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To Change Everything, We Need Everyone: Belonging, Equity, and Diversity in the U.S. Climate Movement

Fang, Clara Changxin
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6458-4426
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1683540084071488

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2023, Ph.D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Environmental Studies.
Climate change affects everyone but lack of racial diversity in the climate movement makes it challenging for it to be truly inclusive, champion solutions that are equitable, and affect transformative change. This dissertation describes a two-part study of diversity in the climate movement using a survey of 1,003 climate activists and interviews with 17 people of color who work or volunteer in the U.S. climate movement. The study analyzes differences between Whites and people of color in terms of their (a) demographics, (b) engagement in climate action, (c) experience of climate impacts, (d) worries, (e) challenges and barriers to participation, and (f) proposed strategies for diversity, equity, and belonging. My research provides the following takeaways: (a) Progress has been made in terms of diversity in the U.S. climate movement, but diversity is insufficient without equity belonging. (b) Anti-racism must go beyond symbolic gestures towards deep transformation at the individual, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic levels. (c) Oppression is intersectional, with racism intersecting with other oppressions of gender, age, class, physical ability, among other identities. (d) People of color and those with marginalized identities contribute essential perspectives and skills to the climate movement. The discussion includes implications for theory, practice, and further study.
Abigail Abrash Walton, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Jason Rhodes, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Carolyn Finney, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Marcelo Bonta (Committee Member)
193 p.
Climate Change; Demographics; Environmental Justice; Environmental Studies; Minority and Ethnic Groups; Sociology
climate change, social movements, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, racial justice

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  • Fang, C. C. (2023). To Change Everything, We Need Everyone: Belonging, Equity, and Diversity in the U.S. Climate Movement [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1683540084071488

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fang, Clara. To Change Everything, We Need Everyone: Belonging, Equity, and Diversity in the U.S. Climate Movement . 2023. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1683540084071488.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fang, Clara. "To Change Everything, We Need Everyone: Belonging, Equity, and Diversity in the U.S. Climate Movement ." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1683540084071488

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