S2E8 - Why Youth Organizing Matters

In this episode, we meet with Alexia Leclercq - a grassroots organizer, scholar, and artist. Alexia is the co-founder of the Colorado River Conservancy under PODER and a political education non-profit named Start: Empowerment. They have led various environmental justice campaigns from passing national climate and chemical reform legislation and fighting for clean water, to addressing aggregate mining pollution, relocating toxic tank farms, and organizing mutual aid. 

• We learn about how to mobilize in your community
• We learn about the water injustices happening in Texas 
• We learn about the history of community organizing

Follow and connect with Alexia on socials: Instagram: @alexia.leclercq Twitter: @eeealexia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexia-leclercq

Check out and support the organizations Alexia is a part of:

PODER: https://www.poderaustin.org/

Start: Empowerment: https://www.start-empowerment.org/

Colorado River Conservancy: https://www.austincoloradoriver.org/

Read an article written by Alexia in Dec. 2022: “How Asian-Pacific Islanders Shaped Environmental Activism”:

https://atmos.earth/asian-pacific-islanders-climate-activism/

Check out the Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform: https://www.yecap-ap.org/about