Environmental Justice & Faith Leadership

Date & Time: Thursday, October 6 @ 6:00pm

Location: Photonics Center, Room 206
8 St Mary’s St, Boston MA

Event Description: As the world battles the consequences of climate change and inequality, we must be able to combat injustice and climate apathy through the lens of loving one’s own community. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond will speak on how we can create a diverse community that works together to transform, not only ourselves but the world around us. When we can break down barriers and work for systemic change, we can better the earth by creating peace and justice for many generations.

Attendance: You can register for this event in advance on Handshake here.
At the event, a QR will be posted for you to check-in. Please note that while registration is not mandatory, it should make the check-in process smoother. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event.

About Rev. Mariama White-Hammond (Pastor, New Roots AME Church)

Rev. Mariama was born and raised in Boston and began her community engagement in high school, mostly pointedly with Project HIP-HOP (Highways Into the Past – History, Organizing and Power), a youth organization focused on teaching the history of the Civil Rights Movement and engaging a new generation of young people in activism. After college, she became the Executive Director of Project HIP-HOP, where she served for 13 years. In 2017, she graduated with her Master of Divinity at the Boston University School of Theology and was ordained an elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2018, she founded New Roots AME Church in Dorchester where she currently pastors.

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond was appointed as Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space in April 2021. In this role, she oversees policy and programs on energy, climate change, sustainability, historic preservation, and open space. Over the course of her time with the City, she has supported the amendment of the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) to set carbon targets for existing large buildings and convened a city-led green jobs program.

Rev. Mariama uses an intersectional lens in her ecological work, challenging folks to see the connections between immigration and climate change or the relationship between energy policy and economic justice. She has received numerous awards, including the Barr Fellowship, the Celtics Heroes Among Us, The Roxbury Founders Day Award and the Boston NAACP Image award. She was selected as one of the Grist 50 Fixers for 2019 and Sojourners 11 Women Shaping the Church.