Recharged with the State Impact Center

In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center, we speak with science and climate journalist Neel Dhanesha and Grist senior staff writer Tik Root about how storytelling shapes the way we learn. We take a look at how stories can be used to captivate an audience and convey a message effectively, and we also discuss how storytelling can be used in any field, including law.

In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center, we invited New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin to talk about his role as New Jersey’s chief law enforcement officer. We had the chance to learn more about the environmental justice work his office is doing throughout the state. AG Platkin also discussed his career trajectory, offering advice to law students, as well as upcoming opportunities to join his office’s stellar team.

In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center we speak with Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and David Glasgow, Executive Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU about ESG (short for Environmental, Social, and Governance) and how it connects with DEI (short for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). Their conversation discusses the connections between these terms and explores how communities and advocates can be affected by practices and pushback related to ESG and DEI.

In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center we begin a series that will help us answer the question: What is a State AG? To help us kick off the series, we invited New Mexico’s 32nd State Attorney General, Raúl Torrez to speak with our ED, Bethany Davis Noll. Their conversation covers AG Torrez’s extensive background, his advice for people interested in public service, and his priorities for his state.

In this episode of Recharged with the State Impact Center we take a closer look into the acronym ESG, short for environmental, social, and governance. Our Executive Director Bethany Davis Noll is joined by former Maryland AG Brian Frosh to discuss how necessary ESG factors are to the financial wellbeing of companies and consumers, as well as highlighting the harm to communities caused by ignoring this data.

In this episode we share a conversation we had with Portia Allen-Kyle, a civil rights attorney and public policy expert, whose new book, Advice to Thrive By: How to Use Your Résumé and Cover Letter to Build Your Brand and Launch a Dynamic Public Interest Career, gives law students and new attorneys the tools needed to build their professional development strategy.

Helping build a deep bench of attorneys committed to public interest work is one of the many focus areas of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center.