From April 13 to 15, the Miller Worley Center for the Environment hosted the Summit on Women’s Leadership in Climate Justice, a three day series of panels and events engaging Mount Holyoke students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in meaningful dialogue on the environmental stewardship of women.
Vanessa Nakate is a 24-year-old Ugandan climate justice activist. Nakate began her climate activism in Dec. 2018 due to concerns around the unusually high temperatures in Uganda. She began protesting on her own outside the gates of the Parliament of Uganda in Jan. 2019 to call for the protection of the Congo rainforest, which is facing immense deforestation.
