.org

 

Emily Johnson

Emily is our Appalachia Fellow and is a rising senior at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky pursuing a degree in Women's and Gender Studies. Emily grew up in rural Kentucky and is passionate about making sure that people from low income and rural backgrounds, as well as queer and young people, are prioritized in every aspect of life, including in the climate movement.

Contact: emily.johnson@citizensclimatelobby.org

 

James Bradford III

James is the North Wind Climate Advocacy Fellow and is currently an undergrad student at Saint Paul College in Minnesota majoring in communications. He is also an active member of the CCL East Metro Chapter in Minnesota, the CCL Minnesota Statewide team, and the CCL Environmental Justice action team. He has passionately and intentionally strived to grow in his knowledge of the impacts of climate and environment issues, as well as engaged with others new and old to the climate movement on ways to bring more awareness and solutions, that can lower the carbon footprint in his community and nationally. 

Contact: james.bradfordiii@citizensclimatelobby.org