Green For All Fellows - Class 2

Sandra Diaz is the national field coordinator for Appalachian Voices. Her main job is to work with people all over the US to help end mountaintop removal coal mining and promote a sustainable green economy in central & southern Appalachia. She believes that mountaintop removal is the biggest silent environmental justice & human rights tragedy occurring in America right now. She has worked as a issues organizer in Florida on a variety of energy-related issues. She has a bachelor's degree in theatre from Florida State University, which she finds helpful in her work as a grassroots organizer.

Kari Fulton is the national campus campaign coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. Fulton is a Graduate of the John H. Johnson school of Communications at Howard University. Fulton is also a 2008 recipient of the Brower Youth Award and the Damu Smith Power of One Young Professional Award. Currently, Fulton is a spokesperson for the Energy Action Coalition, a senior fellow with Young People For the American Way (YP4) and a member of the YP4 Leadership Academy.

Nicole Godfrey, is a Social Justice Activist dedicated to empowering youth in her community. Ms. Godfrey has worked for over nine years for The New Orleans Council for Community and Justice. She began her career with NOCCJ as a Program Coordinator and eventually arose to Director of Programs. She has participated in numerous community activities including working as a counselor of Anytown USA Camp for five years, Youth Ministry Volunteer for three years at St. Raymond/St. Leo the Great Catholic Church Cluster and a volunteer of the Peoples Community Organization for four years.

Arthur Jacuinde has been working with the Fresno Local Conservation Corps for two years. Recently, at the age of 21, he was elected to serve as president of the Corpsmember Council. He works with young people, some of whom have been involved with the justice system, to learn job skills related to clean energy and conservation. He has participated in solar panel instalations and materials reuse and recycling at construtions sites. By his own account his leadership in the Corps has made him more responsible and has inspired him to get more active in his community. He sees the green economy as a way to create more jobs for the people he works with every day.

Keegan King is Campaign Director for 1Sky New Mexico, and Director of New Mexico Youth Organized. Originally from the village of Diit'tseama in Acoma Pueblo, Keegan's introduction to the social justice movement was through his mother who along with the other women in his family fought against the funding of a statue to honor a war criminal in Albuquerque. Later as a member of SAGE Council he worked to stop the construction of a commuter highway through the Petroglyph National Monument, a holy place to many tribes in New Mexico. Keegan has worked as a political organizer for AFSCME and as a campaign manager for the Albuquerque based consulting firm Soltari, he honed his skills as a political organizer by working on several campaigns.

Cop Lieu grew up in Camden City and, after leaving the traditional school system, enrolled at The Work Group as a student in 2005. He completed the program with honors and received his high school diploma. After his exceptional success in the program, Cop became a Peer Support Worker at The Work Group, offering counseling and other support services to other young adults. In February 2007, Cop joined The Staff of The Work Group as a Community Service Supervisor. Cop councils, motivates, and trains young people during their transition to a more positive life. In February of 2007, Cop was recognized by The Corps Network as Corpsmember of the Year.

Richard Mabion is visionary with an entrepreneurial spirit that sees value in creating ways for urban residents to feel pride in who they reallyare and what they have been able to accomplish. After seeing the inner city devastated by drugs and violence, Richard teamed up with a few key but under represented and often overlooked community leaders, in the Quindaro community of Kansas City, Kansas. In 2006 Richard and these key individuals began a process that resulted in the creation of a multi-cultural coalition that planned and conducted a conference in November of 2007, called "Breaking the Silence" in Kansas City. Breaking the Silence will make its return to Kansas City in January 2009.

A native of New Orleans, John Moore began working on environmental issues in Atlanta several years ago before returning to his hometown after Hurricane Katrina. He is an energy rater, working to help rebuild New Orleans on a green footing. Frustrated by the lack of support for low-income communities, John has been working with two non-profits working to introduce youth to jobs that can help them to be more engaged in environmental issues in their own communities.

