Aletta Brady

“Possibly the biggest honor of my life is that by being really loud about who I am and unapologetic about who I am, it’s created room and permission for others to do the same.”

  • Name: Aletta Brady 
  • Born: 1991
  • From: Dakota Land in South Minneapolis
  • Pronouns: They/them
  • Contribution/Impact: Shares stories to connect people in a time of climate crisis, sharing minority experiences.
  • Occupation: Creative director of Our climate voices, currently studying in London.
  • Awards: 
    • J.M.K. Innovation prize 2019-2022 
    • Rotary Global Grant 2018 
    • Fulbright Research Fellowship (Jordan) 2017 
    • Expy Experimental Research wAward 2016 
    • White Fellowhsip for excellence in Political 2015 
    • Critical Language Scholarship 2015 
  • Interesting Facts: When she was a teenager, she helped pass legislation through the Sierra club to reduce school bus idling and retrofit over 3,000 school buses
Aletta Brady

Founder and creative director of our climate voices. As an elementary schooler, she was featured on PBS on a young activist segment because she would see how school buses polluted the air. Today she helps to lead Our Climate Voices to encourage climate change through storytelling. She is also a writer and organizer of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO’s Youth Working Group. She focuses on story telling because facts and figures can often cause people to feel hopeless, whereas storytelling is inspiring and humanizing. She also speaks about the importance of the intersection of LGBTQ and Black liberation, and how they are heavily tied to climate issues.

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