In one word: adventurous!
Lauren Howard is CCL’s diversity and inclusion fellow this year! She is passionate about holding large polluters accountable for harming marginalized communities.
Lauren was drawn to climate advocacy by the desire to condemn and expose major actors who have contributed to the prolonged degradation of the environment. Lauren currently lives in her hometown of Canton, Georgia. She is a summer camp counselor for Travel for Teens and a substitute teacher!
As a diversity and inclusion fellow, her responsibilities include meeting weekly with the Diversity and Inclusion team and discussing concerns within the organization and possible solutions to be implemented, attending action team meetings and making notes, brainstorming, constructing, and presenting fellow-led, inclusion-based workshops for volunteers and staff alike, attend and provide support at June Conference in DC, attend and provide technical and Q&A support in September Inclusion Conference on zoom, and work with various communities and supporting environmental justice efforts. She hopes to expand her knowledge of the inside workings of a non-profit organization’s commitment to environmental justice, diversity, and inclusion.
In her free time, Lauren enjoys being outdoors, yoga, reading, researching, journaling, writing poetry, trying new vegetarian recipes, traveling, and playing with her two cats- Oreo and Honey Bun! Her favorite author is Albert Camus.
Lauren wants dominant pollution perpetrators to be accountable for harming marginalized communities who often bear the brunt of environmental inequality which negatively impacts their health and quality of life. Her work as a fellow is crucial to addressing the issues of environmental racism.
Feel free to connect with her on Twitter: @laurenhowarddd