M.S. Public Health, Johns Hopkins UniversityM.S.W. Maternal and Child Health and Social Development, University of Baltimore
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Advisory Board Member, Center for Earth Ethics Advisory Board Member, Hive Fund for Gender and Climate Justice,Advisory Board Member, Governance Assemblies for Mosaic Momentum,Advisory Board Member, Environmental Justice Movement FellowshipAdvisory Board Member, Equitable Building Electrification Fund, Board of Directors, Institute of the Black WorldBoard of Directors, Bill Anderson FundBoard of Directors, American Society of Adaptation ProfessionalsBoard of Directors, Movement Strategy CenterBoard of Directors, Just Solutions CollectiveBoard of Directors, National Black Workers Center Project.
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Jacqueline Patterson is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. The mission of the Chisholm Legacy Project is rooted in a Just Transition Framework, serving as a vehicle to connect Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with the resources to actualize visions. Prior to the launch of the Chisholm Legacy Project, Patterson served as the Senior Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program for over a decade. During her tenure, she founded and implemented a robust portfolio which included serving the state and local leadership whose constituencies consisted of hundreds of communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice. She also led a team in designing and implementing a portfolio to support political education and organizing work executed by NAACP branches, chapters, and state conferences.BRBRPatterson has published multiple articles, reports, and toolkits including: “Equity in Resilience Building for Climate Adaptation: An Indicators Document,” “Jobs vs Health: An Unnecessary Dilemma,” “Climate Change is a Civil Rights Issue,” “Gulf Oil Drilling Disaster: Gendered Layers of Impact,” “Disasters, Climate Change Uproot Women of Color” “And the People Shall Lead: Centralizing Frontline Community Leadership in the Movement Towards a Sustainable Planet” “In the Eye of the Storm,” “Our Communities, Our Power,” “Fossil Fueled Foolery.” She’s also authored chapters in two books as follows: “Equity in Disasters: Civil and Human Rights Challenges in the Context of Emergency Events” in the book Building Community Resilience Post-Disaster, as well as, “At the Intersections” in the book, All We Can Save.BR
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