
The Intersectionality of Life: How Social Justice is Environmental Justice
April 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker

Robin Lewis (she/her)
Director for Climate Equity at Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA).
Join the UEC to hear from Robin Lewis, the Director for Climate Equity at Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA). Robin will explore the intersectionality of social and environmental justice, dissect the policies and legislations at the root of climate injustices, and highlight Interfaith Power and Light’s work building grassroots coalitions to pursue climate equity in the DMV.
Robin Lewis is a Maryland environmental justice activist, community organizer, public speaker, facilitator, and local entrepreneur. Throughout her career, Robin has worked on numerous campaigns with various nonprofit organizations in the DMV region, addressing issues such as trash incineration, water quality, renewable energy, affordable housing, green jobs, and green spaces.
Robin is currently the Director for Climate Equity at Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA). Her role is to help the organization ensure environmental justice and equity are reflected in our advocacy work. She also convenes and facilitates the Beloved DMV Environmental Justice Collective for Black faith leaders, advocating for equitable environmental justice resources and solutions that benefit overburdened and underserved communities.
Robin is the Director of the Social Justice Ministry at Beloved Community Church UCC and a UCC Climate Justice Council member. She actively serves on the WhyHunger and Baltimore Green Justice Workers Cooperative boards. She represents her organization on the DC Public Service Commission Equity Advisory Working Group, the Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC), and the Mid-Atlantic Justice Coalition (MAJC). She holds a BA and an MBA from Rutgers University and an MA in sustainable urban planning from George Washington University, where her studies focused on affordable housing, displacement, and gentrification.
