Climate Justice Activist
Xiye Bastida is a Climate Justice Activist with an Otomi-Toltec background who advocates for the centering of frontline communities in climate policy. She organized with Fridays For Future NYC for three years, where she helped mobilize up to 300,000 people for climate strikes. In 2020, she co-founded Re-Earth Initiative, which is a youth-led Climate Justice education organization. Xiye is a public speaker who advocates for youth and Indigenous rights. Xiye is the author of the opening essay in All We Can Save and she attends the University of Pennsylvania where she is pursuing a degree in Environment Studies and Latinx Studies.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM MDT