a Young Leaders Teach-in organized by Got Green

Come learn more about green job opportunities, the value of work experience to set young adults  of color on a course to fulfilling professional lives, and how we can grow young people of colors leadership in the green movement.

“When I was 16, I had a green job internship with a civil and architecture firm. I worked with the engineer and the architect to make sure that construction sites were meeting environmental standards.  My work made me feel great. The problem was I had to help support my family financially and that internship didn’t pay enough.  Since I made so little I had to find a job that would pay me more.  Which led me to a job that I could get at the age of 16 – a factory job in an unhealthy work environment.” - Claira Le, Young Leaders in the Green Movement Committee Member