Joe Naroditsky is executive director and co-founder of Faiths United for Sustainable Energy (FUSE), a non-profit organization that works to educate and mobilize faith communities to act on the harmful effects of our society's dependence on fossil fuels. Joe's professional career has been dedicated to community development, serving as Director of Neighborhood Initiatives and Public Policy Coordinator for SCOPE in Sarasota, FL, as an evaluator for the HOPE VI federal housing program, and as a mentor for several local leadership development programs. Joe enjoyed a diverse upbringing, with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Spanish, Russian, Israeli, and Arab culture -- a childhood that molded his broad approach to understanding differences among people as a way to resolve conflict and build community.

Marco Rauda was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. He immigrated to Southern California in 1988. In 1995, Marco moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Marco has been a local Las Vegas activist the past few years working on immigration and civic engagement issues in the Hispanic Community. In 2008 Marco helped organize the presidential caucus in Nevada which was the first caucus where the Hispanic Community had a chance to pick the presidential nominee. Hispanics were responsible for 18% of the electorate in the Nevada presidential caucus. Marco joined Democracia USA as their Nevada Coordinator in March of 2008.

After beginning her career in advocacy at Human Rights Watch, Elizabeth Reynoso produced documentary films for ABC News and PBS/Frontline. Covering subjects such as US drug policy and the reentry journey of former prisoners led to her desire to work directly with families and communities beleaguered by the criminal justice system. Elizabeth's commitment to healthier communities in New Jersey extends to promoting food and environmental justice through her work with Genesis Farm and Purple Dragon Co-op. Elizabeth received her BA from Wellesley College and studied film and journalism at the New School for Social Research and Columbia University, respectively.

Anasa Troutman has spent her life growing into an artist, producer, strategist and activist-organizer, developing her personal mission to use arts, entertainment and mass media for issue awareness, social change and personal transformation. Anasa has served as a member of the National Coordinating Committee for the National Hip Hop Political Convention, as a member organizer for the Institute for Policy Study's Cities for Progress Program, as the Urban Marketing Strategist for the Dennis Kucinich campaign for the 2004 Democratic Presidential nomination, as Consulting Producer for the Young Peoples Project's "Finding Our Folk" Tour, and as an organizer with the Progressive Majority's Racial Justice Campaign. In all her work, Anasa uses arts and culture to create justice, opportunity and compassion.

Sandra moved to the United States from Lima, Peru in October of 2002. Back at home, she volunteered for Amnesty International and taught pre-k orphans victims of terrorism. She begun her post-secondary education studying History at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and completed her B.A at the University of Massachusetts Amherst majoring in Legal Studies and graduating with honors. Her undergraduate research thesis analyzed the structural and direct violence inflicted by gas corporative companies on indigenous communities in the US and in South America. After graduating, she spent a few months in Cambodia researching and creating education manuals on street law. She currently works as Field organizer for Democracia U.S.A. for the Miami area.

Adrian Veliz has been an active social justice and youth advocate since 1996. At 21, Adrian helped establish some of California's first needle exchange programs, working with injection drug users and their children. After moving to Los Angeles in 1999, he began working with local artists and musicians producing various events about local and international issues. He was the associate producer of, Divine Forces Radio, on 90.7FM, KPFK from 2000-2008, and is currently working for the Los Angeles Community Development Department, where he serves the community as a Cultural Arts Director, Business Development Specialist, and Probation Transitional counselor.

McNair Wagner graduated in the Spring of 2008 from Georgia State University with a B.A. in Marketing. While at Georgia State University McNair co-founded the student environmental group Sustainable Energy Tribe, the Atlanta Student environmental group Metro Atlanta Students For Sustainability and the environmental marketing company Earth Endeavors. McNair also has received several environmental awards including the National Recycling Coalition scholarship and the Atlanta Bioneer’s award. McNair enjoys being a part of the environmental community and believes that the this movement will unite people all over the world and resurrect the human spirit.

As the founder and CEO of the Big Blue & You Foundation, this 21-year-old has taken her lifelong passion for the Sea to new heights by serving as a leader in the South Florida community to inspire, educate and empower today’s youth to become better stewards of the Oceans and Earth through fun and educational interactions. A recent graduate of the University of Miami (Double Major in Marine Science and Biology) and a world traveler, Daniell Washington has dedicated her studies, her free time & creative energies to becoming the spokesperson for our precious Earth and most recently, advocating the Green For All initiative to create a green collar economy that will ultimately brighten the future of this great nation and our environment.