This Friday, November 3rd,  is Sustain Dane’s annual summit which is an opportunity for sustainability leaders to learn, connect, and build new skills to address climate change. The summit’s keynote speaker Diamond Spratling joins A Public Affair host Ali Muldrow to talk about climate activism, the impact of racism on climate policy, and Diamond’s non-profits Girl Plus Environment. 

Registration for the Sustain Dane Summit is open until end of day Thursday. Learn more here.

Diamond Spratling is an award-winning environmental justice activist, storyteller, and public speaker. She is the founder of Girl Plus Environment, a national non-profit organization designed to educate, engage, and empower Black and Brown girls, women, and non-binary folks to stand up for climate and environmental justice in their own communities. Diamond’s leadership is driven by her own lived experiences in Detroit as well as the motivation to dismantle health, racial, and environmental inequities in other Black and Brown communities alike. The Detroit native and two-time TEDx speaker has spent years at the intersection of environment and health. Her strong dedication to the sector has earned her the William H. Sterner Memorial Award (2017), the Elmore Manufacturing Award (2018), the Yale New Horizons in Conservation Award (2021, 2022), and the 40 under 40 Young, Gifted and Green (2023).

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