Here at Global Greengrants Fund we’re thrilled to welcome three new advisors to the Next Generation Climate Board and to the Greengrants family. The Next Generation Climate Board makes grants to youth-led initiatives on the front lines of climate change. Six board members, all in their 20s, put grant dollars into the hands of youth-related policy and grassroots climate initiatives. Board members are leaders in the youth climate movement and sit on the leadership teams of a number of networks, comprising tens of thousands of youth across more than 80 countries. Please join us in welcoming the new advisor additions below.
Milikini Failautusi, Tuvalu National Youth Council, Tuvalu
Milikini Failautusi is a youth activist from Tuvalu in the area of environment, ecological, gender, human rights, indigenous rights and climate change. She is a member of the Pacific Young Women Leadership Alliances on the empowerment of young women around the Pacific on issues affecting them. She has been actively working with the Pacific Partnership in Response to Gender Equality, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Network on climate and gender justice around processes of the post 2015 development agenda, Beijing Platform for Action, COP21 and the International Conference on Population Development. She is the coordinator of the Tuvalu National Youth Council which works closely with the Pacific Youth Council at the regional level.
Majandra Rodriguez Acha, TierrActiva, Peru
Majandra Rodriguez Acha is an anthropologist, educator and activist from Peru. She is currently a Young Feminist Fellow for Climate Justice at the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and FRIDA, where she focuses on the intersections between gender equality and climate justice, and promotes the visibility and engagement of young women and young feminist activists. She is co-founder of TierrActiva Perú, a collective and national network that works towards “system change, not climate change” and the building of alternatives to the climate crisis. She holds a BA in Sociology/Anthropology and Sustainable Development Studies from Swarthmore College, USA.
Itoah Scott-Enns, Arctic Funders Collaborate, Canada
Itoah Scott-Enns is a member of the Tlicho Nation and was born and raised in Denendeh, the land of the Dene in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Itoah currently works as the Director of the Arctic Funders Collaborative where she facilitates collaboration amongst funders to help them be more responsible and effective grant makers across the Arctic, deepen their understanding of Northern issues, and strengthen their relationships with the North and its people. She has a degree in Aboriginal Studies and Ethics, Society & Law from the University of Toronto and is an alumnus of the Jane Glassco Northern Fellowship Program. Previously, Itoah worked for the Tlicho Government on industry related issues, served on the Board of Directors for the YWCA Yellowknife and worked with the Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples.
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