An Invitation to Join Rise to Thrive..

Rise to Thrive was formed in 2018 because a group of women of color found out they were being paid 12% less than all other staff at a conservation organization they were employed at. I am one of those women. The alarming part about this disparity is that it can be found all over the climate and environmental movement. It can be found within the top institutions working to transform dirty energy systems and in companies championing renewable energy technology. It can be found in how the work of women of color is funded across philanthropy (less than 3%) and in the sort of positions Women of Color are able to ascend to (barely any). 

We at Rise to Thrive are tired of just hearing the facts and figures about disparities. We are doing something about it. A big part of our core vision is integrity, dismantling systems of oppressions and lifting Women & Femmes of Color as we ascend ourselves. We are not just celebrating one-off tokens. We are building a movement. We believe in people power and organizing power and we know that Women & Femmes of Color have this in droves. Now we are eager to add organized money to our toolkit.  We are asking the environmental movement to not only support Women & Femmes of Color but also to invest in the work we are doing to conserve natural resources, stop pollution and ensure there is no apartheid in a Just transition.

We are here to say we are just getting started. And we aren’t going anywhere. Buckle up and join us as we transform the climate and environmental movement.