Climate Justice Podcast

We are honored to support Our Climate Voices’ In Conversation: A Listening Series on Climate Justice and Collective Liberation, which explores how climate justice connects with broader fights for social, economic, and racial justice. Episodes – all of which will be transcribed – will feature activists and organizers from frontline communities most impacted by the climate crisis.

So far, OCV has released the first two episodes on queer and trans liberation and disability justice in the climate movement. In the second episode, four leaders from the disability justice movement – Patty Berne , Layel Camargo, Kera Sherwood-O’Regan, and Daphne Frias – discuss how the fights for disability justice and climate justice intersect, and how we can build a climate-just future for all. 

Patty (they/them) is a Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Artistic Director of Sins Invalid, a disability justice based performance project that centers disabled artists of color and queer and gender-non-conforming / non-binary artists with disabilities.

A descendent of the Yaqui tribe and Mayo tribes of the Sonoran Desert, Layel (they/them) is a filmmaker, artist, and land steward. They currently produce and host “Did We Go Too Far,” a podcast with Movement Generation, an ecological justice organization.

Kera is an Indigenous and disabled multidisciplinary storyteller and rights advocate based in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is the co-founder and Impact Director at Activate, an Indigenous and disabled social impact agency specializing in campaigning and narratives for social change, with a particular emphasis on climate justice. Her work is grounded in kaupapa Māori practices and approaches.

Daphne is a Latina youth activist with cerebral palsy, and is a proud champion for the disabled community.

Keep an eye out for future episodes on migrant justice, racial justice, gender justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and youth leadership!