and has contributed to various
clothing drives in the Washington,
D.C. area. They are currently con-
sidering a Christmas project at the
Capital Area Food Bank.
For more information about
BIG, visit www.bignet.org.
Kari Fulton: With Liberty and
Environmental Justice for All
Kari Fulton has done more to
raise awareness about environ-
mentalism in her 23 years than the
average American will ever do in
their lifetime.
Originally from
Kari Denver, Colo.,
Fulton, a the Howard
Howard
University
University
graduate and
graduate
2008 Brower
and rising
star in the environ-
Youth Award
mental justice field,
winner, is also
says holiday gifts
the co-founder
can offer the gift
of Loving Our
of “green” living to
City, Loving
recipients. Ourselves, a
campus and
community
program based in the District.
“The most rewarding part of my
work is being able to see the fruit
of my labor. I love leading people
into the environmental justice
movement blind and gradually
watching their eyes open to the
reality of the current situation and
the future possibility," Fulton says.
“I also love seeing those same
people become stronger leaders on
their campuses and in their com-
munities.”
Several weeks before
Thanksgiving, Fulton traveled to
New Orleans for the Restoring the
Gulf Coast, Restoring America
Conference in New Orleans. The
BIG Region XI delivered 28 school uniforms to the students at
event, hosted at Dillard University,
Drew Elementary School in Northeast Washington, D.C. Back row
was a three-day long community
photo: Michele Peyton, president, BIG Region XI Council; Principal
service and workshop program
Kyle Bacon, and Ralph Daniel, CSO Committee chairman with Drew aiming to expedite the Gulf Coast
Elementary School students.
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