Jacqueline Patterson

Founder and Executive Director

The Chisholm Legacy Project

Jacqueline is the Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project: A Resource Hub for Black Frontline Climate Justice Leadership. She has worked on gender justice, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental justice, with organizations including Center on Budget and _x000D_
Policy Priorities, IMA World Health, United for a Fair Economy, ActionAid, Health GAP, and the organization she co-founded, Women of Color United. Before founding the Chisholm Legacy Project, Patterson served for 11 years as the Senior Director of Environmental and Climate Justice at the NAACP. _x000D_
She actively serves on multiple esteemed Boards.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	‘Women, Climate, and the Just Transition’ Concurrent Room MH 1-2	Join the Wallace Global Fund, Trust Africa, and the SHINE Campaign for a conversation with African movement leaders on the urgent need and growing opportunities to build Read More Join the Wallace Global Fund, Trust Africa, and the SHINE Campaign for a conversation with African movement leaders on the urgent need and growing opportunities to build cross-sectoral collaborations to address climate as a problem of systemic inequality, while delivering women-led, community-based solutions advancing gender and economic justice. It will answer: How to realize a just energy transition in the Global South, from stopping fossil fuel extraction to delivering clean renewable energy for all, through a feminist approach that integrates both climate justice and SDG agendas? What collaborations and resources are needed to support feminist organizations leading on climate in Africa, and to scale community-based renewable energy that delivers economic and social benefits for women? Session format: Thought leadership Organized by Wallace Global Fund, TrustAfrica, SHINE Campaign Read Less Speakers Makoma Lekalaka Executive Director Earthlife Africa Ellen Dorsey Executive Director Wallace Global Fund Sheila Oparaocha Director Energia Network Thuli Makama Africa Director and Senior Advisor Oil Change International Jacqueline Patterson Founder and Executive Director The Chisholm Legacy Project