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Posted: 11/2/2011
Kari takes the stage at Bioneers...
But who is she?
Kari Fulton, the national campus campaign coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, has become a pioneer organizer working to mobilize youth of color around issues of campus sustainability and climate justice. She was a 2008 recipient of Earth Island Institute s Brower Youth Award and the Damu Smith Power of One Young Professional Award (Deep South Center For Environmental Justice at Dillard University). A graduate of Howard University, Fulton acts as a mentor for other youth leaders and as a spokesperson for the Energy Action Coalition, and is currently a senior fellow with Young People For the American Way (YP4) and a member of the 2009 YP4 Leadership Academy.
what is she doing? She's getting the audience to shout, 'hey cop' (as in cop15 aka copenhagen) 'stop the pop' (aka pollution).